prepublication

adjective

pre·​pub·​li·​ca·​tion ˌprē-ˌpə-blə-ˈkā-shən 

variants or pre-publication

: released or occurring before something (such as a book or paper) is published

a prepublication copy of the book

In the current system of prepublication peer review, a paper is evaluated before publication by a small number of other scientists (typically three or four).

—Nikolaus Kriegeskorte

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined above