Preprint Servers - OpenSourceSarsCoV2/LivingResourceReview GitHub Wiki

Short description

An obvious example of open access is the preprint server. To date [12 Aug 2020], there have been more than 7000 COVID-19 focussed articles submitted to these servers. While this is a valuable resource, the articles are preliminary reports and are yet to be peer-reviewed: the main purpose of preprints is to allow researchers to quickly disseminate their results before official publication. It is noted that this surge in COVID-related studies has led to preprint servers like bioRxiv to implement stricter quality control of submitted articles, resulting in purely computational-based papers no longer being accepted.

Links and references

bioRxiv: https://www.biorxiv.org

medRxiv: https://www.medrxiv.org

COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Preprints from medRxiv and bioRxiv: https://connect.medrxiv.org/relate/content/181

Kwon D: How Swamped Preprint Servers are Blocking Bad Coronavirus Research. Nature 2020; 581: 130-131. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-01394-6