Table 1.
Popular options for preprints.
Figure 1.
It can take several months before a submitted paper is officially published and citable.
Meanwhile, few people are aware of the research that has been done since, typically, only close colleagues are given access to the preprints. With public preprint servers, the science is immediately available and can be openly discussed, analyzed, and integrated into current research.
Figure 2.
Submissions to the quantitative biology section lag behind physics, mathematics, and computer science.
Data from [19].
Table 2.
Policies for important publishers in biology.