This training highlights the importance of early sharing of research results and explains the concept of preprints.

By the end of this training, learners should be able to:

• Explain the importance of the early sharing of research results
• Know what preprints are
• Find a suitable preprints platform to share their early findings
• Understand how sharing preprints can benefit their career progression.

Training outline

• What are preprints?
• What do your peers think about preprints?
• Weighing the pros and cons of preprints.
• Want to give it a try? Discipline-specific and general preprint repositories that you can use.
• Preprints in the time of COVID-19.

Resources for facilitators and learners

Online courses

• EMBL-EBI. Open access: publications and preprints. https://doi.org/10.6019/TOL.OpenAccessPublications-w.2021.00001.1

Videos, webinars, online tutorials

• Scientific Writing School. 2021. What Are Preprints? Should You Publish Your Scientific Research Paper as a Preprint?
  

• van Vliet, Arnoud. 2021. An Introduction to Preprints and bioRxiv. University of Surrey
  

• Rodrigues Araujo, D.; Parkin, M.; Rosonovski, S. Europe PubMed Central: Quick tour.

• EMBL-EBI. How to make your research open with Europe PMC. https://doi.org/10.6019/TOL.OpenResearch_ePMC-w.2023.00001.1
  

• sivabioinfo. 2022. How to Use Preprint Servers to Improve Citations | Biorxiv, Arxiv, Chemrxiv, Authorea, EuropePMC
  

• eLife. 2021. eLife and the Future of Preprints: Monash University Preprint Event
  

• Shannon, Paul. 2024. A New Science Publishing Model for a More Open Future. Center for Open Science
  

Collections of resources

• Preprints. 2024. EIFL Digital Research Literacy Training Programme Outline for Librarians.