A study of referencing changes in preprint-publication pairs across multiple fields

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Highlights：

• Using change in reference list of preprint-publication pairs from multiple fields to investigate manuscript development process.

• 90% of references were unchanged between versions and 8% were newly added.

• Manuscripts in the natural and medical sciences undergo more extensive reframing of the literature.

• Changes in engineering mostly focused on methodological details.

• Our validation study provides detail on the shortcoming of reference lists in data sources.

摘要

•Using change in reference list of preprint-publication pairs from multiple fields to investigate manuscript development process.•90% of references were unchanged between versions and 8% were newly added.•Manuscripts in the natural and medical sciences undergo more extensive reframing of the literature.•Changes in engineering mostly focused on methodological details.•Our validation study provides detail on the shortcoming of reference lists in data sources.

论文关键词：Manuscripts,Peer review,Preprints,Reference lists changes,Publications

论文评审过程：Received 22 July 2021, Revised 17 January 2022, Accepted 24 January 2022, Available online 31 January 2022, Version of Record 31 January 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2022.101258