Drafted by ASAPbio At present, biologists submit very few preprints. However, possible growth to the level of arXiv (100,000 submissions/year) or beyond needs to be considered. This will challenge the IT capacity (including robust data back-up) and quality control screening systems of existing servers as well as heighten the need to integrate this information. While…
Drafted by ASAPbio As a public good, preprints should obey a single data standard that will enable them to reside in a single database. This database should be permanent, well-maintained, free for all to use, and easily accessible and searchable. This preprint service should have an outstanding governance structure that will represent the needs of…
Marty Chalfie recently sent the following message to readers of The Worm Breeder’s Gazette: February 19, 2016 Dear Fellow Worm Workers, I have just returned from a very exciting meeting on archiving of manuscripts (preprints) in the biological sciences organized by Daniel Colón Ramos, Jessica Polka, Ron Vale, and Harold Varmus (See asapbio.org for more information),…
What is a preprint? A preprint is a scientific manuscript that is uploaded by the authors to a public server. The preprint contains data and methods, but has not yet been accepted by a journal. While some servers perform brief quality-control inspections (see details on the practices of individual servers), the author’s manuscript is typically…
arXiv (not-for-profit, free submissions) arXiv is an e-print service in the fields of physics, mathematics, computer science, quantitative biology, quantitative finance and statistics. bioRxiv (not-for-profit, free submissions) bioRxiv (pronounced “bio-archive”) is a free online archive and distribution service for unpublished preprints in the life sciences. It is operated by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a not-for-profit…
We, as employers and evaluators of promotions in academics and industry in the life sciences, recognize that a preprint provides valuable evidence for the evaluation of a candidate, even though it has not yet undergone peer review and been accepted for publication by a journal. Work posted on a server recognizes that the recent work…
David L. Stern Janelia Research Campus HHMI I have been following the discussion about preprints closely over the past few months and I am won over by the arguments that science papers should be made available freely to everyone as soon as authors feel that the work is complete. Posting papers to preprint servers is…
James Fraser, UCSF Can we move towards more open and rapid sharing of scientific results without putting younger scientists careers at risk? Ideally we want evaluation (of candidates for faculty positions, of promotion of Assistant Professors, of graduate students for fellowships, or of grants for funding) to be thorough and based entirely on a careful…
Ronald D. Vale1 and Anthony A. Hyman2 1Dept. of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco and The Howard Hughes Medical Institute, San Francisco, USA 2Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany Address correspondence to: vale@ucsf.edu and hyman@mpi-cbg.de Summary A scientist’s job is to make a discovery and then…
Samuel L. Díaz-Muñoz Center for Genomics and Systems Biology and Department of Biology, New York University Pre-prints of research articles have been proposed as a way to advance scientific progress, establish priority of discovery, and ameliorate some of the current shortcomings of the peer review process. All these traits are intended to accelerate the pace…
Bernd Pulverer EMBO Press, Meyerhofstrasse 1, Heidelberg, Germany bernd.pulverer@embo.org Print servers allow the efficient sharing and discussion of scientific findings without restriction or delay. Quality assurance through peer review and editorial processes are more important than ever, given the rapid growth and increased complexity of scientific information. I will argue that both processes can work…
Most scientists agree that the research in biology could be accelerated and improved if scientific publishing was made easier, faster, and more transparent. On February 16th and 17th, ~70 members of the science community, young and old, leaders and trainees, and representatives of journals, scientific societies, academic institutions, and funding agencies, will convene at the…
HHMI Headquarters, Chevy Chase , MD Start: Feb. 16, 5 pm End: Feb. 17, 6 pm Program Accelerating Science and Publication in Biology (ASAPbio) February 16 5 pm Reception, Great Hall, HHMI Headquarters 6 pm Dinner, Dining Room 7:00-7:40 pm Opening Remarks and Meeting Objectives, Auditorium Advance Material: “Accelerating Scientific Publication in Biology”…
Yochai Benkler Harvard Law School Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Jeremy Berg U. Pittsburgh Associate Senior Vice Chancellor for Science Strategy and Planning, Former NIGMS DIrector Stefano Bertuzzi American Society of Microbiology Executive Director, ASM Needhi Bhalla UC Santa Cruz Associate Professor Peter Binfield PeerJ Co-founder, PeerJ Philip Bourne NIH Associate Director for…
The following articles are curated by ASAPbio; please let us know about any important articles covering the history of preprinting, adoption rates and/or impact on science communication that are not already in this list. Update June 25, 2019: We have started tagging online content that describes the impact of preprints on science and/or science communication…
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