Free and open access, transparent assessment and dissemination of research in a fast, shared, collaborative, participative and clear manner for all of society are some of the principles of Open Science. The recognition and adoption of open research practices is growing, including new policies that increase public access to scholarly literature and encourage openness of codes and data sharing for its reproduction. Among these initiatives which are reconfiguring scientific communication, preprints have been consolidating themselves as a promising space for free, open and transparent knowledge, streamlining the editorial process. Preprints are the first formal step in making the manuscripts publicly available before being approved by a journal. The logics of publishing based on science guiding principles have always been in the decision-making power of the editor. From the choice of referees to the distribution of articles approved in publishing editions, the time management to publish keeping quality, periodicity and celerity regarding feedback on the output was always a challenge to editors. Moreover, this time management becomes an even greater challenge to the publishing process in Brazil, and in some parts of Latin America, whose journals’ management is mainly based on voluntary work. Given this scenario, initiatives that seek to make scientific communication faster and more transparent appear as solutions to the daily difficulties of scientific publishing, such as, for instance, preprints, continuous publication and open peer review. In view of this new reconfiguration of the editorial process, this panel aims to discuss the panorama of fast and transparent scientific communication, seeking to share experiences that have been developed that respond to the editorial demands on the management of time and quality of the papers published in scientific journals and, particularly, to support the development of the SciELO Program preprints policy. Syllabus The challenges of scientific publishing and editorial ethics regarding time management and quality; initiatives for fast research communication; metrics and alternative indicators of scientific visibility; preprints and continuous communication experience in the national and international scenario; editorial dynamics of preprints and its models in the market; the demands of the continuous publication flow; open modalities of peer review: peer-review, open peer-review, and crowd-based peer review; the spaces of fast communication in scholarly social platforms.

1. The main
quality of
published research
is its openness
Jan Velterop, SciELO 20 years
São Paulo, Brazil, September 2018

2. PREprints
Avant la lettre, so to speak
por assim dizer
por así decirlo

4. This makes the word
PREprints a bit
awkward, if articles
are not going to be
printed anyway.
Esto hace que la palabra
PREprints sea un poco
incómoda, si los artículos no
se van a imprimir de todos
modos.
Isso torna a palavra
PREprints um pouco
estranha, se os artigos
não forem impressos de
qualquer maneira.

5. We can debate the word preprint, of course
But what’s in a name?
Podemos debater a palavra preprint, claro
Mas o que há em um nome?
Podemos debatir la palabra preprint, por supuesto
Pero, ¿qué hay en un nombre?

6. We can debate the word preprint, of course
But what’s in a name?
What is in preprints, though
is an insurance policy
Lo que está en preprints, aunque, es una póliza de seguro
O que está em preprints, embora, é uma apólice de seguro

7. What is in preprints, though
is an insurance policy
An insurance policy,
in case you cannot, for whatever reason,
publish the ‘version of record’ with Open Access
caso você não possa, por qualquer motivo,
publicar a "versão de registro" em Open Access
en caso de que no puedas, por la razón que sea,
publicar la 'versión de registro' en Open Access

8. You may not always need to put money, time and
effort into publishing a formal ‘version of record’
anyway, but if you do, and you cannot do it with
open access, your research results will be
available with open access nonetheless, via the
preprint.
An insurance policy
Nem sempre você precisa investir dinheiro, tempo e esforço para publicar uma
"versão de registro" formal, mas se o fizer e não puder fazê-lo em Open Access, seus
resultados de pesquisa estarão disponíveis em Open Access, no entanto, através em
preprint.
No siempre es necesario invertir dinero, tiempo y esfuerzo para publicar una "versión
de registro" formal, pero si lo hace y no puede hacerlo en Open Access, sus
resultados de búsqueda estarán disponibles en Open Access, sin embargo, a través
de preprint

9. An insurance policy,
in case you cannot, for whatever reason,
publish the ‘version of record’ with Open Access
For the research community…
You may not always need to put money, time and
effort into publishing a formal ‘version of record’
anyway, but if you do, and you cannot do it with
open access, your research results will be
available with open access nonetheless, via the
preprint.
Para a comunidade de pesquisa ...
Para la comunidad investigadora ...

10. … and the world
… e o mundo
… y el mundo

11. Posting a preprint as an insurance against
paywalling, may not be all that different from
formally publishing a ‘version of record’ in a
traditional way, except it’s faster, reaches
more people, and very much less expensive
in most cases.
Postar um preprint como um seguro contra o pagamento, pode não ser tão diferente
da publicação formal de uma "versão de registro" de uma maneira tradicional, exceto
que é mais rápida, atinge mais pessoas e é muito mais barata na maioria dos casos.
te de publicar formalmente una 'versión de registro' de una manera tradicional, excepto qu

12. Just don’t let the logos confuse you!

13. Just don’t let logos confuse you!
Apenas não deixe os logotipos confundirem você!
¡Simplemente no dejes que los logos te confundan!

14. What about peer review?
But what about quality?
Mas e a qualidade?
E quanto ao peer review?
¿Pero qué hay de la calidad?
¿Y en cuanto al peer review?

15. Is there no danger that preprints have
inaccuracies?
Não há perigo de que os preprints tenham imprecisões?
¿No hay peligro de que los preprints tengan imprecisiones?

16. The danger of inaccuracies remaining in a peer reviewed article is
that the reader's guard may be down and their professional
skepticism is not what it would be for a preprint ("it has been peer
reviewed, hasn't it? Does that not guarantee that it's correct?"). That
makes inaccuracies in peer reviewed articles more dangerous than
those in preprints.
O perigo de imprecisões que permanecem em um artigo revisado (peer-
reviewed) é que o leitor pode estar menos atento e o seu ceticismo
profissional não é necessariamente o que seria para um preprint ("foi peer-
reviewed, não foi? Isso não garante que esteja correto?"). Isso faz com que
as imprecisões nos artigos revisados por pares sejam mais perigosas do
que as dos preprints.
El peligro de imprecisiones que permanecen en un artículo revisado
(peer-reviewed) es que el lector puede estar menos atento y su
escepticismo profesional no es necesariamente lo que sería para una
preprint (¿"Fue peer-reviewed, verdad? ¿Esto no garantiza que es
correcto?"). Esto hace que las imprecisiones en los artículos revisados
por pares sean más peligrosas que las de los preprints.

17. When you post a preprint, you essentially
submit your article for review to the entire
community, and not just to a few – often
anonymous; maybe random – journal-
appointed reviewers
Quando você publica um preprint, você basicamente envia seu artigo para revisão
de toda a comunidade, e não apenas para alguns – geralmente anônimos; talvez
avaliadores aleatórios indicados pelo periódico
Cuando publica un preprint, básicamente envía su artículo para su revisión de toda
la comunidad, y no solo a unos pocos – a menudo anónimos; quizás evaluadores
aleatorios indicados por el periódico

18. Besides, the whole process of scientific
discovery is pregnant with peer review.
It’s what scientists do: judge others’ work,
replicate others’ work if needed, improve on
others’ work, build on others’ work, add to
others’ work
Além disso, todo o processo de descoberta científica está repleto de peer review.
É o que os cientistas fazem: julgar o trabalho dos outros, replicar o trabalho dos
outros, se necessário, melhorar o trabalho dos outros, desenvolver o trabalho dos
outros, adicionar ao trabalho dos outros
Además, todo el proceso de descubrimiento científico está preñado de peer review.
Es lo que hacen los científicos: juzgar el trabajo de los demás, replicar el trabajo de
los demás si es necesario, mejorar el trabajo de los demás, construir sobre el trabajo
de los demás, agregar al trabajo de los demás

19. It’s what scientists do: judge others’ work,
replicate others’ work if needed, improve on
others’ work, build on others’ work, add to
others’ work
This continuous process of review is the best
guarantor of the quality of science
Este processo contínuo de revisão é o melhor garantidor da qualidade da ciência
Este proceso continuo de revisión es el mejor garante de la calidad de la ciencia

20. It’s what scientists do: judge others’ work,
replicate others’ work if needed, improve on
others’ work, build on others’ work, add to
others’ work
This continuous process of review is the best
guarantor of the quality of science
And it is helped, tremendously, by open access,
universal availability of research results
E é ajudado, tremendamente, pelo Open Access, disponibilidade universal de
resultados de pesquisa
Y es ayudado, tremendamente, por el Open Access, la disponibilidad
universal de resultados de investigación

21. That’s the real significance of preprints:
guaranteed openness.
And fast, too.
Esse é o verdadeiro significado dos preprints:
abertura garantida.
E rápido também.
Esa es la verdadera significación de las preprints:
apertura garantizada.
Y rápido, también.

22. When you post a preprint, you essentially
submit your article for review to the entire
community, and not just to a few – often
anonymous; maybe random – journal-
appointed reviewers
And you can always submit it to a journal to be
formally peer-reviewed as well…
E você sempre pode enviá-lo para um periódico para ser
formalmente revisado também ...
Y siempre puede enviarlo a un diario para ser revisado por pares también ...

23. But what about peer review?
When you post a PREprint, you essentially
submit your article for review to the entire
community, and not just to a few – often
anonymous; maybe random – journal-
appointed reviewers
…if you need the journal ‘ribbon’ for your
career advancement or if you think it enhances
your reputation
... se você precisar de uma "medalha" do periódico para avançar na carreira ou
se achar que isso aumenta sua reputação
... si necesita una 'medalla' de la revista para su avance profesional o si cree que
mejora su reputación

24. But what about peer review?
When you post a PREprint, you essentially
submit your article for review to the entire
community, and not just to a few – often
anonymous; maybe random – journal-
appointed reviewers
And you can always submit it to a journal to be
formally peer-reviewed by them as well, if you
need the journal ‘ribbon’ or decoration, for your
career advancement or reputation
I
posted
a
to
ensure
open
access
to my
article
This is a nice ribbon, too,
though
Esta também é uma boa fita, embora
Esta es una bonita cinta, también, aunque