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February 14, 2026Journal of Documentation

Preprint policies in Spanish academic journals: analysis of the clarity of instructions to authors

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CUCristóbal UrbanoCRCecilia RozemblumGBGuillermo Banzato

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This analysis assesses preprint policies in Spanish journals, highlighting gaps in transparency and clarity.

Key Points

  • The aim is to analyze the clarity of preprint acceptance policies in Spanish academic journals.
  • Analyzed preprint acceptance policies of 221 Spanish academic journals in Q1 and Q2 quartiles.
  • Examined instructions to authors and self-archiving policies on journals' websites.
  • Classified journals into categories: explicit acceptance, explicit rejection, unclear mention, and no mention.
  • Only 17.6% of journals explicitly state their preprint policy.
  • 15.4% explicitly accept preprints, and 2.3% explicitly reject them.
  • 40.3% of journals provide confusing statements regarding preprints.
  • 42.1% do not mention preprints at all.

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Urbano et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/699011172ccff479cfe57825https://doi.org/10.1108/jd-07-2025-0180
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