A group of attendees of ASAPbio have published a commentary in the “Policy Forum” section of the journal Science on May 20, 2016. Written by scientists and representatives from journals and funding agencies, the paper serves as a meeting report and summary of opinions on the use of preprints in the life sciences. Correction: This paper contains…
Authored by Jo McEntyre and Phil Bourne Goal: To satisfy the fundamental requirements of establishing scientific priority rapidly and cheaply through providing the ability to publish and access open preprints, balanced with the desire to support open science innovation around publishing workflows. Approach: An internationally supported, open, archive (or platform) for preprints as infrastructure is…
Drafted by ASAPbio How can funders help to validate preprints as a mechanism for communication? In a Commentary in Science published on May 20, 2016, co-authors representing several funding agencies recommended: 1) Publishing an explicit statement encouraging researchers to make early versions of their manuscripts available through acceptable preprint repositories. 2) Permitting the citation of…
Drafted by ASAPbio arXiv arXiv is the most directly comparable model in terms of the database content (preprints). Important elements of arXiv’s success are: single point of ingestion and one-stop shopping for viewing (everyone in the physics community wakes up and searches arXiv), high visibility and quality (a reason why scientists submit to arXiv to…
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…
Drafted by ASAPbio Preprints are a global archive of knowledge that serves the public good. Here, we hope to discuss and define the basic functions that scientists and funding agencies seek from a Core Preprint Service. We use the term “Core” to define the basic features that meet these goals and might define a “minimal…
Agenda for the ASAPbio Funders’ Workshop for Preprints May 24 Workshop at the NIH Early Morning: What are we trying to build? 8:00-8:15 am Welcome, Breakfast and Introductions 8:15-8:30 am Ron Vale: Summary of the last ASAPbio meeting and goals of this workshop 8:30-8:45 am Jessica Polka: Summary…
Preprints advance global knowledge and serve the public good. They should be collected, maintained and distributed by an archive that fulfills this mission. On May 24th, 2016, representatives of funding agencies and existing preprint servers as well as junior and senior scientists met at the NIH to coordinate their efforts in providing a preprint service for the biology…
Dear ASAPbio subscriber, Last week, we announced the ASAPbio Funders’ Workshop, a small meeting to be held at NIH on May 24th to coordinate support among private and public funding agencies for preprints in biology. Representatives from existing preprint servers will attend, as will some junior and senior scientists. To ensure that the voice of…
Translations ASAPbio常见问题页面现已提供中文。 Estas preguntas frecuentes ahora están disponibles en español Ces questions fréquemment posées sur les preprints sont maintenant disponibles en français Najczęściej zadawane pytania na temat preprintów są teraz dostępne po polsku Have a question that isn’t answered below? Please feel free to email it to jessica.polka@asapbio.org. Update history Updates 2021-04 update: ASAPbio常见问题页面现已提供中文。…
On May 24th, 2016, representatives of funding agencies and existing preprint servers as well as junior and senior scientists will meet at the NIH to coordinate their efforts in providing a preprint service for the biology community. The attendees of this small workshop are listed below. — ASAPbio organizers ASAPbio Funders’ Workshop attendees Needhi Bhalla UC Santa Cruz…
Morning sessions Topic 1: Priority of discovery (recognizing and acknowledging work) Session A Session B Topic 2: Using preprints in decision making by funding agencies and promotion committees Session A Topic 3: Preprints and journals Session A Session B Afternoon sessions Topic 1: Evaluating Scientific Work Session A Session B Topic 2: Finding the information…
ASAPbio (Accelerating Science and Publication in biology) is a scientist-driven initiative to promote innovation and transparency in life sciences communication. We are a 501(c)3 nonprofit incorporated in the state of California. Board of Directors Ron Vale (President) Cynthia Wolberger (Vice President) James Fraser (Secretary & Treasurer) Prachee Avasthi Daniel Colón-Ramos Tony Hyman Heather Joseph Harlan…
We are writing to inform you about some developments since the first ASAPbio meeting at the HHMI in February. This meeting, which was attended by a diverse group of individuals representing many institutions and followed by a sizable online audience, had an intended goal of learning whether there is increased interest and greater support for…
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Are we missing something? Please feel free to suggest articles here. Date Title Author Website 12/1/2015 Make your voice heard on preprints in biology Jessica Polka ASCB 2/7/2016 Make your voice heard on the future of publishing in biology #ASAPBio Gary McDowell Future of Research 2/10/2016 Does it take too long to publish research? Kendall…
Angela DePace, Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School I believe strongly in open access (mainly because everyone deserves access to the scientific literature, but also because of the immorality of making large profits from free academic labor and the unsustainability of library subscription prices). I also believe in open peer review; I strive to…
Thanks for subscribing to ASAPbio’s newsletter! As part of the followup to last month’s productive meeting, ASAPbio organizers and attendees have been working to spread discussions about preprints to the broader community. Recent articles at Wired, NYTimes, and The Economist have certainly moved the needle in this regard! Please help keep the conversation going by…
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