Hello,
I am wondering if reviewers would accept analyses performed by using bioinformatic tools that were published as a preprint?
Thanks
Hello,
I am wondering if reviewers would accept analyses performed by using bioinformatic tools that were published as a preprint?
Thanks
Hi! To my best knowledge, PICRUST2 was cited numerous times as a preprint before the Nature paper. But really it depends on the reviewers and the tool.
Yep, it happens all the time. To add another example to @timanix, the QIIME2 preprint was cited quite a bit before landing in Nature Biotech.
-Mike
I’ll add a third voice and say it’s pretty standard. There are tools that people have used and cited long before there was a pre-print. (Scipy has been around for a decade and they were just published last year?). I think a preprint helps, especially if there’s something novel about the method. It also makes it easier for the authors to consolidate citations down the line - which is good because you partially tip your academic software developers in citations. But, in general, yes, it’s common and should be encouraged!
Thank you all for your valuable input!
Best,
Eman