Citation Count Analysis for Papers with Preprints

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We explore the degree to which papers prepublished on arXiv garner more citations, in an attempt to paint a sharper picture of fairness issues related to prepublishing.

• A paper's citation count is estimated using a negative-binomial generalized linear model (GLM) while observing a binary variable which indicates whether the paper has been prepublished.
• We control for author influence (via the authors' h-index at the time of paper writing), publication venue, and overall time that paper has been available on arXiv.
• Our analysis only includes papers that were eventually accepted for publication at top-tier CS conferences, and were posted on arXiv either before or after the acceptance notification.