09:00-10:00 Jessica Polka, Director of #ASAPbio
Preprints
- Allows to avoid hiding research for a year or more before publication
- Allow you to put references to non(yet)-published papers in your grant proposals, CV, etc.
- Allows to have immediate feedback
Preprints are
- permanent
- versioned
- citable
Preprints themselves as feedback/critique: see articles on PNAS (Identification of individuals by trait prediction using whole-genome sequencing data), bioRxiv
Preprint journal clubs:
Some funders encourage preprints as evidence of productivity in grant application.
Preprints
- put a timestamp on your work, if it gets hold up by the review process, it doesn't look like you "copied" someone else's work
- allow you to put references to non(yet)-published papers in your grant proposals, CV, etc.
- stimulate immediate discussion / feedback
Preprint servers as a marketplace for editors: it is an easy way for editors to see which papers are worth to look at. Cons -> everyone is free to comment, so minorities can be "bullied" and editors might be influ feedbacks
Seven common concerns about preprints:
I’m going to get scooped (ie. preprints are public but not obviously well-respected)
Journals are not going to like preprints. Preprints are going to destroy journals.
-> Tons of journals allow preprints (eg. eLIFE, PLOS, BioMed Central, EMBOpress, Science, nature, PNAS, THE LANCET, ….)
-> How to check if a journal allows preprints:
Wikipedia (List of academic journals by preprint policy): easy to use, can contain detailed information about policy
SHERPA/RoMEO: Search - Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving: comprehensive
=> Always double check!
-> Sharing work before peer review is common practice.
3. Should preprints be cited?
4. How should preprints be covered in the media?
5. How can we ensure ethical disclosure of data?
6. How should preprints be licensed?
Promoting best practices:
CONTACT:
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