Preprint Servers in Kidney Disease Research

Predecessors of preprint servers

Although there was an early experiment in the 1960s with the central distribution of paper preprints in the biomedical sciences, these sciences have not been early adopters of electronic preprint servers. Some barriers to the development of a ‘preprint culture’ in the biomedical sciences are described. Multiple factors that, from the 1960s, fostered the transition from a paper-based preprint cu...

Preprint servers facilitate scientific discourse.

Preprints are scientificmanuscripts posted online before formal peer-review and publication in journals. Preprints have become prominent in scientific publishing, which is increasingly shaped by an emphasis on speed, transparency, and accessibility. Important as they are, those factors are entwined with the journal’s primary role as an arbiter of the rigor and significance of scientific scholar...

Bringing PLOS Genetics Editors to Preprint Servers

1 HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology, Huntsville, Alabama, United States of America, 2 Department of Genetics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, 3 Department of Genetics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America, 4 Department of Genetics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of Am...

The impact of preprint servers and electronic publishing on biomedical research.

Endocrine disorders in chronic kidney disease

Background and Objective: Endocrine disorders are common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). The aim of the present study is reviewing available literature to give a deep understanding of complexities of endocrine disorders in chronic kidney disease. Methods: A narrative reviewing method based on the available literature was approached. Findings: Generally, when renal function de...