Editing Preprint (section)

===Academic practices===
{{See also|List of academic journals by preprint policy}}Publication of manuscripts in a peer-reviewed journal often takes weeks, months or even years from the time of initial submission, owing to the time required by editors and reviewers to evaluate and critique manuscripts, and the time required by authors to address critiques. The need to quickly circulate current results within a scholarly community has led researchers to distribute documents known as preprints, which are manuscripts that have yet to undergo [[peer review]]. The immediate distribution of preprints allows authors to receive early [[Corrective feedback|feedback]] from their peers, which may be helpful in revising and preparing articles for submission.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://blogs.plos.org/absolutely-maybe/2016/05/01/breaking-down-pros-and-cons-of-preprints-in-biomedicine/|title=Breaking Down Pros and Cons of Preprints in Biomedicine |date=2016-05-01|work=Absolutely Maybe|access-date=2018-01-12|language=en-US}}</ref> Preprint are also used to demonstrate the precedence of the discoveries and a way to protect the intellectual property (a prompt availability of the discovery can be used to block patenting or discourage competing parties).

Most publishers allow work to be published to preprint servers before submission. A minority of publishers decide on a case-by-case basis or interpret the [[Ingelfinger rule|Ingelfinger Rule]] to disqualify from submission.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21694990-old-fashioned-ways-reporting-new-discoveries-are-holding-back-medical-research|title = Taking the online medicine|newspaper = The Economist|issn = 0013-0613|access-date=2016-03-23}}</ref> Yet, many journals prohibit or discourage the use of preprints in the references as they are not considered as credible sources.

Some journal-independent review services ([[Peerage of Science]], [[Peer Community In]], Review Commons, [[eLife]] Preprint Review) offer [[peer review]] on preprints. These peer-reviews are either a first step before publication in a journal (Peerage of Science, Review Commons, [[eLife]] Preprint Review) or result in a formal editorial decision (Peer Community In) without precluding submission in journals.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://asapbio.org/comparing-review-services|title=Comparing journal-independent review services |publisher=ASAPbio|website=asapbio.org|date=24 July 2020 |access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref>