By Katie Corker (ASAPbio), Ludo Waltman (CWTS Leiden), Jonny Coates (ASAPbio) We are excited to share a new ASAPbio resource: a brief explainer on the Publish-Review-Curate model of scientific communication. We have published the explainer on MetaArXiv, and we invite you to access it here. Abstract: The purpose of this brief is to provide an…
By Katie Corker (ASAPbio) & Lisa Cuevas Shaw (COS) Keeping current on organizations and initiatives that are active in the area of open scholarly communication is challenging. Like other parts of the open science community, the open scholarly communications landscape is decentralized, fast-paced, and constantly evolving. To identify both established and emerging organizations and initiatives,…
A comprehensive and high quality survey of researcher attitudes toward the scholarly publishing process was published last week. The joint product of a consultation with Research Consulting and the Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) Leiden, a wide-ranging report on the survey, along with the complete dataset and survey materials, are now available. The…
In 2016, ASAPbio began its journey with a simple yet powerful mission: to accelerate research and communication in the life sciences. Since then, we have made significant strides and contributions to the adoption of preprints and other innovations in scientific publishing. Now, we are thrilled to share some exciting updates that will ensure ASAPbio continues…