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Encouraging Preprint Curation and Review
Review and commentary can help authors improve their articles; curation can provide readers with helpful context and enhance discoverability. But despite the benefits, barriers to reviewing and curating preprints remain.
Sharing New Educational Resources
We’re happy to share two new documents that we hope will aid researchers in their decision to share early work as preprints.
Open Letter on the Publication of Peer Review Reports
Open letter signed by many journals supporting the idea that publishing peer review reports would benefit the research community by increasing transparency of the assessment process.
Advocating for Publishing Peer Review
Perspectives on the benefits of open peer review, and responding to concerns.
Early Career Researchers and Their Involvement in Peer Review
A discussion about the role and concerns of graduate students and postdocs in peer review.
Six Essential Reads on Peer Review
A collection of recent (and not-so-recent) literature on journal peer review.
Peer Review Survey Results
Results of the Peer Review in the Life Sciences survey conducted by ASAPbio.
A Post-Publication Review and Assessment In Science Experiment
It is time to reinvent the ways we assess our research outputs and each other to make them more fair, efficient and effective, says Michael Eisen.
Should Scientists Receive Credit for Peer Review?
We might hope for a better future where everyone acts professionally, but we should be realistic about the flaws of our human nature. Opinion piece by Stephen Curry.
10 Ways to Support Preprints (Besides Posting One)
What can we do to promote the productive use of preprints in biology?
Support the Option to Cite Preprints in NIH Grants
Please cosign the statement below if you think the NIH should give scientists the option of using preprints as evidence of productivity in grant applications, following the recent policies of the Wellcome Trust, MRC, HFSP, Simons Foundation, and Helmsley Foundation.
Biology Preprints Over Time: An Update
While the practice of preprinting in the life sciences is not completely new, it has grown dramatically over the past few years.
Creation of a Central Preprint Service for the Life Sciences
At the ASAPbio Funders’ Workshop (May 24, 2016, NIH), representatives from 16 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.” We are now holding a Technical Workshop to advise on the infrastructure and standards for a Central Service (CS) for preprints. ASAPbio will integrate the output of the meeting and community and stakeholder feedback into a proposal to funding agencies this fall. The funders may issue a formal RFA to which any interested parties could apply for funding.
ASAPbio preprint preferences survey
Results of the 357 total responses collected at the ASAPbio conference.
