A few reasons why you might consider publishing with preprint servers:
- Raise your research visibility
- Improve your research by receiving feedback from your peers
- Indicate research productivity in grant writing
- First opportunity to exhibit scientific breakthroughs
As opposed to the lengthy peer-reviewed journal process, preprints can be made available immediately. Each manuscript will receive a digital object identifier (DOI) and will be indexed by Google Scholar and Altmetrics. Increasingly, funders such as NIH are allowing preprints in grant applications.
Journals being considered for publication need to be evaluated for preprint policies. Some journals will consider preprints in the determination of future publishing of the manuscript.