FAQ

In academic publishing, a preprint is a version of a scholarly or scientific paper that precedes formal peer review and publication in a peer-reviewed scholarly or scientific journal.

Publication of manuscripts in a peer-reviewed journal often takes weeks, months or even years from the time of initial submission, owing to the time required by editors and reviewers to evaluate and critique manuscripts, and the time required by authors to address critiques.

The need to quickly circulate current results within a scholarly community has led researchers to distribute documents known as preprints, which are manuscripts that have yet to undergo peer review. The immediate distribution of preprints allows authors to receive early feedback from their peers, which may be helpful in revising and preparing articles for final submission.

The preprint is also used to receive the immediate credibility of author’s ownership on the document/ manuscript with unique idea or research work alongwith the date of preprint submission & publication, which protects the interest of the author against phishing.

A DOI, or Digital Object Identifier, is a unique alphanumeric string assigned by a registration agency to identify content and provide a persistent link to its location on the Internet. The publisher assigns a DOI when your article is published and made available electronically. A DOI will help your reader easily locate a document from your citation.

Generally, a citation will include: the name of the book, article, or other resource; the name of its author; information (if applicable) about the journal it came from; the date it was published; and when it was accessed if it was read online.

Create a bibliography, citations, and references
- Put your cursor at the end of the text you want to cite.
- Go to References > Style, and choose a citation style.
- Select Insert Citation.
- Choose Add New Source and fill out the information about your source.

Students often get confused about the two types of citations. The first type are in-text citations (also called parenthetical citations), which appear throughout your paper at the end of sentences that you are citing. These usually include the authors, date of publication (APA only) and page number being cited.

About In-Text Citation
- In-text citations include the last name of the author followed by a page number enclosed in parentheses. "Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8).
- If the author's name is not given, then use the first word or words of the title.

Although it sounds contradictory, you can indeed plagiarize yourself. This is called self-plagiarism. Self-plagiarism goes against the expectations of the reader that the paper you submitted is new.

You can plagiarize yourself by, for instance:

- Submitting a document you previously submitted for a different course
- Using a section of a previous paper without correctly citing yourself as the source

Although self-plagiarism is often unintentional, it can have serious consequences. Be sure to cite your previous work or discuss the decision to use your old paper with your professor.

If you correctly cite the source you do not commit plagiarism. However, the word ‘correct’ is vital in this sentence. In order to avoid plagiarism you must adhere to the guidelines of your citation style (e.g. APA citation style or MLA citation style).

Plagiarism checker software can be used to check your text for plagiarism. This software compares your text with billions of webpages, books and articles.

An annotation is making comments or notes on an article, book, web site or other type of publication. An annotation should give enough information to make a reader understand the complete work.

Annotating a text is when the reader “marks up” a text to indicate places of importance or something they don't understand. This process of annotating helps the reader keep track of ideas and questions and supports deeper understanding of the text.