Publishing strategy guide

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A preprint is an early version of an academic research output that is uploaded by the authors to a public server. They have typically not undergone peer review or been accepted for publication by a journal. While some preprint servers provide brief quality-control inspections the research output is made available online quickly and can be openly accessed and reused (according to the terms of the reuse licence). Sharing a research output as a preprint allows authors to directly control the dissemination of their work to a global audience. While common practice in some scientific disciplines, sharing your preprint is becoming more widespread in recent years including in the humanities and social sciences.

Benefits include:

• speeding up discovery and communication
• increased visibility to policy makers, practitioners, researchers, and the public
• increased chances of early feedback and commentary from peers prior to formal peer review
• demonstrating openness and transparency
• evidence of productivity and accomplishment to funders and employers