arxivlash
Arxivlash is a term used in informal online discourse to describe a pattern of activity on the arXiv preprint repository in which researchers publish multiple preprints or rapid successive revisions around a given topic in a short period. The term blends arXiv with a notion of a forceful push into the scholarly feed and is not an official category or policy of arXiv.
Origin and usage of the term are informal and vary by community. It has appeared in blogs,
Practice and implications. Common patterns associated with arxivlash include clusters of submissions by the same authors
Reception and norms. Opinions on arxivlash are mixed. Some see it as a legitimate strategy for rapid