Badges? We Don't Need No Stinking Preprint Badges! | Phil Davis | - The Scholarly Kitchen
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Summary:
"Authors submitting papers to PLOS journals can now opt to transfer their manuscript automatically to the bioRxiv preprint server, according to a joint press release issued on February 6....
PLOS is taking a step to support a post-journal publication platform where manuscripts become publicly available as preprints upon submission and where evaluation is largely conducted post-publication as a series of publisher-provided and community-supported “badges” that are sent to the preprint server over time....
The real outlaw in this story is bioRxiv, which has been taking steps from being a preprint server to becoming a publishing platform. By incorporating post-publication validation badges into preprints, bioRxiv begins to transform itself into the largest open access megajournal the world has ever seen."