arXiv:1706.04188cs.DL
Preprint Déjà Vu: an FAQ
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Abstract
I give a brief overview of arXiv history, and describe the current state of arXiv practice, both technical and sociological. This commentary originally appeared in the EMBO Journal, 19 Oct 2016. It was intended as an update on comments from the late 1990s regarding use of preprints by biologists (or lack thereof), but may be of interest to practitioners of other disciplines. It is based largely on a keynote presentation I gave to the ASAPbio inaugural meeting in Feb 2016, and responds as well to some follow-up questions.
Another tidbit: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.04188 FAQ 1: Why did you create arXiv if journals already existed? Has it developed as you had expected? Answer: Conventional journals did not start coming online until the mid to late 1990s. I originally envisioned it as an expedient…
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