Postprints
Encyclopedia
A postprint is a digital draft of a research
journal article after it has been peer review
ed. A digital draft before peer review is called a preprint
. Jointly, postprints and preprints are called eprints
Expressed in the Crossref
terminology , any draft, starting from the Author's Original Version but prior to the Accepted Version is a preprint, whereas any draft from the Accepted Version onward, including the Version of Record or Definitive Work is a postprint.
Since the advent
of the Open Archives Initiative
, preprints and postprints have been deposited in Institutional Repositories, which are interoperable because they are compliant with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
.
Eprint
s are at the heart of the Open Access initiative to make research freely accessible online. Eprints were first deposited or self-archived
in arbitrary websites and then harvested by virtual archives such as citeseer
(and, lately, Google Scholar
), or they were deposited in central disciplinary archives such as Arxiv
or PubMed Central
.
Research
Research can be defined as the scientific search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method...
journal article after it has been peer review
Peer review
Peer review is a process of self-regulation by a profession or a process of evaluation involving qualified individuals within the relevant field. Peer review methods are employed to maintain standards, improve performance and provide credibility...
ed. A digital draft before peer review is called a preprint
Preprint
A preprint is a draft of a scientific paper that has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.-Role:Publication of manuscripts in a peer-reviewed journal often takes weeks, months or even years from the time of initial submission, because manuscripts must undergo extensive...
. Jointly, postprints and preprints are called eprints
Eprint
An eprint is a digital version of a research document that is accessible online, whether from a local Institutional, or...
Expressed in the Crossref
CrossRef
CrossRef is an official Digital Object Identifier Registration Agency of the International DOI Foundation. It was launched in early 2000 as a cooperative effort among publishers to enable persistent cross-publisher citation linking in online academic journals.-Background:CrossRef has who...
terminology , any draft, starting from the Author's Original Version but prior to the Accepted Version is a preprint, whereas any draft from the Accepted Version onward, including the Version of Record or Definitive Work is a postprint.
Since the advent
Advent
Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi...
of the Open Archives Initiative
Open Archives Initiative
The Open Archives Initiative is an attempt to build a "low-barrier interoperability framework" for archives containing digital content . It allows people to harvest metadata...
, preprints and postprints have been deposited in Institutional Repositories, which are interoperable because they are compliant with the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
OAI-PMH is a protocol developed by the Open Archives Initiative. It is used to harvest the metadata descriptions of the records in an archive so that services can be built using metadata from many archives...
.
Eprint
Eprint
An eprint is a digital version of a research document that is accessible online, whether from a local Institutional, or...
s are at the heart of the Open Access initiative to make research freely accessible online. Eprints were first deposited or self-archived
Self-archiving
To self-archive is to deposit a free copy of a digital document on the World Wide Web in order to provide open access to it. The term usually refers to the self-archiving of peer-reviewed research journal and conference articles as well as theses, deposited in the author's own institutional...
in arbitrary websites and then harvested by virtual archives such as citeseer
CiteSeer
CiteSeer was a public search engine and digital library for scientific and academic papers. It is often considered to be the first automated citation indexing system and was considered a predecessor of academic search tools such as Google Scholar and Microsoft Academic Search. It was replaced by...
(and, lately, Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. Released in beta in November 2004, the Google Scholar index includes most peer-reviewed online journals of Europe and America's largest...
), or they were deposited in central disciplinary archives such as Arxiv
ArXiv
The arXiv |Chi]], χ) is an archive for electronic preprints of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance which can be accessed online. In many fields of mathematics and physics, almost all...
or PubMed Central
PubMed Central
PubMed Central is a free digital database of full-text scientific literature in biomedical and life sciences. It grew from the online Entrez PubMed biomedical literature search system. PubMed Central was developed by the U.S. National Library of Medicine as an online archive of biomedical journal...
.