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preprintnoun
A preliminary form of a scientific paper that has not yet been published in a journal.
preprintverb
To print in advance.
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Preprint
In academic publishing, a preprint is a draft of a scientific paper that has not yet been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of preprint in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of preprint in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of preprint in a Sentence
You have preprints suggesting that things worked, but they had no control group, there's a lot of value to peer review. And that doesn't happen on a preprint server.
We really need to look hard and see if there is other early information about sequences that hasn’t been found, i intend to go through every early preprint I can find about SARS-CoV-2 and see if it describes any data that isn’t in the databases.
Some of the material that's been put out - on preprint servers for example - clearly has been... unhelpful, whether it's fake news or misinformation or rumour-mongering, it's certainly contributed to fear and panic.
You can find online a preprint, non-peer-reviewed paper that seems to suggest that in vitro, in other words in test tubes, that there is some antiviral activity for this compound, but I can tell you there are millions of compounds that, when tested in vitro, in a test tube, appear to have some antiviral activity but that are worthless in vivo, in humans.
Trying to do science by press release, without backing it up, either with a traditional journal or a preprint... has universally led to misunderstanding and has no place in science. The biotechs are doing it because they're writing for their shareholders, they're writing for their investors, but it's being done in a way that's oblivious to its public health impact and needs to stop.
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