Blog Category: ASAPbio news

Preprints in biology have gained incredible momentum over the last few years, with over 2,000 being posted each month. But, in the context of all published papers, these numbers are still tiny: the rate of preprint posting is <3% of the research that is indexed by PubMed.

A July 24 article by Tom Sheldon of the Science Media Centre raised concerns about the use of preprints in the media. Soon after, nine eLife ambassadors (some of which are also ASAPbio ambassadors) responded in a preprint entitled “Maintaining confidence in the reporting of scientific outputs.” Many of the same sentiments are echoed the following response.

Dear subscribers, Hope July is treating you well! Here are some recent updates from ASAPbio and the world of preprints and open peer review.

2018-09-25 update: This posting is now closed.   Join us to help make scholarly communication in the life sciences more open and efficient by catalyzing cultural change around the use of preprints!

Dear subscribers, This month, we summarize a recent meeting on peer review and present two requests: On February 7-9, 2018, a group of approximately 90 junior and senior scientists, publishers, editors, and funders convened at HHMI Headquarters in Ch... The plenary sessions of the agenda were webcast, and all videos can be viewed in the webcast archive.

Dear subscribers, Hope 2018 is off to a great start for you! We have a few exciting announcements: On February 7-8, tune in to asapbio.org/peer-review to watch a webcast of a meeting we’re co-hosting with HHMI and Wellcome Trust on how we can modernize and improve peer review.