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\title{Introducing the 21st-century preprint: HTML, versioned, citable,
data-rich.}


\author[ ]{Josh Nicholson}
\author[ ]{David Banys}
\author[ ]{Alberto Pepe}

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Authorea was founded with the mission of improving how researchers write
and publish their findings. We created a platform that allows
researchers to write across formats, to automatically add and format
citations from over
\href{https://data.crossref.org/reports/statusReport.html}{86,594,377}~scholarly
documents,\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/8850/articles/149449/_show_article}{to
directly submit} to a growing list of leading journals, and to
collaborate easily across continents and disciplines with
\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/8850/articles/152212-a-new-version-control-system-for-research-writing}{superior
version control}. ~We built Authorea to be the most powerful editor for
researchers because we believe that research is fundamentally important
in all aspects of life. ~Today, we're happy to announce our latest
addition to the Authorea toolset:~\textbf{the ability for researchers
assign a digital object identifier (DOI) to their Authorea documents.
~}With this release, you can now write, cite, host data,
and\textbf{~}\emph{\textbf{preprint}} \textbf{on Authorea.}

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\textbf{What is a preprint?}

Preprints are publication-ready research papers that are made public
before peer review and formal publication. Preprints are designed to
address the speed of scientific communication, the accessibility of
knowledge~and the existing tendency to report mostly positive results.
~Preprints have a
\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/8850/articles/135301/_show_article}{long
history} in research dissemination and are part of the story about how
the web was created. They have long been used in physics and math with
nearly 10,000 preprints posted per month at ar\(\chi\)iv and
are starting to gain rapid adoption in other disciplines like the life
sciences. ~In fact, the growth of preprints in other disciplines was
named one of
\emph{Science's}~\href{http://www.nature.com/news/2016-in-news-the-science-events-that-shaped-the-year-1.21159}{events
that shaped 2016}.

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Of course, we've always allowed preprints to be posted on Authorea, with
\href{https://www.authorea.com/browse_published}{thousands of
researchers already posting them.}~However, until now it was not
possible to assign a DOI to your content. ~Now, you can easily assign a
DOI to any document written or hosted on Authorea, regardless of
publication status, making it easy to preprint your work for rapid
dissemination and enhanced discoverability. ~You can also deposit
earlier drafts of previously published work (postprint) to comply with
funder guidelines or to make paywalled work open access (try our
importer!).

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\caption{{A sample of preprints on Authorea. Find more
\href{https://www.authorea.com/browse}{here.}%
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\subsection*{What sets Authorea preprints
apart?}\label{what-sets-authorea-preprints-apart}

While preprinting and preprint servers are increasing in frequency very
quickly there is one key difference between Authorea and all other
preprints and preprint servers -- the ability to preprint in HTML, not
just PDF. ~A feature that will likely soon become a requirement for
indexing in a central repository (see:
\href{http://asapbio.org/rfa}{Request for Applications for the
development of a Central Service}) and
a~\href{https://www.authorea.com/users/8850/articles/123679/_show_article?access_token=d8cErAb_olPC5CvcWWwsig}{major
request of readers}. HTML preprints also help with discoverability
(Search Engine Optimization) as well as data mining and easy
translation. ~In short, PDFs were not designed for the web, HTML
\emph{is the web}. ~Beyond allowing content to be presented online in
HTML we also allow versioning of DOIs, thus you can issue a DOI, collect
feedback, make changes, and then issue a new version of your DOI for
your updated manuscript.~

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\subsection*{Some facts about digital object identifiers
(DOIs)}\label{some-facts-about-digital-object-identifiers-dois}

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  A DOI is a persistent identifier used by all scholarly publishers.
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  DOIs help ensure content can be reliably cited.
\end{enumerate}

\subsection*{Some facts about
preprints}\label{some-facts-about-preprints}

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  Preprints do not preclude publishing in traditional journals. (see
  \href{http://help.authorea.com/publish/journals/publishing-a-pre-print-if-your-article-has-been-accepted-by-a-journal}{here}
  for more information)
\item
  Preprints can be used to to establish priority of ideas and
  discoveries.
\item
  Preprints can be used to solicit open feedback.
\item
  Preprints can be used in various grant applications to supplement
  publication record.
\item
  Preprints won't divide your citation count amongst publications (we
  link them).
\end{enumerate}

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\subsection*{How to assign a DOI on
Authorea}\label{how-to-assign-a-doi-on-authorea}

When you're ready to assign a DOI on Authorea you can do so by selecting
the ``Publish'' option from the drop down menu in your toolbar. From
there, simply hit ``Publish'' and a DOI will be generated for you via
Crossref. ~As seen below, ~preprinting on Authorea is independent of the
ability to submit to journals and we are continually working with
publishers. ~Authorea will always provide researchers the ability to
export to different journal styles and to submit directly to the
journals that matter for their work and~career.

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