The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution

Daniel W. A. Noble; Zoe A. Xirocostas; Nicholas C. Wu; April Robin Martinig; Rafaela A. Almeida; Kevin R. Bairos-Novak; Heikel Balti; Michael Grant Bertram; Louis Bliard; Jack A. Brand; Ilha Byrne; Ying-Chi Chan; Dena J. Clink; Quentin Corbel; Ricardo A. Correia; Jordann Crawford-Ash; Antica Culina; Elvira D'Bastiani; Gideon Deme Gywa; Melina de Souza Leite; Félicie Dhellemmes; Shreya Dimri; Szymon Marian Drobniak; Alexander D. Elsy; Susan E. Everingham; Samuel J. L. Gascoigne; Matthew Grainger; Gavin C. Hossack; Knut Anders Hovstad; Ed R. Ivimey-Cook; Matt Lloyd Jones; Ineta Kačergytė; Georg Küstner; Dalton C. Leibold; Magdalena M. Mair; Jake Mitchell Martin; Ayumi Mizuno; Iain R. Moodie; David Moreau; Rose E. O'Dea; James A. Orr; Matthieu Paquet; Rabindra Parajuli; Joel L. Pick; Patrice Pottier; Marija Purgar; Pablo Recio; Dominique G. Roche; Raphaël Royauté; Saeed Shafiei Sabet; Julio M. G. Segovia; Inês Silva; Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar; Bruno E. Soares; Birgit Szabo; Elina Takola; Eli Thoré; Bishnu Timilsina; Natalie E. van Dis; Wilco C. E. P. Verberk; Stefan J. G. Vriend; Kristoffer H. Wild; Coralie Williams; Yefeng Yang; Shinichi Nakagawa; Malgorzata Lagisz

doi:10.32942/X2SS46

The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution

Daniel W. A. Noble, Zoe A. Xirocostas, Nicholas C. Wu, April Robin Martinig, Rafaela A. Almeida, Kevin R. Bairos-Novak, Heikel Balti, Michael Grant Bertram, Louis Bliard, Jack A. Brand, Ilha Byrne, Ying-Chi Chan, Dena J. Clink, Quentin Corbel, Ricardo A. Correia, Jordann Crawford-Ash, Antica Culina, Elvira D'Bastiani, Gideon Deme Gywa, Melina de Souza LeiteFélicie Dhellemmes, Shreya Dimri, Szymon Marian Drobniak, Alexander D. Elsy, Susan E. Everingham, Samuel J. L. Gascoigne, Matthew Grainger, Gavin C. Hossack, Knut Anders Hovstad, Ed R. Ivimey-Cook, Matt Lloyd Jones, Ineta Kačergytė, Georg Küstner, Dalton C. Leibold, Magdalena M. Mair, Jake Mitchell Martin, Ayumi Mizuno, Iain R. Moodie, David Moreau, Rose E. O'Dea, James A. Orr, Matthieu Paquet, Rabindra Parajuli, Joel L. Pick, Patrice Pottier, Marija Purgar, Pablo Recio, Dominique G. Roche, Raphaël Royauté, Saeed Shafiei Sabet, Julio M. G. Segovia, Inês Silva, Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar, Bruno E. Soares, Birgit Szabo, Elina Takola, Eli Thoré, Bishnu Timilsina, Natalie E. van Dis, Wilco C. E. P. Verberk, Stefan J. G. Vriend, Kristoffer H. Wild, Coralie Williams, Yefeng Yang, Shinichi Nakagawa, Malgorzata Lagisz

Australian National University

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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, 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 principles (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	Submitted - 2024 Jun 20
Externally published	Yes

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Name	EcoEvoRxiv
Publisher	SORTEE: the Society for Open, Reliable, and Transparent Ecology and Evolutionary biology

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Ecology (including Biodiversity Conservation)
Evolutionary Biology

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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 others, Dhellemmes, 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., 2025 Jan 29, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 292, 2039, 9 p.
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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., Gywa, G. D., ... Lagisz, M. (2024). The promise of community-driven preprints in ecology and evolution. (EcoEvoRxiv). https://doi.org/10.32942/X2SS46

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