The relationship between bioRxiv preprints, citations and altmetrics

Fraser, Nicholas; Momeni, Fakhri; Mayr, Philipp; Peters, Isabella

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dc.contributor.author	Fraser, Nicholas	de
dc.contributor.author	Momeni, Fakhri	de
dc.contributor.author	Mayr, Philipp	de
dc.contributor.author	Peters, Isabella	de
dc.date.accessioned	2021-02-17T12:17:47Z
dc.date.available	2021-02-17T12:17:47Z
dc.date.issued	2020	de
dc.identifier.issn	2641-3337	de
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.ssoar.info/ssoar/handle/document/71641
dc.description.abstract	A potential motivation for scientists to deposit their scientific work as preprints is to enhance its citation or social impact. In this study we assessed the citation and altmetric advantage of bioRxiv, a preprint server for the biological sciences. We retrieved metadata of all bioRxiv preprints deposited between November 2013 and December 2017, and matched them to articles that were subsequently published in peer-reviewed journals. Citation data from Scopus and altmetric data from Altmetric.com were used to compare citation and online sharing behavior of bioRxiv preprints, their related journal articles, and nondeposited articles published in the same journals. We found that bioRxiv-deposited journal articles had sizably higher citation and altmetric counts compared to nondeposited articles. Regression analysis reveals that this advantage is not explained by multiple explanatory variables related to the articles' publication venues and authorship. Further research will be required to establish whether such an effect is causal in nature. bioRxiv preprints themselves are being directly cited in journal articles, regardless of whether the preprint has subsequently been published in a journal. bioRxiv preprints are also shared widely on Twitter and in blogs, but remain relatively scarce in mainstream media and Wikipedia articles, in comparison to peer-reviewed journal articles.	de
dc.language	en	de
dc.subject.ddc	Publizistische Medien, Journalismus,Verlagswesen	de
dc.subject.ddc	News media, journalism, publishing	en
dc.subject.other	altmetrics; bioRxiv; citation advantage; citations; preprints	de
dc.title	The relationship between bioRxiv preprints, citations and altmetrics	de
dc.description.review	begutachtet (peer reviewed)	de
dc.description.review	peer reviewed	en
dc.source.journal	Quantitative Science Studies
dc.source.volume	1	de
dc.publisher.country	USA
dc.source.issue	2	de
dc.subject.classoz	Szientometrie, Bibliometrie, Informetrie	de
dc.subject.classoz	Scientometrics, Bibliometrics, Informetrics	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Scientometrie	de
dc.subject.thesoz	scientometry	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Wissenschaftsforschung	de
dc.subject.thesoz	science studies	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Publikation	de
dc.subject.thesoz	publication	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Peer Review	de
dc.subject.thesoz	peer review	en
dc.subject.thesoz	Regressionsanalyse	de
dc.subject.thesoz	regression analysis	en
dc.identifier.urn	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-71641-8
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Namensnennung 4.0	de
dc.rights.licence	Creative Commons - Attribution 4.0	en
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dc.type.stock	article	de
dc.type.document	Zeitschriftenartikel	de
dc.type.document	journal article	en
dc.source.pageinfo	618-638	de
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dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1162/qss_a_00043	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Veröffentlichungsversion	de
dc.description.pubstatus	Published Version	en
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