• Rapid sharing of initial research results, accelerating the time for key information to reach the broader community and leading to new collaborations We recently surveyed over 900 chemists to learn more about their views on preprints, and over 43% rated "staking the first claim to new research" as an extremely important benefit, with more than 87% rating it at least somewhat important. This places the desire to get proper credit at the top of the list of benefits, followed by "rapid sharing of results to the community" and then "public record of research activity."