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For more than two decades, Nature and its sister magazines have supported the pre-publication sharing of manuscripts on pre-printed servers. Nature's first editorial on this dates back to 1997 - although, at that time, the practice was common only among physicists. By making early research findings accessible quickly and easily, printers allow researchers to claim priority for discovery, receive information from the community and demonstrate evidence of progress for funders and others.
Recognizing these benefits, we are now pleased to announce an updated policy encouraging the sharing of prepress for Springer Nature magazines. This is intended to remove the ambiguity on two important points. First, we make it clear that authors can choose any license for prepress, including creative commons licenses. The choice of licensing will not preclude consideration in a Springer Nature journal, but authors should keep in mind that this may affect the sharing, adaptation and reuse of the prepress itself.
Second, the updated policy provides more information about our position on the engagement of authors with the media in response to questions about preprints. Authors are free to provide clarification and context, which will not affect editorial consideration. However, in the interest of transparency, we advise researchers to emphasize in their communications that the study was not peer-reviewed and that the findings may change. We also recommend that the reporters who cover this work indicate that the study is a pre-press and has not been peer-reviewed, a practice we strive to follow on these pages. Finally, we defend our policy of supporting the citation of preprints in reference lists of submitted and published manuscripts.
All Springer Nature magazines will adopt a unified policy that encourages prepress sharing and provides more details on prepress licensing, citation and media communications. We are confident that prepress sharing will continue to synergize with journal-mediated review and curation, and we look forward to experimenting with new ways of working with prepress.
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