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HSC 401: Epidemiology: Preprints
Preprint Servers for COVID-19 Information
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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.
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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.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization (WHO)Preprints approved for international public consumption and endorsed for reading by the WHO as these preprints have gone through their preprint server vetting system. Works are still not peer reviewed.
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Research SquareResearch Square is another preprint database that tracks the versioning and history of a preprint, including if its under review by a journal.
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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.)
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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*
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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
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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
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"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.
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Will the pandemic permanently alter scientific publishing?News article from Nature, written by Ewen Callaway. Part of the "Science After the Pandemic" series.
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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.