Hi, Do many of you use bioarxiv? I recently became familiar with it, and in searching literature, I noticed many papers deposited in it have citations in excess of 100. It brought me to wondering about the role of a preprint server, and read about 30-40 different commentaries and research articles about preprint servers last night. the parallel preprint server in physics and math, arxiv, has been around since 1991. There are a growing number of people who put their paper in the database, then update it, but don't ever publish it. There are a number of op-eds and such that suggest these servers will never or absolutely will replace journals in the near future.
I have to wonder how long it will be before this overtakes journals for scholarly communication. 1. some funders are requiring papers to be deposited in a preprint server.. 2. there is no delay. 3. there is opportunity for feedback, sort of a post-peer review, and for you to revise the article, with all versiions freely available. 4. it is fully accessible by Google Scholar, probably the most used scholarly search engine at this time. 5. it is fully citable in a manuscript, I saw some that had over 150, and one with 180 citations. A lot were in the 30's. 6. outside of tenure and review committees, the purpose of pubs is communication, so if 1-5 are true, I have to wonder why I should fork out $1500 to some journal to put my findings behind a paywall. Yes, I plan to publish what I have already posted, but it has crossed my mind as to whether there is even a point. One could even question whether a typical tenure and review committee would even notice or care if these are preprints and not publications if one has been cited dozens or hundreds of times. This is further reinforced by a trend to evaluating scientists based on their citations and their paper's citations rather than on the citations to the journals in which they have published (investigator impact instead of journal impact). Anyone else starting to wonder about this? -- Malcolm L. McCallum Aquaculture and Water Quality Research Scientist School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Langston University Langston, Oklahoma Link to online CV and portfolio : https://www.visualcv.com/malcolm-mc-callum?access=18A9RYkDGxO Google Scholar citation page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=lOHMjvYAAAAJ&hl=en Academia.edu: https://ui-springfield.academia.edu/MalcolmMcCallum/Analytics#/activity/overview?_k=wknchj Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Malcolm_Mccallum/reputation?ev=prf_rep_tab <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Malcolm_Mccallum/reputation?ev=prf_rep_tab> Ratemyprofessor: http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=706874 *Confidentiality Notice:* This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. “*Nothing is more priceless and worthy of preservation than the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed. It is a many-faceted treasure, of value to scholars, scientists, and nature lovers alike, and it forms a vital part of the heritage we all share as Americans.* ” *-President Richard Nixon upon signing the Endangered Species Act of 1973 into law.* "*Peer pressure is designed to contain anyone with a sense of drive*" -* Allan Nation* "...Every time they kick your teeth down your throat in this business, and believe me, they will, you get right back up and say that to yourself. Hey, it worked for me and the boys!” John Lennon *1880's: *"*There's lots of good fish in the sea*" W.S. Gilbert *1990's:* Many fish stocks depleted due to overfishing, habitat loss,and pollution. 2000: Marine reserves, ecosystem restoration, and pollution reduction *MAY* help restore populations. 2022: "Soylent Green is People!" Charleton Heston as Detective Thorn 2022: "People were always awful, but their was a world once, and it was beautiful.' Edward G. Robinson as Sol Roth. The Seven Blunders of the World (Mohandas Gandhi) Wealth w/o work Pleasure w/o conscience Knowledge w/o character Commerce w/o morality Science w/o humanity Worship w/o sacrifice Politics w/o principle
