A new study that surveyed 415 people who were presented with the results from a preprint study on COVID-19 found that 75 percent of them did not really understand what a preprint is. This research, ...
New research from the University of Georgia suggests most people don't understand the difference between a preprint and a published academic journal article. Preprints are research papers that haven't ...
The COVID-19 pandemic saw an explosion in publication of preprint articles, many by authors who had never produced one before. Now it seems a high proportion of these scientists are likely to continue ...
A group of scientists, journal editors, and funders of research met recently to talk about a once-heretical idea: preprint publishing for biologists. The practice, of publishing manuscripts online ...
A story on gender inequity in scientific research industries. A deep dive into the daily rhythms of the immune system. A look at vaccine effectiveness for Covid-19 variants. These are a few examples ...
There has been a revolution in how scientific discoveries are being reported. More and more scientists and researchers are now uploading early drafts of their research papers to online repositories ...
Preprint servers have existed for decades, but the fight against the coronavirus has seen their use soar. They’re changing how science is done—but need important guardrails. The COVID-19 pandemic has ...
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