Upholding morality and honesty in global scientific research during the coronavirus disease pandemic.

Abstract

Compared to preprint servers, publication in academic journals gives papers the appearance of reliability and assumption that they contain valid knowledge [ ]nonsensical, ambiguous, or incorrect science in even one of these papers is potentially harmful to the scientific community [9] Expert peer review was originally a defense created by academic journals to ensure academic quality and the spread of scientific information;however, research published on preprint servers is typically not carefully reviewed by peers [ ]non-peer-reviewed research does not represent a complete scientific academic achievement because its academic quality is difficult to verify After the pandemic, preprint releases are likely to draw lessons from the quality control measures adopted by traditional journals, such as strict peer review and careful verification by experienced editors;alternatively, traditional journals should also learn the advantages of the efficiency of preprint servers to speed up the peer review process to ensure academic quality and rapid dissemination of research results [ ]far, preprint servers have begun to reject low-quality COVID-19 papers, and traditional journals have slowed their peer review processes with the goal of improving the quality of the research results