Preprint and Preprint Server Update

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MODERATOR: David S Riley Editor, The Permanente Journal Portland, Oregon @swihm_health SPEAKERS: Nicolle Pfeiffer Chief Product Officer, Center for Open Science Charlottesvile, Virginia @nicipfeif Jessica Polka Executive Director, ASAPbio San Francisco, California @jessicapolka Clare Stone Medical Content Editor, SSRN Oxford, England @Garvvdogg REPORTER: Sarah Frances Gordon Managing Editor, Psicología Iberoamericana Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, Mexico @SF_Gordon A preprint is scientific information, usually a full manuscript, posted to a preprint server under author control, whereas a journal article is peer reviewed and published under journal control. Preprints are not peer reviewed. They allow members of the scientific community to share scientific information and comments freely and quickly, which is why preprints were embraced early in the pandemic. However, preprints have a long history that began in the health sciences around 1961 when the National Institutes of Health began to share information through the Information Exchange Groups. In the past several years, in the wake of the popularity of preprints, health science journals have begun establishing relationships with preprint servers. This session focused on the preprint system and how it has evolved into an important part of the publishing process. The session was moderated by David Riley, a medical doctor, and the editor of the Permanente Journal.1 Riley began the session with his observations on how preprints have gained momentum during the pandemic as the public and health authorities have depended on the accelerated dissemination of research results to inform their decisions on vaccines and treatment for COVID-19. Some of the most […]