The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution

Daniel Noble; Zoe Xirocostas; Nicholas Wu; April Martinig; Rafaela Almeida; Kevin Bairos-Novak; Heikel Balti; Michael Bertram; Louis Bliard; Jack Brand; Ilha Byrne; Ying-Chi Chan; Dena Clink; Quentin Corbel; Ricardo Correia; Jordann Crawford-Ash; Antica Culina; Elvira D’Bastiani; Gideon Gywa; Melina Leite; Félicie Dhellemmes; Shreya Dimri; Szymon Drobniak; Alexander Elsy; Susan Everingham; Samuel Gascoigne; Matthew Grainger; Gavin Hossack; Knut Hovstad; Ed R. Ivimey-Cook; Matt Lloyd Jones; Ineta Kačergytė; Georg Küstner; Dalton Leibold; Magdalena Mair; Jake Martin; Ayumi Mizuno; Ian Moodie; David Moreau; Rose O’Dea; James Orr; Matthieu Paquet; Rabindra Parajuli; Joel Pick; Patrice Pottier; Marija Purgar; Pablo Recio; Dominique Roche; Natalie van Dis; Stefan Vriend

doi:10.32942/x2ss46

The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution

Daniel Noble, Zoe Xirocostas, Nicholas Wu, April Martinig, Rafaela Almeida, Kevin Bairos-Novak, Heikel Balti, Michael Bertram, Louis Bliard, Jack Brand, Ilha Byrne, Ying-Chi Chan, Dena Clink, Quentin Corbel, Ricardo Correia, Jordann Crawford-Ash, Antica Culina, Elvira D’Bastiani, Gideon Gywa, Melina LeiteFélicie Dhellemmes, Shreya Dimri, Szymon Drobniak, Alexander Elsy, Susan Everingham, Samuel Gascoigne, Matthew Grainger, Gavin Hossack, Knut Hovstad, Ed R. Ivimey-Cook, Matt Lloyd Jones, Ineta Kačergytė, Georg Küstner, Dalton Leibold, Magdalena Mair, Jake Martin, Ayumi Mizuno, Ian Moodie, David Moreau, Rose O’Dea, James Orr, Matthieu Paquet, Rabindra Parajuli, Joel Pick, Patrice Pottier, Marija Purgar, Pablo Recio, Dominique Roche, Natalie van Dis, Stefan Vriend

NIOO - Aquatic Ecology (AqE)

Research output: Working paper/discussion paper › Preprint

Abstract

Publishing preprints is quickly becoming commonplace in ecology and evolutionary biology. Preprints can facilitate the rapid sharing of scientific knowledge establishing precedence and enabling feedback from the research community before peer review. Yet, significant barriers to preprint use exist including language barriers, a lack of understanding about the benefits of preprints and a lack of diversity in the types of research outputs accepted (e.g., reports). Community driven preprint initiatives can allow a research community to come together to break down these barriers to improve equity and coverage of global knowledge. Here, we explore the first preprints uploaded to EcoEvoRxiv (n = 1216), a community-driven preprint server for ecologists and evolutionary biologists, to characterise preprint practices in ecology, evolution and conservation. Our perspective piece highlights some of the unique initiatives that EcoEvoRxiv has taken to break down barriers to scientific publishing by exploring the composition of articles, how gender and career stage influence preprint use, whether preprints are associated with greater open science practices (e.g., code and data sharing), and tracking preprint publication outcomes. Our analysis identifies areas that we still need to improve upon but highlight how community-driven initiatives, such as EcoEvoRxiv, can play a crucial role in shaping publishing practices in biology.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.32942/x2ss46
Publication status	Published - 13 Jun 2024

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The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution
Noble, D. W. A., Xirocostas, Z. A., Wu, N. C., Martinig, A. R., Almeida, R. A., Bairos-Novak, K. R., Balti, H., Bertram, M. G., Bliard, L., Brand, J. A., Byrne, I., Chan, Y. C., Clink, D. J., Corbel, Q., Correia, R. A., Crawford-Ash, J., Culina, A., D'bastiani, E., Deme, G. G., De Souza Leite, M., & 46 othersDhellemmes, F., Dimri, S., Drobniak, S. M., Elsy, A. D., Everingham, S. E., Gascoigne, S. J. L., Grainger, M. J., Hossack, G. C., Hovstad, K. A., Ivimey-Cook, E. R., Jones, M. L., Kačergytė, I., Küstner, G., Leibold, D. C., Mair, M. M., Martin, J., Mizuno, A., Moodie, I. R., Moreau, D., O'dea, R. E., Orr, J. A., Paquet, M., Parajuli, R., Pick, J. L., Pottier, P., Purgar, M., Recio, P., Roche, D. G., Royauté, R., Shafiei Sabet, S., Segovia, J. M. G., Silva, I., Sánchez-Tójar, A., Soares, B. E., Szabo, B., Takola, E., Thoré, E. S. J., Timilsina, B., Van Dis, N. E., Verberk, W. C. E. P., Vriend, S. J. G., Wild, K. H., Williams, C., Yang, Y., Nakagawa, S. & Lagisz, M., 29 Jan 2025, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2039, 20241487.
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