ASAPbio has convened stakeholders for discussions on the role that preprints can play in the life sciences. ASAPbio (HHMI, February 2016) Funders’ Workshop (NIH, May 2016) Technical Workshop (American Academy of Arts and Sciences, August 2016) Scientific Society Town Hall (NAS, February 2017) The Evolving Preprint Ecosystem (American Academy of Arts and Sciences, July 2017)…
The ASAPbio Scientific Society Preprint Town Hall was held on Thursday, February 23, 2017 at the National Academy of Sciences Building in Washington DC (2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC). Scientific societies have long served researchers by providing them with opportunities to share unpublished data through poster and oral presentations at meetings. Today’s technology enables this sharing…
Following increased interest in may scientific societies’ positions on the use of preprints in NIH grant applications, several societies have released statements providing their perspectives. ASCB The ASCB leadership, after careful consideration, believes preprints should be able to be included in grant applications and referenced in NIH progress reports, with the proper references so they…
The report from the August 30th ASAPbio Technical Workshop has been published on January 16, 2017 in Rio Journal. Along with a summary of the day’s discussions (which are also available to view online), the report contains a the authors’ synthesis of key principles and recommendations for preprint technology development (found in Table 3):
Dear subscribers, We need your help for an urgent action this week. The NIH released a RFI (request for information) on “including preprints and interim research products in the NIH applications and reports.” ASAPbio, and many individual scientists, responded with arguments in favor of providing scientists with the option, not requirement, of citing preprints in NIH applications/reports as public evidence…
1/19/2017 update: We will close the signature drive at 9pm EST on Sunday, 1/22/2017. Summary The NIH released a RFI (request for information) on “including preprints and interim research products in the NIH applications and reports.” ASAPbio, and many individual scientists, responded with arguments in favor of providing scientists with the option, not requirement, of…
As of 1/22/2017, we are no longer collecting signatures. In December 2016, FASEB sent a statement to the NIH that discouraged the use of preprints in grant applications in response to an NIH request for information. On their letterhead, they claim that they are “Representing 125,000 researchers.” Because of this claim, their letter (signed only…
For authors, one of the most exciting potential benefits of preprints is the ability to attract early feedback from broad and diverse sources during the preparation of a scientific manuscript. Preprint journal clubs can provide this input – and a more meaningful review experience for their own members as well. Here are some examples and resources for setting them up. Prachee…
“EMBO Press has now gone one step further to extend scooping protection to the day of posting the preprint version of the manuscript.”
Preprinting in biology is gaining steam, but the process is still far from normal: the upload rate to all preprint servers is about 1% that of PubMed. The most obvious way for individual scientists to help turn the tide is, of course, to preprint their own work. But given that it now takes longer to…
At the ASAPbio Funders’ Workshop in May of 2016, representatives of funding agencies requested that ASAPbio “develop a proposal describing the governance, infrastructure and standards desired for a preprint service that represents the views of the broadest number of stakeholders.” Toward this end, we proposed a model for a “Central Service” (CS) that would aggregate…
We’ve been collecting positive stories about your experiences with preprints via Twitter, but some can’t be told in just 140 characters. So, we invite you to share your preprint stories via video, too. Guidelines Please keep your video under 2 minutes. State your name, affiliation (including department if applicable), and some basic information about your preprint: When…
Dear ASAPbio subscriber, Tell the NIH what you think about preprints The NIH has recently released a request for information (RFI) on the use of preprints and other interim research products. We encourage all interested parties to respond to the RFI using the submission website by the deadline of December 9th (extended from November 29th).…
Preprints are able to receive a DOI that eventually will link to the published paper
Note: the RFI is now closed. The NIH has announced a policy that encourages the use of preprints. The NIH has recently released a request for information (RFI) on the use of preprints and other interim research products. We encourage all interested parties to respond to the RFI using the submission website by the deadline…
