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Do you have a preprint in progress and want constructive feedback? Submit it for discussion at the ASAPbio-PREreview live-streamed preprint journal clubs

Jan 19, 2023
Preprints provide a great avenue for researchers to get feedback on their work from the community. This type of community feedback is particularly valuable when gathered on early preprints, that is, on manuscripts that are still work-in-progress, prior to their submission for journal publication.
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Interested in organizing a preprint event? Check out the ASAPbio preprint event toolkit

Dec 16, 2022
Would you like to organize an event about preprints and are unsure where to start? Then search no more, we have the resource for you.
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Recommendations for managing preprints in generalist and institutional repositories

Dec 12, 2022
As adoption of preprints has grown over recent years, researchers have made use of a variety of platforms to share the early drafts of their manuscripts. In addition to the existing preprint servers, there are also many institutional or generalist repositories where authors can deposit their manuscripts – Zenodo, for example, lists over 6,000 records labeled as a preprint.
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ASAPbio crowd preprint review 2.0 – highlights from our 2022 activities to collaboratively develop public preprint reviews

Nov 22, 2022
Last year we ran a trial where we experimented with translating the crowd review model pioneered by the journal Synlett to preprints, and we coordinated activities to develop public reviews on cell biology preprints. The activities resulted in sign up by over 100 researchers, and in 14 public preprint reviews developed through comments contributed by 31 crowd members.
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The ASAPbio Fellows program: an interview with 2022 Fellow Ruchika Bajaj

Nov 15, 2022
ASAPbio wants to support community members who want to learn more about preprints and share information and resources about preprints with their own communities. To empower our community members to be preprint advocates, we started a Fellows program in 2020, a dedicated set of activities around preprints that allows participants to learn more about preprints, and to develop their own preprint project or contr...
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ASAPbio’s response to the OSTP Nelson memo

Nov 04, 2022
We applaud the recent US White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) memorandum on ensuring free, immediate, and equitable access to federally funded research. The updated policies requiring public access to peer-reviewed publications and research data will bring many benefits to the US and the global research community.
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