ASAPbio and COAR are inviting institutional and other generalist repositories to fill in a survey about preprint sharing in repositories. The aggregate results of the survey will be made publicly available via the respective websites. The survey, open from August 4 – September 10, seeks to assess the levels of preprint sharing taking place using generalist repositories.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a rise in researchers sharing their preprints. Traditionally, institutional and generalist repositories have not played a significant role in hosting these objects. However, as the sharing of preprints becomes more widely embraced, these types of repositories are obvious mechanisms to expand the preprint ecosystem internationally, without having to launch new preprint services.
This survey is targeted at institutional and other generalist repositories to gauge their current activities and future plans related to the collection of preprints.
Individual responses will not be shared, but the aggregate results will be published in a report made openly available to the community via the COAR and ASAPbio websites.
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