• January 2024 Community Call – Connecting the dots – linking preprints to other outputs with Martyn Rittman

    At our first Community call of 2024, on 24 Jan, we will discuss the linking of preprints to other outputs. The research community produces multiple outputs relating to any individual research project including data sets, methodologies and protocols, peer reviews, outreach or media and more. Linking these many outputs to the preprint is very important […]

  • Preprints across the globe; landscapes, perceptions and challenges with Ludo Waltman

    At our next Community call, on 19 March 2024, we will discuss the globalization of preprints. The adoption of preprints varies greatly across geographical regions, with many of the efforts to drive adoption originating from the US and Western EU. However, this approach often neglects the opinions and needs of others. In this community call […]

  • Preprints across the globe; landscapes, perceptions and challenges with Ludo Waltman

    At our next Community call, on 19 March 2024, we will discuss the globalization of preprints. The adoption of preprints varies greatly across geographical regions, with many of the efforts to drive adoption originating from the US and Western EU. However, this approach often neglects the opinions and needs of others. In this community call […]

  • May 2024 Community Call – AI in preprints and publishing with Josh Nicholson

    At our next Community call, on 22 May 2024, we will discuss the use of AI in publishing and preprints. The rise of AI represents a global challenge for all aspects of life. In academia, AI promises to revolutionize scientific publishing and yet presents major problems for publishers and researchers. On the one hand, preprint […]

  • July 2024 Community Call – Research integrity, trust markers & forensic scientometrics with Dr Leslie McIntosh

    At our next Community call, on 17 July 2024, we will discuss the importance of trust markers and research integrity in addition to the newly proposed field of forensic scientometrics. In recent years, science has been experiencing a crisis in trust, with record numbers of retractions, news reports of fraudulent studies, lawsuits against scientists correcting […]

  • ASAPbio Community Call: Preprints & the Global South

    Preprints and the wider open science landscape has made great strides over the past decade. Preprint adoption has grown to 12% of the biomedical literature and preprint peer review is on the rise. Institutions and funders are increasingly recognising and supporting preprints. However, this is only the situation in the Global North. In the Global […]

  • The new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation OA policy; a Q&A with Ashley Farley

    In January 2025 the new Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation open access policy will go into effect. This policy mandates preprints for all grantees, encourages preprint peer review and removes funding for APC’s. Join us as we host Ashley Farley for a Q&A on the new policy. November 6th 2024. 5pm UK/Noon EST/9am PST Register here

  • Our new strategic direction from 2025

    To kick off 2025, we at ASAPbio held our January community call on the topic of what’s next for ASAPbio’s strategic direction. If you weren’t able to make it, you can watch the recording (below). What follows is a brief summary of what you should expect to see soon from us. https://youtu.be/unxK1JoNHdc Read more in […]

  • Institutional recognition of preprints

    In this community call, we focus on institutional recognition of preprints, a key barrier for wider preprint adoption. We will hear from Michael Dougherty (University of Maryland) who is representing HELIOS (Higher Education Leadership Initiative for Open Scholarship) to discuss the importance of working directly with departments to bring about change. We will also hear […]

  • OpenRxiv and a preprint progress update with Richard Sever

    In this session, Richard Sever will give an update on the amazing progress that bioRxiv and medRxiv have made in recent years and will overview and discuss OpenRxiv, the new non-profit overseeing the two preprint servers. There will be a strong Q&A component so bring along your questions! Brief schedule: An update on bioRxiv and […]

  • Replacing Academic Journals

    In this months community call, Bjorn Brembs will discuss the problems with current academic journal system and the potential solutions to replacing this broken system. Register here Speaker: Bjorn Brembs, University of Regensberg

  • Experiments in publishing with Arcadia, PubPub & Octopus

    In this months community call we are hosting a panel discussion on various experiments within science publishing. Joining us are Gabe Stein from PubPub and Alex Freeman from Octopus. Each presenter will provide an overview of their experiment and advancements in publishing followed by a Q&A session for attendees to learn more and ask their […]