Archive correction log: source versions, units and publisher notices · RESEARCH-00491

Case 48 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise

A cited preprint has a later published version. How should an archive entry handle the relationship?

Review focus: source wording. Retain the source wording beside any paraphrase. Use the original answer fragment “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…” as the discussion anchor; no new event or result is supplied.

Exercise RESEARCH-00491/48: address this question within its stated limits.

Case 48 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise

Clarification for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: the point beginning “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…” belongs to the question as written. It should not be read as a report that a new check, purchase or experiment has been completed. Review focus: source wording. Retain the source wording beside any paraphrase.

Case 48 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise

Method note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: use “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…” as a row heading in a proposed working record. Put the statement, its supporting source or measurement, and any unresolved detail in separate fields. This proposes a format; it supplies no additional evidence. Retain the source wording beside any paraphrase.

Case 48 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise

Limit of the answer in “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…” is an excerpt from the discussion, not an independent verification. A reader needs the relevant original material before treating an interpretation as established. Review focus: source wording. Retain the source wording beside any paraphrase.

Case 48 — Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication · source wording exercise

Correction note for “Preprint versus peer-reviewed publication”: retain the wording beginning “Publication status is useful context but is not itself a…” in the record. If later material changes it, add the date, the changed wording and the source for that change; do not invent a completed correction here. Retain the source wording beside any paraphrase.