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The impact of a non-peer-reviewed paper which only appears on arxiv is generally pretty low. A bunch of people might read it on the day that it comes out, but i
by hugh3 17y ago
The impact of a non-peer-reviewed paper which only appears on arxiv is generally pretty low. A bunch of people might read it on the day that it comes out, but it won't show up in all the databases in years to come, and might very easily be forgotten. If you've done real and credible work then it's much better to get it published in a proper journal.
(On the other hand if you've done work that wouldn't pass peer review then please don't clog up the arXiv with it)
- sireat 17y agoHere is a notable exception of a non-peer-reviewed paper which did have "some" impact: http://arxiv.org/abs/math.DG/0211159 http://arxiv.org/abs/math.DG/0211159 As a place to stake one's claim(sure beats making anagrams as in 17th century) and disseminate knowledge arxiv seems like a good place to be.