Academic publisher SAGE Publishing has launched its first preprints server for the humanities and social sciences, in partnership with Figshare.
Advance: a SAGE preprints community will provide academic researchers with a global platform to share early versions of their work ahead of formal peer review and publication. The open access platform will support original research and reviews, making content open to receiving feedback from colleagues and peers. The service enables researchers to disseminate and start communicating about their time-sensitive work and ideas faster and to garner engagement and feedback throughout their research process. All preprints published on Advance are eligible for publication in a wide range of SAGE’s portfolio of peer-reviewed journals.
Advance provides an intuitive interface for authors to submit their research and once accepted, a preprint will be available online quickly - usually between 48-72 hours. The site features a monitored commenting feature giving authors the ability to receive feedback on their work (including sharing and embedding tools for soliciting feedback) - allowing them to further shape and improve their research. Authors can also track citations, altmetrics, views, and downloads of their preprints. While submitting to Advance, researchers have the additional option of simultaneously submitting their work for acceptance to one of SAGE's journals within the humanities and social sciences. Furthermore, all accepted preprints will be assigned a DOI, ensuring each preprint can be linked to its final published version in the future, helping to increase a final paper's discoverability.
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