As a step toward combating the systemic anti-Black racism in academia, we paused most of our normal activity on June 10 to participate in #ShutDownSTEM and examine how we can better support Black colleagues. The scientific enterprise, including scientific communication, isn’t equitable (for example, bias and economic barriers limit participation in reading and writing journal…
ASAPbio provided the following response to the OSTP RFI on Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research (85 FR 12949). The deadline has been extended to May 6. Re: Request for Information: Public Access to Peer-Reviewed Scholarly Publications, Data and Code Resulting From Federally Funded Research (85 FR…
Dear subscribers, We hope your summer (or winter, depending on your hemisphere) is off to a great start. Here are some highlights from us in the office from the months since our last update: ReimagineReview Earlier this year, we launched a directory of innovative peer review experiments, both inside and outside of the journal system.…
Why ASAPbio? Science only progresses as quickly and efficiently as it is shared. But even with all of the technological capabilities available today, the process of publishing scientific work is taking longer than ever. ASAPbio (Accelerating Science and Publication in biology) is a scientist-driven nonprofit working to drive open and innovative communication in the life…
Preprinting in biology is gaining steam, but the process is still far from normal: the upload rate to all preprint servers is about 8% 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 accumulate data for…
A digest of news about preprints, open peer reviews, and other innovations in publishing in the life sciences
Dear subscribers, Hope July is treating you well! Here are some recent updates from ASAPbio and the world of preprints and open peer review. We’re hiring (please help us spread the word!) Preprints now appear at Europe PMC A digest of recent preprint and peer review news Job posting: advance the use of preprints in…
“I’m interested in preprinting my manuscript, but what will the journal(s) I hope to submit to think about that?” In June 2019, we launched TRANSPOSE, a searchable online database of journal policies at https://transpose-publishing.github.io/ — visit this website to compare the preprint policies of up to 3 journals at a time. TRANSPOSE is a grassroots initiative aiming to…
By Bodo M. Stern and Erin K. O’Shea Howard Hughes Medical Institute Chevy Chase, Maryland Summary Life scientists feel increasing pressure to publish in high-profile journals as they compete for jobs and funding. While academic institutions and funders are often complicit in equating journal placement with impact as they make hiring and funding decisions, we…
Transparency, Recognition and Innovation in Peer Review in the Life Sciences HHMI Headquarters 4000 Jones Bridge Road. Chevy Chase, MD 20815-6789 Items marked with ▶ will be webcast. Join the conversation with #bioPeerReview Live collaborative notes (Google Doc) Wednesday, February 7, 2018 5:00 pm Reception, Great Hall 6:00 pm Dinner, Dining Room…
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…
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…
Vitek Tracz and Rebecca Lawrence F1000, Middlesex House, 34-42 Cleveland St, London, W1T 4LB, vitek@sciencenow.com, rebecca.lawrence@f1000.com We support the adoption of preprints in biomedicine, as one of a number of innovations that will help to accelerate scientific progress. However, we believe that simply adopting preprints on their own, whilst retaining the existing traditional journal publishing…
What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I’m a fifth year medical student at the University of São Paulo. My main interests are rheumatology, genetics, bioinformatics and tissue engineering. I’m currently working on evaluating the integrity of the extracellular matrix in decellularized tracheas and analysing the expression profiles of cells…
What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am currently a Curriculum Fellow at Harvard Medical School. I work on improving predoctoral and postdoctoral training through evidence-based and data-driven best practices. I am engaged in a few scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL) projects aimed at promoting research rigor and…
What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am employed by Chinhoyi University of Technology as a Scholarly Communication Librarian, previously I was Technical Services Librarian (Metadata), I have 25 years experience working in Academic Libraries and I am a holder of MSc Library and Information Science (National University of…
What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am currently an assistant lecturer in the school of Life Sciences and Bioengineering (LiSBE) at the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST) and a recently registered PhD fellow at the University of Dar es Salaam. My previous research studies…
What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am a Research & Instruction and Data Librarian at Tufts University’s Hirsh Health Sciences Library. I help researchers write Data Management Plans for their grants and share their work and data at the end of a project. Before I was a librarian,…
What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am an Ecology Ph.D. Candidate at Colorado State University. I integrate my disciplinary training in ecology and science education to study how early-career ecologists develop and strengthen their ecological literacy and identity. Why did you choose to participate in the ASAPbio Fellows…
What is your current role? Tell us a bit about your research I am the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Excelsior University, where I encourage faculty to utilize open access publishing and our institutional repository. I have my MA in History from Queen Mary, the University of London, and my MLIS from St. John’s University. My…