PreprintMatch: a tool for preprint publication detection applied to analyze global inequities in scientific publishing
Peter Eckmann, Anita Bandrowski

TL;DR
PreprintMatch is a novel tool that accurately links preprints to published papers, enabling analysis of global disparities in scientific publishing, revealing lower publication rates and faster publication times for low-income countries.
Contribution
We developed PreprintMatch, a faster and more accurate tool for matching preprints with published papers, facilitating research on global inequities in scientific publishing.
Findings
Preprints from low-income countries are published at a lower rate (39.6%) than high-income countries (61.1%).
Preprints from low-income countries are published more quickly (178 days) than those from high-income countries (203 days).
Low-income countries add more authors from preprints to published papers, especially in China.
Abstract
Preprints, versions of scientific manuscripts that precede peer review, are growing in popularity. They offer an opportunity to democratize and accelerate research, as they have no publication costs or a lengthy peer review process. Preprints are often later published in peer-reviewed venues, but these publications and the original preprints are frequently not linked in any way. To this end, we developed a tool, PreprintMatch, to find matches between preprints and their corresponding published papers, if they exist. This tool outperforms existing techniques to match preprints and papers, both on matching performance and speed. PreprintMatch was applied to search for matches between preprints (from bioRxiv and medRxiv), and PubMed. The preliminary nature of preprints offers a unique perspective into scientific projects at a relatively early stage, and with better matching between…
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TopicsAcademic Publishing and Open Access · scientometrics and bibliometrics research
