What this is
Cornerstone Preprints is run by Cornerstone University and Theological Seminary, Cameroon. It holds preprints: complete pieces of work, posted by their authors, that have not been through peer review.
What that means
A journal sends a paper to independent experts who judge whether the work stands up, and prints it once they are satisfied. This repository does not do that, and does not claim to. What you read here is what its authors wrote, checked only for the things described on the screening page.
That is not a gap we are apologising for. It is the model arXiv and SSRN have used for decades, and it exists because useful work should be readable while it is still useful.
It does mean the responsibility for judging a paper sits with you, the reader, rather than with us.
Why it costs something
Screening takes a person’s time, hosting takes money, and keeping a paper available for decades takes a commitment. The fee pays for those. It does not buy acceptance, and no amount of money will get a submission past screening.
Peer review, later
We intend to add a reviewed track, where work that wants the scrutiny can have it. Until that exists, nothing here has had it, and every page on this site says so.
All the policies
- How screening works. What is checked, and what is not.
- What it costs. The charge and what it pays for.
- Licensing. Your copyright and your choice of licence.
- Withdrawal and correction. New versions and taking a paper down.
- Complaints. What to do when something here is wrong.
These pages describe how the repository works today. When something changes here, it changes because the practice changed.