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Not really on topic: so arxiv.org is a "preprint" site for scientific papers -- does that mean all papers go to arxiv.org, and then only the ones that pass peer

Not really on topic: so arxiv.org is a "preprint" site for scientific papers -- does that mean all papers go to arxiv.org, and then only the ones that pass peer-review actually end up in journals? Or are the papers on arxiv.org considered "published" already, and are on the site for archival purposes?

omgitstom 12y ago
Scientific journals don't always contain articles, or papers. My understanding is being published on arxiv.org does not mean it is currently in a scientific journal. Being in a scientific journal does not mean it is on arxiv.org. But, being published on arxiv.org is usually a precursor to the journal publication, passing peer review and the journal 's standards.
Tarrosion 12y ago
An author can choose to post their paper on the arxiv or not, as they see fit (policies of the journal they wish to publish in aside). The papers on the arxiv are not peer reviewed, but many are of high quality. The idea is for researchers to have a faster mechanism than standard journals to share results.
privong 12y ago
Almost anyone can post a paper to arXiv (I believe in practice it requires an affiliation with a University or Insittute, or endorsement from someone who has posted to arXiv previously). In that sense, posting to arXiv is not considered "publishing" a paper, though, for all practical purposes, posting to the arXiv is a good way to make people aware of your results or ideas. Posting papers to arXiv is up to the discretion of the authors. Undoubtedly, there are papers which are peer reviewed that do not have preprints posted to the arXiv. Often people will post to arXiv as the papers are going through the peer review process. This enables the community to provide feedback in addition to the peer review process. Sometimes people do not post papers to arXiv until they have already completed the peer review process, but before the paper is actually published in a journal. And, less frequently, people will post past manuscripts to the arXiv if they think the community would benefit from having easier access to that piece of work (e.g., a chapter in a book that has gone out of print, for which the author still retains copyright). I am speaking mostly from personal experience here, based on my interactions with, and postings to the astrophysics portion of arXiv[0]. Norms may differ in other fields using arXiv. [0] http://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph http://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph

omgitstom 12y ago

Scientific journals don't always contain articles, or papers. My understanding is being published on arxiv.org does not mean it is currently in a scientific journal. Being in a scientific journal does not mean it is on arxiv.org. But, being published on arxiv.org is usually a precursor to the journal publication, passing peer review and the journal 's standards.

Tarrosion 12y ago

An author can choose to post their paper on the arxiv or not, as they see fit (policies of the journal they wish to publish in aside). The papers on the arxiv are not peer reviewed, but many are of high quality. The idea is for researchers to have a faster mechanism than standard journals to share results.

privong 12y ago

Almost anyone can post a paper to arXiv (I believe in practice it requires an affiliation with a University or Insittute, or endorsement from someone who has posted to arXiv previously). In that sense, posting to arXiv is not considered "publishing" a paper, though, for all practical purposes, posting to the arXiv is a good way to make people aware of your results or ideas. Posting papers to arXiv is up to the discretion of the authors. Undoubtedly, there are papers which are peer reviewed that do not have preprints posted to the arXiv. Often people will post to arXiv as the papers are going through the peer review process. This enables the community to provide feedback in addition to the peer review process. Sometimes people do not post papers to arXiv until they have already completed the peer review process, but before the paper is actually published in a journal. And, less frequently, people will post past manuscripts to the arXiv if they think the community would benefit from having easier access to that piece of work (e.g., a chapter in a book that has gone out of print, for which the author still retains copyright). I am speaking mostly from personal experience here, based on my interactions with, and postings to the astrophysics portion of arXiv[0]. Norms may differ in other fields using arXiv. [0] http://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph http://arxiv.org/archive/astro-ph