Hello from Iratxe<\/h4>\n
Earlier this month I joined ASAPbio as Associate Director. I am thrilled to be part of ASAPbio\u2019s important work to drive innovation and openness in science communication.<\/p>\n
A little bit about me \u2013 After doing research in biotechnology for several years, I moved into publishing, I worked in the editorial team for the BMC series (BioMed Central) before joining PLOS to work on the journal PLOS ONE<\/em>, most recently as Deputy Editor-in-Chief. I am also involved with the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) as Facilitation and Integrity Officer.<\/p>\n I have developed a passion for open research and a growing interest in preprints. I am excited to have an opportunity to contribute to initiatives towards greater transparency to the communication of life sciences research. <\/p>\n I am looking forward to working with the members of the ASAPbio Community. In my immediate to-do list I have the upcoming start of the ASAPbio Fellows program and to look into how to most efficiently engage with all of you.<\/p>\n If you have comments, suggestions or feedback, I would love to hear from you, please feel free to contact me at iratxe.puebla@asapbio.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n With so much information around COVID-19 being released, it can be challenging to keep up to date with preprint activity related to the outbreak. To help you find the latest preprints on COVID-19 and to keep up to date with initiatives around the early sharing of research related to the pandemic, we have developed a dedicated page with a number of tools and resources, you can read more about it on the blog<\/a> and browse the resources on this page<\/a>. <\/p>\n We welcome suggestions for additions and updates to the page, so if you have any items you would like to see included, please let us know.<\/p>\n Clarivate\u2019s Master Journal list<\/a>, a tool to assist authors in finding the journal that fits their needs, is now displaying Transpose<\/a> information. Transpose is a community database of journal policies, it provides information on the type of peer review the journal operates, transparency around reviewer identities and reports, co-reviewing policies and preprint-related policies for over 3,000 journals.<\/p>\n The Master Journal list also integrates information from topfactor.org<\/a>, a project by the Center for Open Science that catalogs journals\u2019 implementation of the TOP (Transparency and Openness Promotion Guidelines)<\/a>.<\/p>\n We are delighted to see the data from Transpose reused to increase transparency and visibility for authors around journal policies.<\/p>\n Applications recently closed for the ASAPbio Fellows program. We had a great response and we were really pleased to see the interest from the community in learning more about preprints. We have selected a cohort of 26 participants for the initial Fellows program cycle and we will be starting with an orientation session on June 3.<\/p>\n We look forward to providing further updates on the accomplishments of the program participants over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n ASAPbio will participate in<\/em><\/p>\n Other events<\/em><\/p>\n Recieve the latest news about ASAPbio, preprints, and open peer review every 1-2 months. Your email will not be shared. Review our privacy policy.<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/asapbio.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Iratxe-banner-2-1024x540.jpg\")
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Clarivate\u2019s Master Journal list now displays Transpose information<\/h4>\n
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