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Last week on Twitter we had a very interesting conversation that discussed archiving research before publication in preprint servers and other repositories as part of Faculty of 1000′s #F1000Talks series of discussions around topics relevant to researchers. Our special guests for the discussion were Mark Hahnel and Ethan White.

It was an engaging discussion, which was nicely supplemented by some great audience participation. The take home message was that there are lots of ways to archive your work before (and after) publication to maximize its impact. In the Internet age it makes sense to share work and collaborate with others; today’s online environment is conducive to quick and efficient communication, and so antiquated restrictions such as wrongly perceived copyright issues, the fear of being scooped and the Ingelfinger rule shouldn’t apply.

So, hopefully this chat will encourage you to archive your work in an appropriate repository in the future!

You can read the full discussion in the Storify below: