Preprints: How to get started with preprint sharing

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Preprints, postprints, and (when rights permit) published versions can be shared by IU Indanapolis authors in IU Indianapolis ScholarWorks.

FOSTER (Facilitate Open Science Training for European Research) provides a brief, self-guided course on preprint sharing. Course objectives include:

• know what preprints are
• be able to find a suitable preprints platform to share your early findings
• understand the pro and cons of sharing preprints
• be aware of how sharing preprints can benefit your career progression

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• Kaiser, J. (2017b). The preprint dilemma. Science, 357(6358), 1344–1349. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.357.6358.1344
• Kirkham, J. J., Penfold, N., Murphy, F., Boutron, I., Ioannidis, J. P., Polka, J. K., & Moher, D. (2020). A systematic examination of preprint platforms for use in the medical and biomedical sciences setting. BioRxiv, 2020.04.27.063578. https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.04.27.063578
• Petelski, A. (2020, December 14). From a “Forgotten Experiment” in the 1960s to today: Clinical Preprints in the Light of History. ASAPbio. https://asapbio.org/clinical-preprints-in-history

Elements of this work are adapted, with permission, from Karen Coghlan's "Preprint Servers" (Worcester Polytechnic Institute).

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