Preprints have a number of benefits for authors / researchers:
enable you to establish an early claim for your research findings;
signal to colleagues and other researchers your research interests and encourage collaboration and feedback;
you can publish the outputs such as posters, protocols, papers, and presentations that are not suitable for journal publication but have informed your research journey;
provide evidence of your productivity;
preprints are open access, anyone can see your preprint and they are easily shared or discoverable using web search tools such as CORE and SHARE;
preprints are the fastest way to share and disseminate your research.
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