Preprints in Japan and China: perspectives from Jxiv and Sciencepaper Online

The popularity and acceptance of preprints vary among scientific disciplines and geographical regions. Some environments (e.g. research disciplines, funder and institution policies) are more supportive of researchers preprinting their manuscripts, while others may discourage it.

During this Community Call, we engaged in conversation about perceptions of preprints among research communities in East Asia.

Ritsuko Nakajima (Jxiv, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)) and Min Li (Sciencepaper Online, The Center for Science and Technology Development of the Ministry of Education, People’s Republic of China) discussed how the environments in their regions, institutions, and different scientific disciplines influences the popularity, acceptance, and perception of preprints among researchers in East Asia.