Is there any measurable benefit in publishing preprints in the arXiv section Quantitative Biology?

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A public preprint server such as arXiv allows authors to publish their manuscripts before submitting them to journals for peer review.

• It offers the chance to establish priority by making the results available upon completion.
• This article presents the arXiv section Quantitative Biology and investigates the advantages of preprint publications in terms of reception, which can be measured by means of citations.
• This paper focuses on the publication and citation delay, citation counts and the authors publishing their e-prints on arXiv.