A manuscript previously posted as a preprint or working paper may be considered by GGSR. Public dissemination does not remove the requirement for originality, disclosure, or exclusive consideration by one journal at a time. Authors should distinguish the public preliminary version from the version submitted for review.

What to disclose

At submission, identify the preprint or working paper by title, repository, URL or identifier, posting date, and version. Explain substantial changes between versions. Disclose related conference papers, theses, reports, translations, and published articles where their evidence or text overlaps with the manuscript.

The editor needs enough information to assess the relationship between outputs. An earlier public version should not be concealed by changing its title or omitting necessary references. Where a paper develops a previously published contribution, explain the distinct question, evidence, analysis, or argument.

Anonymity and confidentiality

Authors must still prepare an anonymous review manuscript and separate title page. Public preprints may make authorship discoverable; double-anonymous review cannot guarantee that an evaluator will not recognize the work. The availability of a preprint does not authorize authors to disclose reviewer identities, confidential reports, or editorial correspondence.

Posting must respect participant consent, institutional confidentiality, copyright, and any applicable restrictions on data. Authors should not release sensitive evidence through a preprint when it could not lawfully or ethically be released in the journal article.

After publication

Where the repository permits, update the preprint record to identify and link to the Version of Record. Keep version dates and labels clear so readers can distinguish unreviewed text from the accepted and published work. If the published article later receives a correction or integrity notice, add the relevant link to the repository description where feasible.

Consult Duplicate Publication for overlapping outputs and Copyright & Licensing for sharing rights.