The peer-review process is an essential part to ensure the quality of scientific research, but the pandemic-driven demand for information means that research is publicized before it has been reviewed.
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Scientific results are being rushed out quicker than ever to fight coronavirus. Here's what you need to know about preprints, peer review and the difference between the two.
In our institutions of higher education and our research labs, scholars first produce, then buy back, their own content. With the costs rising and access restricted, something's got to give.
The traditional mode of publishing scientific research faces much criticism – primarily for being too slow and sometimes shoddily done. Maybe fewer publications of higher quality is the way forward.
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Professor of Biological Psychology, University of Bristol
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Dean of the College of Natural Sciences, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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Dean of Libraries and Vice President for Information Technology, Colorado State University
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PhD Student, Interdisciplinary Studies, Simon Fraser University
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Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University
