Analyzing preprints: The challenges of working with metadata from arXiv’s Quantitative Biology section - Scholarly Communications Lab | ScholCommLab

"This blog post is the last of a four part series documenting the methodological challenges we faced during our project investigating preprint growth and uptake. Stay tuned for our next post, in which we’ll share general recommendations and hopes for the future of preprint metadata. 

Following our analyses of SHARE, OSF, and bioRxiv metadata, (which you can read about here, here, and here), we went on to explore the metadata of arXiv’s Quantitative Biology section...."