期刊
ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 11, 期 20, 页码 13624-13632出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8106
关键词
Authorea; bioRxiv; career status; EcoEvoArxiv; preprint servers
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
- James S. McDonnell Foundation
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship
The study shows that early career researchers (ECRs) in the fields of ecology and evolution tend to use preprint servers more frequently compared to non-ECRs. The United States and United Kingdom contributed the highest number of preprints by ECRs, while non-Western countries contributed relatively fewer preprints. The usage of preprints can reflect differences in career stage, institution size, and country.
The usage of preprint servers in ecology and evolution is increasing, allowing research to be rapidly disseminated and available through open access at no cost. Early Career Researchers (ECRs) often have limited experience with the peer review process, which can be challenging when trying to build publication records and demonstrate research ability for funding opportunities, scholarships, grants, or faculty positions. ECRs face different challenges relative to researchers with permanent positions and established research programs. These challenges might also vary according to institution size and country, which are factors associated with the availability of funding for open access journals. We predicted that the career stage and institution size impact the relative usage of preprint servers among researchers in ecology and evolution. Using data collected from 500 articles (100 from each of two open access journals, two closed access journals, and a preprint server), we showed that ECRs generated more preprints relative to non-ECRs, for both first and last authors. We speculate that this pattern is reflective of the advantages of quick and open access research that is disproportionately beneficial to ECRs. There is also a marginal association between first author, institution size, and preprint usage, whereby the number of preprints tends to increase with institution size for ECRs. The United States and United Kingdom contributed the greatest number of preprints by ECRs, whereas non-Western countries contributed relatively fewer preprints. This empirical evidence that preprint usage varies with the career stage, institution size, and country helps to identify barriers surrounding large-scale adoption of preprinting in ecology and evolution.
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