Events

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. This can be due to the lack of peer review for preprints, the approach to research communication in specific disciplines […]

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. In our Community Call on May 24, we hosted a roundtable discussion with three speakers involved in changing scientific […]

While the use of preprints in the life sciences is increasing, disparities in adoption remain. One 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 […]

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. In this ASAPbio Community Call, we learned about the motivations and specifics of Publish Your Reviews from the speakers below, and solicited input […]

At our March Community call , we discussed data sharing with preprints. Many 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 […]

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. Preprints 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. ASAPbio believes that […]

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. In 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 […]

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 engaged in conversation about perceptions of preprints among research communities in East Asia. Ritsuko Nakajima […]