dc.contributor.author | Fraser, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Brierley, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Dey, G | |
dc.contributor.author | Polka, JK | |
dc.contributor.author | Palfy, M | |
dc.contributor.author | Nanni, F | |
dc.contributor.author | Coates, JA | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-05-13T10:48:07Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-03-08 | |
dc.date.available | 2021-05-13T10:48:07Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-04 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Fraser N, Brierley L, Dey G, Polka JK, Pálfy M, Nanni F, et al. (2021) The evolving role of preprints in the dissemination of COVID-19 research and their impact on the science communication landscape. PLoS Biol 19(4): e3000959. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000959 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1544-9173 | |
dc.identifier.other | ARTN e3000959 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/71767 | |
dc.description.abstract | The world continues to face a life-threatening viral pandemic. The virus underlying the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2), has caused over 98 million confirmed cases and 2.2 million deaths since
January 2020. Although the most recent respiratory viral pandemic swept the globe only a
decade ago, the way science operates and responds to current events has experienced a
cultural shift in the interim. The scientific community has responded rapidly to the COVID-19
pandemic, releasing over 125,000 COVID-19–related scientific articles within 10 months of
the first confirmed case, of which more than 30,000 were hosted by preprint servers. We
focused our analysis on bioRxiv and medRxiv, 2 growing preprint servers for biomedical
research, investigating the attributes of COVID-19 preprints, their access and usage rates,
as well as characteristics of their propagation on online platforms. Our data provide evidence for increased scientific and public engagement with preprints related to COVID-19
(COVID-19 preprints are accessed more, cited more, and shared more on various online
platforms than non-COVID-19 preprints), as well as changes in the use of preprints by journalists and policymakers. We also find evidence for changes in preprinting and publishing
behaviour: COVID-19 preprints are shorter and reviewed faster. Our results highlight the
unprecedented role of preprints and preprint servers in the dissemination of COVID-19 science and the impact of the pandemic on the scientific communication landscape. | en_US |
dc.publisher | Public Library of Science | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | PLOS BIOLOGY | |
dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution License | |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | The evolving role of preprints in the dissemination of COVID-19 research and their impact on the science communication landscape | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | © 2021 Fraser et al. | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000959 | |
pubs.author-url | http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000636055300001&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=612ae0d773dcbdba3046f6df545e9f6a | en_US |
pubs.issue | 4 | en_US |
pubs.notes | Not known | en_US |
pubs.publication-status | Published | en_US |
pubs.volume | 19 | en_US |
rioxxterms.funder | Default funder | en_US |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | Default project | en_US |