Q. Can I submit my preprint publication to the Research Profile and Respository?

Preprints (also known as the author’s original manuscript) is the version of a journal article that has not yet been through the peer-review process. Current guidelines do not allow for the inclusion of preprints in the repository.

The Research Profiles and Repository includes records for published journal articles. Wherever possible, the Library will include the version of the record (a PDF or a link to the publisher’s subscription site).

There are several subject-based preprint servers where authors can upload a preprint. Some sites provide a mechanism for open peer review of these papers prior to publication.

It is important to check with potential publishers of a manuscript about their policy for preprints, as some journals will consider a preprint to be prior publication, whereas others will encourage it.

The following resources are useful for locating publisher or journal preprint policies:

• List of academic journals by preprint policy – Wikipedia
• Jisc's open policy finder

Some prominent preprint sites are arXiv, BioRxiv, Chemrxiv, PsyArXiv, The Winnower, F1000, SSRN, PeerJ Preprints, and Figshare.
PrePubMed and Scopus both index preprints but these are not recognised as formally published works.

For more information, please contact your School Librarian or review the definitions in the Library’s Open Access page.