BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ASAPbio - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://asapbio.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for ASAPbio REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20190101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240124T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240124T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250318T232826Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T235039Z UID:1317-1706115600-1706119200@asapbio.org SUMMARY:January 2024 Community Call – Connecting the dots – linking preprints to other outputs with Martyn Rittman DESCRIPTION: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 for reproducibility and for readers. One of the companies at the center of linking these outputs is Crossref and in this month’s community call\, we will hear from Martyn Rittman (Crossref) about how preprints are linked to other outputs. \nSpeakers: \n\nMartyn Rittman\, Crossref URL:https://asapbio.org/event/connecting-the-dots-linking-preprints-to-other-outputs/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2024-01-15-at-16.22.17.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231120T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231120T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T155906Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T170636Z UID:3801-1700499600-1700503200@asapbio.org SUMMARY:The trials and tribulations of post publication peer review DESCRIPTION:At our Community call on 20 November 2023\, we hosted a discussion on the recent high-profile examples of the dangers to preprint commenting and highlighting of research misconduct. \nAs preprint reviewing and commenting increasingly drives the push towards transparency\, these topics become ever more important. We heard from Lonni Besancon who has conducted multiple meta-research projects and written opinion pieces focussed on unreliable science or fraudulent data. In response to his rigorous and scientific approaches\, Lonni has faced lawsuits and attacks from senior scientists. This session involved a short talk from Lonni about his experiences followed by a longer discussion with all attendees around the theme of post publication review and how\, as a community\, we should engage with fraudulent or unreliable science and protect those who identify such work. \nSpeakers: \nLonni Besancon URL:https://asapbio.org/event/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-post-publication-peer-review/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Trials-and-tribs.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231120T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231120T170000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250319T233331Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T235118Z UID:1424-1700496000-1700499600@asapbio.org SUMMARY:November 2023 Community Call – The trials and tribulations of post publication peer review DESCRIPTION:20 November 2023 at 11am EST/8am PST/4pm GMT/5pm CET \nAt our next Community call on 20 November 2023\, we will host a discussion on the recent high-profile examples of the dangers to preprint commenting and highlighting of research misconduct. As preprint reviewing and commenting increasingly drives the push towards transparency\, these topics become ever more important. We will hear from Lonni Besancon who has conducted multiple meta-research projects and written opinion pieces focussed on unreliable science or fraudulent data. In response to his rigorous and scientific approaches\, Lonni has faced lawsuits and attacks from senior scientists. This session will involve a short talk from Lonni about his experiences followed by a longer discussion with all attendees around the theme of post publication review and how\, as a community\, we should engage with fraudulent or unreliable science and protect those who identify such work. URL:https://asapbio.org/event/community-call-the-trials-and-tribulations-of-post-publication-peer-review-2/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2023-10-12-at-14.52.32-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231027T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231027T173000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250319T234032Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T235415Z UID:1436-1698422400-1698427800@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Community and commercialization in biomedical preprint servers DESCRIPTION:27th October 2023 8.00-9.30am PST / 11.00-12.30 EST / 4.00-5.30pm UK \nThis year’s open access week theme\, “Community over Commercialization\,” is relevant to not only journals but also other parts of the scholarly communication infrastructure. There are now over 50 preprint servers for the biomedical community\, many of which—including the largest by monthly volume\, Research Square—are owned or closely affiliated with for-profit publishers. By owning servers\, publishers can seamlessly integrate preprints into the journal submission workflow\, thereby normalizing preprinting and helping the concept reach new audiences. While for-profit ownership raises questions about a server’s integration with other services\, responsiveness to community needs\, and adherence to principles of open scholarship\, these issues are in fact relevant to non-profit entities as well. In this event\, we will discuss principles for open infrastructure and how different preprint servers interact with their communities. \nYou can register for the event here. \nAgenda:\n\n\n\n\nTime\nItem\n\n\n5 mins\nIntro + welcome\n\n\n20 mins\nJennifer Lin: Commercialisation\, open access and preprint servers\n\n\n40 mins\n“Promoting community needs and sustainability”\nPanel Discussion with preprint servers: ResearchSquare\, arXiv\, SSRN\nModerated by: Jonny Coates (ASAPbio)\n\n\n20 mins\nWhiteboard activity: Sustainability of preprint servers\n\n\n5 mins\nClosing remarks URL:https://asapbio.org/event/1436/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Screenshot-2023-10-16-at-16.28.00.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230918T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230918T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T160038Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T170850Z UID:3803-1695056400-1695060000@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Perspectives on preprint peer review models DESCRIPTION:Preprint peer review services have substantially increased in recent years. Each service operates in a different way\, with some partnering with journals\, some focussed on providing authors with reviews and some like a traditional journal. \nIn January 2023\, eLife became the first journal to shift it’s model toward providing reviews of preprints. PLOS Biology has partnered with a number of preprint peer review services to expedite the peer review process at their journals. In this call\, we will hear about how these two journals have interacted with preprint peer review and how the editors and research community have adapted. There will be a Q&A session followed by an interactive whiteboard activity to collate the perspectives of attendees towards preprint peer review. \nSpeakers: \n\nFiona Hutton\, Head of Publishing\, eLife\nNonia Pariente\, Editor in Chief\, PLOS Biology URL:https://asapbio.org/event/perspectives-on-preprint-peer-review-models/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/September-call-image-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230918T160000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230918T170000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250319T233917Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T235239Z UID:1433-1695052800-1695056400@asapbio.org SUMMARY:September 2023 Community Call – Perspectives on preprint peer review models DESCRIPTION:18 September 2023 at 8am San Francisco / 11am New York / 3pm UTC / 4pm London / 5pm Berlin / 8:30pm Mumbai \nAt our next Community call on 18 September 2023\, we will discuss perspectives on preprint peer review models. Preprint peer review services have substantially increased in recent years. Each service operates in a different way\, with some partnering with journals\, some focussed on providing authors with reviews and some like a traditional journal. In January 2023\, eLife became the first journal to shift it’s model toward providing reviews of preprints. PLOS Biology has partnered with a number of preprint peer review services to expedite the peer review process at their journals. In this call\, we will hear about how these two journals have interacted with preprint peer review and how the editors and research community have adapted. There will be a Q&A session followed by an interactive whiteboard activity to collate the perspectives of attendees towards preprint peer review. \nSpeakers:\nFiona Hutton\, Head of Publishing\, eLife\nNonia Pariente\, Editor in Chief\, PLOS Biology URL:https://asapbio.org/event/community-call-perspective-on-preprint-peer-review/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/September-call-image.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230726T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230726T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T160204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T160204Z UID:3805-1690390800-1690394400@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Driving recognition of preprints in research assessment DESCRIPTION:The recognition of preprints by publishers has been a significant step in preprints becoming common usage in the life sciences. \nIn more recent years\, funding bodies and hiring committees have implemented policies recognising preprints as valid research outputs and as evidence in grant or job applications. We will hear from Hannah Hope (Open research lead\, Wellcome Trust) and Needhi Bhalla (Professor\, UCSC) about how funders are recognising preprints in research and researcher assessment and why this is such an important step for equity and diversity efforts. \nWednesday\, 26 July\, 9am San Francisco / 12pm New York / 4pm UTC / 5pm London / 6pm Berlin / 9:30pm Mumbai \nSpeakers: \n\nHannah Hope\, Open research lead\, Wellcome Trust\nNeedhi Bhalla\, Professor\, University of California Santa Cruz URL:https://asapbio.org/event/driving-recognition-of-preprints-in-research-assessment/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230530T040000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230530T170000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250319T235640Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T171117Z UID:1457-1685419200-1685466000@asapbio.org SUMMARY:May community call: Learning from community preprint adoption in the social sciences DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 30\, 9am San Francisco / 12pm New York / 4pm UTC / 5pm London / 6pm Berlin / 9:30pm Mumbai \nCompared to other disciplines\, biologists are preprint novices. For example\, social scientists have been posting working papers to SSRN since 1994. But much has changed in the social sciences publishing landscape since that time\, and a new wave of community preprint servers have launched over the last decade. In this interactive session\, we will hear from preprint advocates in the social sciences about their community’s perceptions of the benefits and potential pitfalls of preprints. In discussing the strategies they’ve used to build communities of preprint users\, we’ll identify areas of common ground with the life sciences and learn from their unique experiences in driving a more open publishing culture. \nSpeakers: \n\nGrace Binion\, Assistant Professor of Psychology\, Furman University\, and Scientific Advisory Board Member of PsyArXiv\nPhilip Cohen\, Sociologist and demographer\, University of Maryland\, and Director of SocArXiv URL:https://asapbio.org/event/may-community-call-learning-from-community-preprint-adoption-in-the-social-sciences/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/August-2022-community-call-image-1-768x432-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230425T110000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230425T120000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250319T235935Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T235935Z UID:1465-1682420400-1682424000@asapbio.org SUMMARY:ASAPbio – SciELO 25 Years Seminar DESCRIPTION:Preprints promote the rapid and open sharing of research\, typically prior to formal peer review. However\, they also carry another benefit: they enable peer review to proceed in new and more productive ways. Open feedback and review of preprints can promote more rigorous and informative evaluation that involves broader participation from the scholarly community. In this session\, we will explore different approaches to public feedback on preprints and a vision for a future in which they change the structure of scientific communication to promote collaboration at earlier stages in the research cycle. URL:https://asapbio.org/event/asapbio-scielo-25-years-seminar/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230418T140000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230418T150000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250319T235844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250319T235844Z UID:1463-1681826400-1681830000@asapbio.org SUMMARY:ASAPbio’s NIH RFI information session and response workshop DESCRIPTION:The US NIH has released a Request for Information (RFI) about its proposed public access policy (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-091.html). \nThis is an important opportunity for researchers and other community members to voice support for open access and open science. Responses\, which can be written by anyone\, are due April 24. \nJoin ASAPbio for an RFI information session and response workshop where we will share relevant background information and important talking points and provide a supportive environment for silent writing. You will also be able to ask questions about the RFI\, solicit feedback\, and get help submitting your response. URL:https://asapbio.org/event/asapbios-nih-rfi-information-session-and-response-workshop/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230322T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230322T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T160453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T160453Z UID:3810-1679504400-1679508000@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Spotlight on preprint community projects DESCRIPTION:The passion and ingenuity of the ASAPbio Community members has been critical in driving awareness and adoption of preprints across the life sciences. \nASAPbio wants to support those in our community who want to spread the word about preprints and to this end\, we started the ASAPbio Community Projects initiative\, a mechanism to cover supplies\, equipment\, or fees for preprint projects driven by community members. \nAt this Community Call\, we provided an overview for this initiative and heard about a couple of projects we have supported: \n\nJonny Coates spoke about the Preprints in Motion podcast\nRicha Arya talked about a workshop on scientific communication & preprints she organized as part of the All India Cell Biology conference URL:https://asapbio.org/event/spotlight-on-preprint-community-projects/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230322T120000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230322T130000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250320T000224Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T000224Z UID:1471-1679486400-1679490000@asapbio.org SUMMARY:March Community Call – Spotlight on preprint community projects DESCRIPTION:The passion and ingenuity of our community members has been critical in driving awareness and adoption of preprints across the life sciences. At ASAPbio we want to support those in our community who want to spread the word about preprints and to this end\, we started the ASAPbio Community Projects initiative\, a mechanism to cover supplies\, equipment\, or fees for preprint projects driven by community members. Do you have an idea for a preprint project and need some support to put it into action? Then don’t miss our next Community Call\, where we will provide an overview for this initiative and hear about a couple of projects we have supported: \n\nRicha Arya will talk about a workshop on scientific communication & preprints she organized as part of the All India Cell Biology conference\nJonny Coates will speak about the Preprints in Motion podcast\n\nAfter their talks we’ll have Q&A about the program and how you can use it in your community. \n22 March 2023\, 4pm UTC | 4pm London | 5pm Berlin | noon New York | 9am San Francisco | 9:30pm Delhi \nRegister for the Community Call: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcpcu6qqzksGtQKA3vIgfcJ0TAxAt0k4Svo URL:https://asapbio.org/event/march-community-call-spotlight-on-preprint-community-projects/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Community-Call-March.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230125T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230125T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T161348Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T161348Z UID:3812-1674666000-1674669600@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Preprints in Japan and China: perspectives from Jxiv and Sciencepaper Online DESCRIPTION:The popularity and acceptance of preprints vary among scientific disciplines and geographical regions. Some environments (e.g. research disciplines\, funder and institution policies) are more supportive of researchers preprinting their manuscripts\, while others may discourage it. \nDuring this Community Call\, we engaged in conversation about perceptions of preprints among research communities in East Asia. \nRitsuko Nakajima (Jxiv\, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)) and Min Li (Sciencepaper Online\, The Center for Science and Technology Development of the Ministry of Education\, People’s Republic of China) discussed how the environments in their regions\, institutions\, and different scientific disciplines influences the popularity\, acceptance\, and perception of preprints among researchers in East Asia. URL:https://asapbio.org/event/preprints-in-japan-and-china-perspectives-from-jxiv-and-sciencepaper-online/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230125T090000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230125T100000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250320T000057Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250320T000057Z UID:1467-1674637200-1674640800@asapbio.org SUMMARY:January Community Call – Preprints in Japan and China: perspectives from Jxiv and Sciencepaper Online DESCRIPTION:The popularity and acceptance of preprints vary among scientific disciplines and geographical regions. Some environments (e.g. research disciplines\, funder and institution policies) are more supportive of researchers preprinting their manuscripts\, while others may discourage it. During this Community Call\, we will engage in conversation about perceptions of preprints among research communities in East Asia. We will discuss how the environments in their regions\, institutions\, and different scientific disciplines influences the popularity\, acceptance\, and perception of preprints among researchers in East Asia with our speakers: \n\nRitsuko Nakajima\, Jxiv\, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)\nMin Li\, Sciencepaper Online\, The Center for Science and Technology Development of the Ministry of Education\, People’s Republic of China\n\n25 January 2023\, 9am London | 5pm Beijing | 6pm Tokyo | 10am Berlin \nRegister for the Community Call: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYuf-itrzgqHdM-lWAh40gSS9bJqX4Vg9E8 URL:https://asapbio.org/event/january-community-call-preprints-in-japan-and-china-perspectives-from-jxiv-and-sciencepaper-online/ CATEGORIES:Community Call ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://asapbio.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Community-Call-25-January-2023.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220825T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220825T173000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T161451Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T161451Z UID:3814-1661446800-1661448600@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Promoting equity in visibility\, curation and evaluation of preprints DESCRIPTION:Preprints are freely accessible\, but there are persistent disparities in the visibility and attention paid to preprints according to the authors’ institutions\, geographical area\, language and other backgrounds. \nIn this Community Call\, we discussed how to promote equity in making preprints visible. Bianca Kramer (Sesame Open Science) spoke about how different databases index preprints and whether this may impact how researchers engage with preprints. Maurine Neiman (University of Iowa)\, Preprint Editor for Proceedings B\, shared strategies and risks around scouting preprints\, and steps editors can take to ensure a more equitable approach to identifying preprints of interest. \nYou can read a summary of the Community Call at our blog post. URL:https://asapbio.org/event/promoting-equity-in-visibility-curation-and-evaluation-of-preprints/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220608T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220608T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T161619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T161619Z UID:3817-1654707600-1654711200@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Preprints in Progress DESCRIPTION:At our Community call in June\, we explored how we can expand the use of preprints beyond the deposition of papers ready for journal submission. \nPreprints are increasingly used for the dissemination of research\, however\, most preprints still take the form of traditional research papers posted shortly before submission to a journal. \nASAPbio believes that we can accelerate research by substantially expanding the use of preprints to report a wide range of outputs: early-stage results from a small set of experiments\, negative or inconclusive findings \, confirmatory results\, and much more. At the Community Call\, we covered: \n\nASAPbio’s vision and plans for our ‘Preprints in progress’ project that seeks to expand the use of preprints.\nAlexandra Navarro from the Whitehead Institute (MIT\, US) spoke about her experience with the preprint she posted to share early results from her project\, and which she has been shaping over the last year based on community feedback. URL:https://asapbio.org/event/preprints-in-progress/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20220303T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20220303T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T161706Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T161706Z UID:3820-1646326800-1646330400@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Data sharing with preprints – where do we stand and where next? DESCRIPTION:At our March Community call \, we discussed data sharing with preprints. \nMany journals now have data sharing policies but in the context of preprints different communities are still developing their own data-sharing practices. At the call we heard the perspectives from a researcher and a data repository about the importance of sharing data with preprints and we discussed with attendees what steps can support data sharing at the time of preprint deposition. \nSpeakers: \n\nJames Fraser\, Professor\, Dept of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences\, University of California San Francisco\nDaniella Lowenberg\, Product Manager for Dryad URL:https://asapbio.org/event/data-sharing-with-preprints-where-do-we-stand-and-where-next/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20211117T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20211117T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T161757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T161757Z UID:3822-1637168400-1637172000@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Posting journal-solicited reviews on preprints DESCRIPTION:Publish Your Reviews is an initiative emerging from the July 2021 #FeedbackASAP meeting that encourages researchers to post journal-commissioned reviews publicly as comments on preprints whenever the reviewed article is available as a preprint. \nIn this ASAPbio Community Call\, we learned about the motivations and specifics of Publish Your Reviews from the speakers below\, and solicited input on how the initiative can address any implications for authors and the confidentiality of journal peer review. \n\nJames Fraser\, ASAPbio Vice President and Professor\, UCSF\nLudo Waltman\, Professor of Quantitative Science Studies and Deputy Director at the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) at Leiden University URL:https://asapbio.org/event/posting-journal-solicited-reviews-on-preprints/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210901T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210901T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T161844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T161844Z UID:3824-1630515600-1630519200@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Understanding geographical disparities in preprint trends DESCRIPTION:While the use of preprints in the life sciences is increasing\, disparities in adoption remain. \nOne of the main disparities relates to differences in preprint posting across countries\, a large proportion of preprints are posted by authors based in North America and Europe. In our Community Call on September 1\, we heard how the use of preprints is developing in different geographical regions\, and discussed drivers and barriers around preprint use for researchers in different regions with the speakers: \n\nAlex Mendonça\, Online Submission & Preprints Coordinator\, SciELO Brazil\nThabiso Motaung\, Lecturer at the University of Pretoria\, South Africa URL:https://asapbio.org/event/understanding-geographical-disparities-in-preprint-trends/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210524T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210524T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T161937Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T161937Z UID:3827-1621875600-1621879200@asapbio.org SUMMARY:Bringing culture change to science communication DESCRIPTION:Preprints are often discussed in the context of broader culture change in science communication. Culture change can be a complex process that requires time and multiple approaches to facilitate a transition into new norms and practices. \nIn our Community Call on May 24\, we hosted a roundtable discussion with three speakers involved in changing scientific culture. We explored the approaches they have taken and what they have learned about what works (and does not) in supporting sustainable and scalable shifts in research practices. \n\nClarissa Carneiro\, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and the Brazilian Reproducibility Initiative\, ReproducibiliTea Brazil.\nBrian Nosek\, Executive Director at Center for Open Science.\nMalvika Sharan\, Community Manager and Research Associate at The Alan Turing Institute (UK) and co-Founder of The Open Life Science program. URL:https://asapbio.org/event/bringing-culture-change-to-science-communication/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210325T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210325T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T162017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T162017Z UID:3830-1616691600-1616695200@asapbio.org SUMMARY:‘Why do some researchers have reservations about preprints? Let’s ask them’ DESCRIPTION:While the use of preprints in the life sciences is increasing\, some researchers have concerns about posting their own work to a preprint server or more generally about the use of preprints for research dissemination. \nThis can be due to the lack of peer review for preprints\, the approach to research communication in specific disciplines or other reasons. \nIn our Community Call on March 25\, Iratxe and the ASAPbio Fellow Yamini Ravichandran chaired a conversation with two speakers who shared their reservations about preprints: \n\nHoward Browman\, Principal Research Scientist at the Institute of Marine Research in Bergen (Norway)\, Editor-in-Chief of ICES Journal of Marine Science\, Member of Council\, Committee on Publication Ethics\, Member\, Editorial Policy Committee\, Council of Science Editors\nSeth Leopold\, Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine (US)\, Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research URL:https://asapbio.org/event/why-do-some-researchers-have-reservations-about-preprints-lets-ask-them/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210126T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210126T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T162110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T191340Z UID:3833-1611680400-1611684000@asapbio.org SUMMARY:ASAPbio strategic direction & plans for 2021 DESCRIPTION:At our January 2021 Community Call\, we will provide an overview of our vision and strategic goals. These will guide our work towards more openness and transparency in life sciences communication. We covered: \n\nASAPbio President Prachee Avasthi shared her vision for the organization and life sciences communication\nASAPbio Executive Director Jessica Polka and Associate Director Iratxe Puebla gave an overview of ASAPbio’s strategic goals and associated initiatives\nGroup discussion and feedback on the goals and projects URL:https://asapbio.org/event/asapbio-strategic-direction-plans-for-2021/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20201105T170000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20201105T180000 DTSTAMP:20260128T175055 CREATED:20250324T162205Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250324T191320Z UID:3835-1604595600-1604599200@asapbio.org SUMMARY:‘Preprint journal clubs – the nuts and bolts’ DESCRIPTION:This Community Call covered preprint journal clubs. Watch our recording on YouTube. URL:https://asapbio.org/event/preprint-journal-clubs-the-nuts-and-bolts/ CATEGORIES:Community Call END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR