Abstract
Tom Sheldon’s article published in July 2018 entitled ‘Preprints could promote confusion and distortion’ [1] generated some heated debate and responses in both social media and the scientific literature [2–4]. Here we present some thoughts and views from the Microbiology Society, a not-for-profit membership charity for scientists interested in microbes and the publisher of a number of international peer-reviewed journals.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 503-505 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Journal of Medical Microbiology |
| Volume | 68 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 02 Apr 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Citable preprints allow authors to establish priority for the work they have done by providing a public record. This is so well accepted that most funding bodies, including UKRI [19], Wellcome [20] and the US National Institutes of Health [21], allow researchers to cite preprints in their grant applications.
Copyright:
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Editorial policy
- Peer review
- Preprints
- Social media
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Microbiology
- Microbiology (medical)