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HSC 401: Epidemiology: Preprints
Preprint Servers for COVID-19 Information
- medRxiv.orgPreprint server for all areas of public health, epidemiology, general medicine, biological systems, and sports medicine. Contains preprints about COVID-19. Sponsored by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, British Medical Journal (BMJ), and Yale.
- bioRxiv.orgPreprint server for all inter- and intradisciplinary areas of biology including: biochemistry, bioengineering, clinical trials, neuroscience, scientific communications, and pathology. Sponsored by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
- Research SquareResearch Square is another preprint database that tracks the versioning and history of a preprint, including if its under review by a journal.
- DimensionsA pre-searched list of articles, preprints, book chapters, and journal articles. You can also sort for datasets (analyzed and raw) if you select "datasets" at the top and add a population (i.e., non-Hispanic White, Alaskan Native, etc.)
- COVID-19 Data PortalTracks papers and datasets that are preprints and/or links you to the journals those papers have been printed in. Able to create search strings using Boolean Operators such as: Epidemiology AND American Indian; Observational Study AND elder*
- PubMedThe premier database for biomedical and health sciences literature. It also includes nursing, dentistry, the health care system, and pre-clinical sciences. This link includes the Furman Full Text button on records for full-text access.
Selected Readings on PrePrints
- Preprint Servers in the Era of Coronavirus Disease 2019Assigned reading for the first library session.
Nouri, S. N., Cohen, Y. A., Madhavan, M. V., Slomka, P. J., Iskandrian, A. E., & Einstein, A. J. (2020). Preprint manuscripts and servers in the era of coronavirus disease 2019. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice. 1-6. doi: 10.1111/jep.13498
- "Media Outlets Inconsistently Mention Uncertain Status of COVID-19 Preprints"Science communication piece, published on 1/21/21.
O'Grady, C. (2020). Media outlets inconsistently mention uncertain status of COVID-19 preprints, Science. doi:10.1126/science.abg6878 - ASAPbio - Preprints and COVID-19ASAPbio is a nonprofit organization that is tackling the stigma and invisibility that preprints face in the scientific community. They have published plenty of information on COVID-19 and its complicated relationship with the preprint.
- Will the pandemic permanently alter scientific publishing?News article from Nature, written by Ewen Callaway. Part of the "Science After the Pandemic" series.
- Pivotal Year for PreprintsArticle by Lilah Burke posted on Inside Higher Ed.
"What is a Preprint?" Infographic
Infographic from ASAPbio
Class Reading Discussion Questions
- How have preprints, which have been around for many years, shaken up the information landscape since the beginning of COVID-19?
- What did you learn about the peer review process from reading this article? Did any information about preprints versus peer-reviewed articles surprise you?
- Do preprints do more harm or good "in the name of science"? Pick a side and be ready to explain your answer knowing that there is no "right" answer.