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Thursday, 21st June 2007

Nature Precedings: a free document-sharing service for scientists

Nature Publishing Group and its partner organizations launch Nature Precedings, a free document-sharing service for scientists (PDF; 34 KB)

Nature Precedings is a free service from NPG that provides a way for researchers to share preliminary findings, solicit community feedback, and claim priority over discoveries. By promoting the rapid and open exchange of scientific information, the site ultimately aims to help accelerate the pace of discovery.

Nature Precedings accepts submissions from biomedicine, chemistry and the earth sciences. These are reviewed by professional NPG curators and accepted only if they are considered legitimate scientific contributions of likely interest to others in the field. Accepted contributions are assigned stable identifiers ('Digital Object Identifiers' and 'Handles') that enable formal citation, and are made available through an open-access archive. Submissions are not subjected to peer review before they are released. Because of this, contributions are usually published within one working day, often much sooner, and no charge is made to either authors or readers.

The new website fulfils the role of a preprint server – like the popular arXiv.org service in the physical sciences – but also accepts other document types, including unpublished manuscripts, white papers, technical papers, supplementary findings, posters and presentations. The site facilitates the discovery of interesting and relevant content through user-driven features such as tagging, voting and commenting. Authors retain copyright in their work, and all accepted contributions are released under the Creative Commons Attribution Licence. This enables redistribution and reuse while ensuring that authors receive proper credit for their work.

It is anticipated that the content will be mirrored at one or more partner organisations. This federated approach will ensure the long-term availability of the content, and effectively guarantee that the service will remain free and open.

Source: Nature Publishing Group


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