DOI: Preprint -> Peer Reviewed -> Published article

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Hi everyone!

I saw question at the Council of Science Editors’ mailing list discussion that also made me curious:

“Is there a website that I can review that shows journal how to link the doi from a preprint that is later peer reviewed and published in a journal? This topic was briefly touched on during the CSE webinar titled “The Expanded Use of DOI and Content Citation Granularity,” but I wondered if there is a process outlined somewhere on how to link these two doi numbers? Any thoughts? Thank you.”

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Hi @BrunaErlandsson. Good question! I just answered a similar question over on the PKP forum. Here’s that thread: https://forum.pkp.sfu.ca/t/how-to-reconcile-prepub-dois-in-ops-and-published-dois-in-ojs/60832/4

Every new version of a preprint should be registered with a new DOI, since that version of the preprint should and will be cited differently than its precursor(s). And the preprint DOIs should not resolve to the final version of record of that article.

We do recommend that each of those versions be connected to the version of record, when it is registered, using the isPreprintOf and hasPreprint relations as documented here: https://0-www-crossref-org.lib.rivier.edu/education/content-registration/structural-metadata/#00044

And here’s an example of how that is reflected in the XML: https://0-www-crossref-org.lib.rivier.edu/education/content-registration/recommendations-by-content-type/posted-content-includes-preprints/#00092

My best,
Isaac

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That section of the XML - of an example of a journal article deposit that includes a relationship to posted content (preprint) looks like this, Bruna:

<publication_date>
   <year>2016</year>
</publication_date>
<!--relationship established with posted content (preprint) DOI-->
<program xmlns="https://0-www-crossref-org.lib.rivier.edu/relations.xsd">
   <related_item>
     <intra_work_relation relationship-type="hasPreprint" identifier-type="doi">10.50505/preprint_sample_doi_1</intra_work_relation>
   </related_item>
</program>
               <doi_data>
                   <doi>10.5555/preprint_sample_doi_vor</doi>
                   <resource>https://0-www-crossref-org.lib.rivier.edu/index.html</resource>
               </doi_data>

and the other way - of an example of a posted content (preprint) deposit containing a relationship to a VOR (published journal article) looks like this:

<!-- relationship established with VOR DOI (required when VOR is identified)-->
    <program xmlns="https://0-www-crossref-org.lib.rivier.edu/relations.xsd">
       <related_item>
          <intra_work_relation relationship-type="isPreprintOf" identifier-type="doi">10.5555/preprint_sample_doi_vor</intra_work_relation>
       </related_item>
     </program>
           <!--DOI and URL (required)-->
           <doi_data>
               <doi>10.50505/preprint_sample_doi_1</doi>
               <resource>https://0-www-crossref-org.lib.rivier.edu/index.html</resource>
           </doi_data>
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Aw, quick reply! Cool, thanks!

Ok, I get that I can add the relationship as part of the metadata, with Metadata Manager this is very easy to do.

However, if I have an article published – with DOI; and it has on its metadata the data saying that it hasPreprintof - is there a way that a random reader could see it? Should I make it clear on the article PDF to inform this?

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Hi Bruna,

Our colleagues at COPE recommend the following for publishers registering preprints:

Linking preprints to published articles is becoming as important as linking corrections to peer-reviewed
publications. While a standard has yet to be established, CrossRef currently accepts registration of preprints and provides services to allow persistent links over time.

As part of its Core Practices, COPE expects publishers to have clear policies on the copyright and license requirements that apply for publication in their journals. Such policies are increasingly important in the context of preprints.

Thus, we support the idea of clearly calling out the link between the preprint and the version of record on the article landing page and/or on the PDF.

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Thank you once again! Feels like you have an answer for every question:)

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Yay! That’s my goal, Bruna. Glad I could help.

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Academia Journal of Agricultural Research recently published our research article without our consent and permission. The uploaded manuscript is incomplete and insufficient for publication. They uploaded it without peer review and without our consent. I am attempting to contact them and request deletion, but they have refused. Please help

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How do you add a DOI to a preprint if your institution doesn’t assign them to preprints?

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Hi @Waltonl ,

Thanks for your message. If you don’t have an automation at your institution that sends us metadata for preprints, you can always send us your registrations for preprints outside of that institution/system. Unfortunately, we don’t have a helper tool that aids in building preprint XML, so you’d need to create the XML yourself or work with someone who could build it for you.

Here is a sample preprint XML file that you can use as a guide: best-practice-examples/posted_content.5.3.0.xml · master · crossref / Schema · GitLab

And, all of our XML samples are available here: Example XML metadata - Crossref

Once you have the XML formatted to the Crossref schema, you can always upload it and register it manually via the admin tool by following these steps:

  1. Log in with your Crossref account credentials
  2. Go to Submissions
  3. Click Upload
  4. Click Browse to locate the file you are uploading
  5. Select the file type:
  • Metadata: content registration XML
  1. Click Upload.

The uploaded file will be added to the system submission queue. We’ll email submission reports/logs to the email address you specified in the uploaded file.

Let me know if you have any additional questions or comments,
Isaac

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