Analysis on Preprint Policy of International Academic Publishers

Abstract: The preprint policy of international academic publishers has an important influence on the preprint development. This paper classifies the preprint policy of academic publishers as submission policy and self-archive policy, and summarizes five models of pre-printed policy .With the web of science as the data source, a typical analysis of the journals/publishersthat has the most papers from China is made.It is found that most of the international academic publishers have adopted positive pre-printing policies, and present certain characteristics.Finally, according to the analysis results of preprint policy, corresponding suggestions are put forward from the perspectives of scientific research authors, periodicals and Chinaxiv.