Embrace preprints

[enricoferrero]

Nothing quite says Open Science like preprints.

Within an open science setting, scientists should be comfortable in reading preprints on a regular basis to keep up to date with the literature and to write preprints to disseminate their work without the inevitable delays of journal submission and peer review.

Related to this, publishing in journals that allow citation of preprints should be preferred.

[gwaybio]

Agree with preprints as an open science tool! From the perspective of #4 scientists must determine when to construct a complete story for more formal and wider dissemination. Preprints are the best current tool to achieve this.

I think we can use this rule to discuss open science communication timing, but also ethics and completeness. For example, all too often are preprints posted without source code and methods sections.