INSTRUCTIONS ON PUBLISHING YOUR ST&D 2022 PREPRINT IN EASYCHAIR
All authors who have had submissions accepted to ST&D 2022 may publish their submission as an online-only preprint in Easychair. Authors are asked to revise their proposal to APA 7.0 style, and to also add a title and abstract page to their working preprint manuscript. Proposal content may be revised up to 2500 words (including references), however this is not required. In order to publish an online preprint using Easychair, authors must agree aceptance of an open access and distribution license under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license. Full instructions, templates and a video instruction are linked below.
HOW TO PUBLISH A PREPRINT IN EASYCHAIR FOR ST&D 2022
We have prepared a full written instructions, along with a video tutorial, on how to revise and publish your ST&D submission as a preprint in Easychair.
- Written Instructions (PDF): Publishing Preprints in Easychair
- Video Tutorial (YouTube): Easychair Preprint Publication Instructions
PREPRINT FORMATING
Preprints should use 1-in. (2.54-cm) margins, be double-spaced, and generally adhere to APA 7.0 style for Professional Papers. Preprints should be no longer than 2500 words total, including references. Main sections of the preprint should include the following sections, as appropriate for the manuscript content:
- Title
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- References
PREPRINT PUBLICATION DEADLINE
We request that all authors wishing to do so publish their preprints on or before July 11, 2022 so that they are available for access by the ST&D membership.
ABOUT PREPRINTS
Preprints are becoming an essential part of the open science movement in Psychology and other fields. For example, it is very common for authors to post manuscript preprints on their Center for Open Science (COS) Open Science Framework (OSF) webpage. Authors may have concerns about publishing preprints, including if a preprint may cause a researcher's findings to be scooped, or if it is benficial for a researcher's career. We encourage authors to review this helpful OSF Preprint FAQs page which lays out the benefits of preprints https://help.osf.io/hc/en-us/articles/360019930493-Preprint-FAQs
One specific concern for authors is if a preprint will prevent publication of a full manuscript. While some journals will not accept manuscripts that have an existing preprint, we are unaware of any such journals in the field of Psychology. For example, the policy of Taylor and Francis (publisher of Discourse Processes) is available here, and states: "The AOM is your original manuscript (sometimes called a “preprint”) before you submitted it to a journal for peer review. You can share this version as much as you like, including via social media, on a scholarly collaboration network, your own personal website, or on a preprint server intended for non-commercial use (for example arXiv, bioRxiv, SocArXiv, etc.). Posting on a preprint server is not considered to be duplicate publication and this will not jeopardize consideration for publication in a Taylor & Francis or Routledge journal." Wiley and the American Psychological Association have similar policies regarding preprints and publications in their scientific journals.
APA CITATIONS FOR ST&D 2022 PREPRINTS
Preprint citation: Mensink, M. C., Kendeou, P., & Rapp, D. N. (2020). The effects of introduction type on comprehension and memory for scientific explanations (No. 3346). EasyChair. https://easychair.org/publications/preprint/MWcb
QUESTIONS
Questions or concerns about publishing preprints through Easychair should be directed to std2022@easychair.org