In this study we analyse the key driving factors of preprints in enhancing scholarly communication. To this end we use four groups of metrics, one referring to scholarly communication and based on bibliometric indicators (Web of Science and Scopus citations), while the others reflect usage (usage counts in Web of Science), capture (Mendeley readers) and social media attention (Tweets). Hereby we measure two effects associated with preprint publishing: publication delay and impact. We define and use several indicators to assess the impact of journal articles with previous preprint versions in arXiv. In particular, the indicators measure several times characterizing the process of arXiv preprints publishing and the reviewing process of the journal versions, and the ageing patterns of citations to preprints. In addition, we compare the observed patterns between preprints and non-OA articles without any previous preprint versions in arXiv. We could observe that the "early-view" and "open-access" effects of preprints contribute to a measurable citation and readership advantage of preprints. Articles with preprint versions are more likely to be mentioned in social media and have shorter Altmetric attention delay. Usage and capture prove to have only moderate but stronger correlation with citations than Tweets. The different slopes of the regression lines between the different indicators reflect different order of magnitude of usage, capture and citation data.

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预印本是学术交流的加速器：数学的经验分析

在这项研究中，我们分析了预印本促进学术交流的关键驱动因素。为此，我们使用四组度量标准，一组是指学术交流并基于文献计量指标（Web of Science和Scopus引用），而其他一组则反映使用情况（Web of Science的使用次数），捕获（Mendeley读者）和社交媒体关注（推文）。因此，我们测量与预印本出版相关的两种影响：出版延迟和影响。我们定义并使用多个指标来评估arXiv中具有预印本版本的期刊文章的影响。特别是，这些指标多次衡量了arXiv预印本的发布过程和期刊版本的审阅过程以及对预印本的引用的老化模式。此外，我们比较了arXiv中没有​​任何先前预印版本的预印与非OA文章之间观察到的模式。我们可以观察到，预印本的“早期查看”和“开放获取”效应有助于预印本在可衡量的引文和读者群优势方面。带有预印本的文章更有可能在社交媒体中提及，而Altmetric的关注延迟更短。与推文相比，使用和捕获证明与引文的关联度仅中等但更强。不同指标之间回归线的不同斜率反映了使用，捕获和引用数据的数量级不同。预印本的效果有助于可衡量的引文和读者的优势。带有预印本的文章更有可能在社交媒体中提及，而Altmetric的关注延迟更短。与推文相比，使用和捕获证明与引文的关联度仅中等但更强。不同指标之间回归线的不同斜率反映了使用，捕获和引用数据的数量级不同。预印本的效果有助于可衡量的引文和读者的优势。带有预印本的文章更有可能在社交媒体中提及，而Altmetric的关注延迟更短。与推文相比，使用和捕获证明与引文的关联度仅中等但更强。不同指标之间回归线的不同斜率反映了使用，捕获和引用数据的数量级不同。