Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A paper posted to bioRxiv with a DOI prior to journal submission
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A peer-reviewed version of record posted on a personal website is not a preprint
Editorial commentary
Distinct from the OA-glossary ‘Pre-print’ entry by focusing on the broader output-type identity (a recognised category of research output) rather than the specific document version. Preprints predate the version of record by definition; subsequent peer-reviewed versions are typically linked to the preprint via the server.
References
- ASAPbio Preprint Guidance
- NIH Preprint Pilot (2017)
Also known as
Pre-print server posting · Preprint manuscript
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
<role vocab="credit"
vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
vocab-term="Preprint"
vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/preprint" />json
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "DefinedTerm",
"name": "Preprint",
"identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/preprint",
"description": "A scholarly manuscript posted to a public preprint server prior to formal peer review and journal publication, made openly accessible, citable via a persistent identifier (typically a DOI), and bearing a clearly identified version state.",
"inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/research-outputs-expanded/",
"url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/preprint",
"sameAs": [
"Pre-print server posting",
"Preprint manuscript"
],
"license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}
