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Somebody pointed out in the Twitter thread that academics often cite unreviewed papers on arXiv. If true (cannot confirm it myself, not in academia) then the pe
by caconym_ 8y ago
Somebody pointed out in the Twitter thread that academics often cite unreviewed papers on arXiv. If true (cannot confirm it myself, not in academia) then the peer-review-as-a-prerequisite-for-citation thing doesn't really hold water.
- laretluval 8y agoIt depends on the field. In fast moving fields like machine learning it is common to cite unreviewed stuff on arXiv. In slower fields it is less common/accepted.
- ISL 8y agoPeer review is no prerequisite for citation. The first paper I looked at for an example (at the top of today's "Recent" papers in PRD), cites three arXiv entries, out of 91 references. https://journals.aps.org/prd/references/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.074023 https://journals.aps.org/prd/references/10.1103/PhysRevD.98.... Successful peer review in an upstanding journal is a signal of relative reliability and importance, but it is not the arbiter of usefulness.
- sgc 8y agoExactly. If I am sure of myself, I will cite anyone with information pertinent to my work. I am their peer and just reviewed it.