Unfortunately, the preprint loophole doesn't really help all that much (depending on the publisher). A few stipulations come along with publishing preprints --

Unfortunately, the preprint loophole doesn't really help all that much (depending on the publisher). A few stipulations come along with publishing preprints -- for example, IEEE makes you take down the preprint and add a copyright notice to it after your paper has been accepted. https://www.ieee.org/documents/author_faq.pdf https://www.ieee.org/documents/author_faq.pdf