Report on ACL Survey on Preprint Publishing and Reviewing

The ACL survey on preprint publishing and reviewing was conducted in June 2017 and received 623 complete responses. This section gives a high-level view of the main results and trends, based on the detailed results presented in subsequent sections.The great majority of respondents (93%) are either current or previous members of ACL, and the sample represents about 20% of the total membership of the association. As far as we can tell from available membership statistics, the sample appears to be representative with respect to demographic factors like geographical affiliation, gender, role and academic background.(For more information, see Section 1.)