<div dir="ltr">Here is an update on the ARC preprint eligibility ruling, srom STA.<div><br></div><div>JL<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Misha Schubert</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:ceo@sta.org.au">ceo@sta.org.au</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2021 at 15:05<br>Subject: ARC pre-print rules<br>To: <a href="mailto:john.lattanzio@monash.edu">john.lattanzio@monash.edu</a> <<a href="mailto:john.lattanzio@monash.edu">john.lattanzio@monash.edu</a>><br></div><br><br>
<div style="height:auto;min-height:auto">Dear John,
<p>Thank you to each of you who have expressed your concerns to us about the Australian Research Council policies on pre-print referencing - concerns we share, and have raised with the ARC.</p>
<p>This morning we wrote to the CEO of the ARC to formally request a review into this rule change and how pre-prints (including code) can and should be referenced in the future.</p>
<p>We are aware that this issue does not only affect applicants for DECRA and Future Fellowships, but also current proposals for new Centres of Excellence and Discovery grants.</p>
<p>We have stressed the urgency of the need to review and resolve this matter - and have offered STA’s assistance to provide input from our members into such a review. </p>
<p>STA’s response has focused on:</p>
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<li>The urgent need for a rapid formal review to update the ARC’s policies on the citation of materials published on preprint servers;</li>
<li>The particular perverse impact of the current pre-print rules in the physical sciences (physics, astrophysics, mathematics and chemistry in particular) where practices on referencing pre-prints have long since evolved;</li>
<li>The way the current pre-print rules also preclude referencing code published in open access in IT and mathematics; and</li>
<li>The fact that esteemed international granting agencies overseas such as the NIH, NSF and Wellcome Trust have evolved their policies on pre-print referencing.</li>
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<p>We understand many of you may also wish to communicate further detail yourselves to the ARC on how the current rules affect your disciplines and members of your society. </p>
<p>As you prepare your feedback, we thought it helpful to provide STA’s broad framework (above) to assist to have as united a voice as possible across the scientific disciplines. </p>
<p>We encourage you to be respectful and understanding in your response recognising that the ARC is also dealing with altered working arrangements due to COVID lockdowns. The best approach would be to send your input directly to the CEO of the ARC at <a href="mailto:ceo@arc.gov.au" target="_blank">ceo@arc.gov.au</a>. </p>
<p>If you have any questions or concerns, or you have further detail to share on the impact of these rules in your discipline, please do not hesitate to contact us.<br>
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Kind regards,</p>
Misha<br>
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