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Do JMIR Preprints get a DOI? What happens if the final version (Version of Record VOR) is published?

Editorial Director
Updated

We are pleased to say that since June 2017, all JMIR preprints (including all submissions to JMIR journals where author opt in to open peer-review) now get a DOI assigned, which facilitates citation of the preprint. The only exception is if the author selects option 1d) on submission (see below), which does not generate a Preprint.

A preprint is the initial author manuscript, as submitted to a JMIR journal or to JMIR Preprints directly (see What are JMIR Preprints?).

  • The DOI of the initially submitted manuscript is simply 10.2196/preprints.XXXX, where XXXX is the manuscript ID. 
  • The URL linking to a landing page with the abstract and potentially a download option for the preprint is preprints.jmir.org/preprint/XXXX and the DOI handle URL is doi.org/10.2196/preprints.XXXX (which is simply redirected to the former URL).
  • During the peer-review period, the preprints site will show a button for potential peer-reviewers.
  • This button will no longer be visible once the initial decision has been made.
  • Once a submission is accepted and a final paper is published (the "version of record" or VOR), the landing page for the preprint will show a link to the VOR.
Arrow pointing at DOI in the Citation section of an example manuscript page that is open for peer review

 

Authors can control who has access to the preprint on submission of a new article as follows (for the time being, file a ticket with support@jmir.org if you wish to change the default behavior):

1. Allow access to Preprints when not published (under review or accepted) for

  (a) Open peer-review purposes. Access for logged-in Reviewers only, only during a fixed peer-review period (ending with a editorial decision). After the peer-review period we just show the abstract and a link to the VoR (published version of record), if known.
  (b) Logged-in Users only, also after the peer-review period and after the initial and final decision.
  (c) Anybody, anytime; unless published and 2b is selected (recommended).
  (d) Nobody. Abstract is not posted and submission will not get a preprint DOI.

2. When a final version is published in a JMIR journal

  (a) Add a link to the VoR, but still allow downloading the Preprint.
  (b) Just show the abstract of the preprint and a link to the VoR but no longer allow downloading the Preprint.
 
 
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