What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your line of research I’m currently finishing my PhD in Neurosciences at the Planar Polarity and Plasticity lab at the Neurocentre Magendie in Bordeaux, France. My work is focused on how planar cell polarity proteins modulate neuronal polarity and axonal function. For that, I use…
Preprints are in PubMed On the topic of preprints, “how do I find them?” remains one of the most common questions. While several search tools already index preprints, many require researchers to look outside of their normal workflows. On June 9, the National Library of Medicine announced a pilot to include NIH-funded preprints in PubMed and PMC beginning this week.…
Join us to help make scholarly communication in the life sciences more open and efficient by developing best practices for the use of preprints in the media. The position The Project Coordinator is a 6-month temporary role. The Project Coordinator will complete tasks such as: Coordinate online working groups composed of researchers, journalists, and technologists…
On the topic of preprints, “how do I find them?” remains one of the most common questions. While several search tools already index preprints, many require researchers to look outside of their normal workflows. On June 9, the National Library of Medicine announced a pilot to include NIH-funded preprints in PubMed and PMC beginning this…
To drive ASAPbio’s mission to raise awareness of preprints and encourage their productive use in the life sciences, we work closely with the ASAPbio Community, a group of researchers and others involved in research communication who interact and exchange information and feedback around the use of preprints. The ASAPbio Community members: • Interact via Slack…
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly affected many elements of life, and scientific research is no exception. Research related to SARS-CoV-2 and the pandemic is taking place at unprecedented speed and scale, and many scientists have seen their line of research refocused to support efforts in tackling the ongoing outbreak. At the same time, other scientists…
We are keen to support those in the ASAPbio Community who want to learn more about preprints or who wish to become an advocate about preprints in their communities. Interested in a deep dive into preprints? Want to learn what the buzz is about preprint review? Seeking to drive forward your own preprint initiative? Then…
The use of preprints has increased rapidly over the last few years, especially in biomedical and life sciences. We’ve been tracking changes in the preprint landscape over time and maintain a page dedicated to this topic. Here are some of the most notable trends over the last year. Adoption and sources The rate of life…
How to use this directory Press the “+” icon next to a server’s name to expand the record. Use the search bar to find terms anywhere in the record. Click on the eye icon to select the columns you want to display. For further details about how the data were gathered, refer to the original…
This is your decision and depends on when you have complete scientific work ready to share. In many cases, where the manuscript will be sent to journals as well, preprints are submitted close to the time of journal submission. Several journals have enabled one-click manuscript transfer from bioRxiv. Some scientists may want to post a…
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Last updated: 2020-04-02 This Privacy Policy relates to Personal Data held and processed by ASAPbio and is provided for users to make an informed decision when consenting to sharing Personal Data with us either directly or implicitly by using the ASAPbio website and/or resources. “Personal Data” is defined by the European Commission as “any information…
By Iratxe Puebla, Facilitation and Integrity Officer, COPE The use of preprints in the life sciences has increased over recent years and has sparked a number of conversations about their use, as well as their potential benefits and challenges. It is fair to say that there are differing views around preprints; while some communities use…
Alice Meadows, Director of Community Engagement, and Jill O’Neill, Director of Content, NISO Preprints have come a long way in the past few years. The granddaddy of digital preprint platforms is, of course, arXiv (launched in 1991). But although it was joined by a handful of others over the years, including SSRN way back in…
At the January 2020 workshop, we aim to build on significant recent progress by discussing best (or “good enough”) practices for metadata and processes that would build trust in preprints and support their discoverability, reuse and interoperability as first-class research outputs. From previously proposed recommendations and suggestions from participants, we propose the group develops practical…
For the purpose of this workshop, we are using ‘preprints’ to describe life sciences and biomedical research content that is shared openly before peer-review on online platforms, and typically in the format of complete research manuscripts. A group of life science research funders has previously proposed – see https://asapbio.org/principles – that preprints should: adhere to…
January 20-21, 2020EMBL-EBI, Hinxton, UK (This workshop has now happened: please see the meeting report) Preprints offer an opportunity to advance science through accelerating communication and supporting discourse that enables research integrity and reproducibility. At the January 2020 ASAPbio workshop, co-organised with Jo McEntyre and Maria Levchenko (EMBL-EBI), and Oya Rieger (Ithaka S+R), we aim…
Following a panel discussion about “Who will influence the success of preprints in biology and to what end?” at FORCE2019, we continued the discussion over dinner with the panellists and other community stakeholders.
This October, we organised a panel discussion about “Who will influence the success of preprints in biology and to what end?” at FORCE2019, the annual conference for the FORCE11 community.
“We decided to publish our paper as a pre-print to enable other colleagues to comment on our paper before it was peer-reviewed and published. Compared to the usual process of waiting a long time before being able to share your work, publishing in a preprint really gave us the opportunity to quickly share our findings and make necessary changes if needed.”
