Purpose: The recent proliferation of preprints could be a way for researchers worldwide to increase the availability and visibility of their research findings. Against the background of rising publication costs caused by the increasing prevalence of article processing fees, the search for other ways to publish research results besides traditional journal publication may increase. This could be especially true for lower-income countries. Design/methodology/approach: Therefore, we are interested in the experiences and attitudes towards posting and using preprints in the Global South as opposed to the Global North. To explore whether motivations and concerns about posting preprints differ, we adopted a mixed-methods approach, combining a quantitative survey of researchers with focus group interviews. Findings: We found that respondents from the Global South were more likely to agree to adhere to policies and to emphasise that mandates could change publishing behaviour towards open access. They were also more likely to agree posting preprints has a positive impact. Respondents from the Global South and the Global North emphasised the importance of peer-reviewed research for career advancement. Originality: The study has identified a wide range of experiences with and attitudes towards posting preprints among researchers in the Global South and the Global North. To our knowledge, this has hardly been studied before, which is also because preprints only have emerged lately in many disciplines and countries.

翻译：目的：近年来预印本的迅速普及可能为全球研究人员提供一种提高其研究成果可获取性与可见性的途径。在文章处理费日益普及导致发表成本上升的背景下，研究人员对传统期刊发表之外的其他研究成果发表方式的探索可能增加，这对低收入国家而言尤为显著。设计/方法/路径：为此，我们关注全球南方与全球北方在发布和使用预印本方面的经验与态度差异。为探究发布预印本的动机与顾虑是否存在差异，我们采用混合研究方法，将研究人员的定量调查与焦点小组访谈相结合。研究发现：来自全球南方的受访者更倾向于认同遵守相关政策的必要性，并强调强制性要求可能改变开放获取的发表行为；他们同时也更倾向于认为发布预印本具有积极影响。全球南方与全球北方的受访者均强调经过同行评审的研究对职业发展的重要性。原创性：本研究揭示了全球南方与全球北方研究人员在发布预印本方面广泛的经验与态度差异。据我们所知，这一领域此前鲜有研究，部分原因在于预印本近期才在许多学科与国家中出现。