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Moving fast without breaking things: The benefits of preprinting for CDR research
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Authors
Tyler Kukla 
,
Chris Allen
Abstract
Advocates of preprinting usually focus on its benefits to individual researchers — more feedback, citations, and visibility. We argue its greater value is collective: preprinting improves scientific coordination, which the carbon dioxide removal field needs in order to move fast without sacrificing rigor.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5421Q
Subjects
Biogeochemistry, Earth Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Other Earth Sciences, Other Environmental Sciences
Keywords
carbon dioxide removal, preprinting
Dates
Published: 2026-08-06 00:11
Last Updated: 2026-08-06 00:11
License
CC BY Attribution 4.0 International
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Conflict of interest statement:
Tyler Kukla and Chris Allen help run CDRXIV, a preprint server for carbon dioxide removal research that is managed by CarbonPlan.
Data Availability:
Carbon dioxide removal publication data is from Lück et al. (2025) and Diaz Anadon et al. (2026).[16,17] Data matching those publications to preprints is from Tkaczyk (2026).[18] The code to read and analyze those datasets is publicly available at on Github, release version 1.0, under MIT license: https://github.com/carbonplan/cdr-preprint-rate-analysis/releases/tag/v1.0.[21] The data inputs and processed outputs are publicly available on Zenodo under CC BY 4.0 license at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21465070.[10]
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