Science is built on a foundation of rigor and credibility. Preprints are adding to the crumbling of that foundation, which is already under attack by anti-science political agendas.
Pursuit of Green open access rather than Gold not only preserves the subscription system but also imposes hidden costs on readers.
As preprints become an increasingly integral part of scholarly communication, can automated screening tools improve their reliability and preprint servers’ operational efficiency?
Even a flawed paper can offer lessons on how (not) to report, and what (not) to claim.
Robert Harington discusses the value of preprints, the importance of peer review, research integrity and openness.
The 2025 policy continues 2021 compliance requirements while also imposing additional mandates and eliminating financial support for open access publishing.
Journal articles with ChatGPT authored text are being found. How common is this in the literature? And how, or better yet, when, is this problematic text slipping through to publication?
In today’s Kitchen Essentials interview, Roger Schonfeld speaks with Stephanie Orphan, Program Director of arXiv, the e-print repository.
Three global society publishers respond to cOAlition S’s recent “Towards responsible publishing, a proposal from cOAlition S”.
Is there value to be found in national, or language based preprint servers? Matthew Salter discusses lessons learned from the first year of Japan’s Jxiv.
Looking at five ‘lines’ that the publishing industry has broadly agreed upon, but that now we are finding ourselves crossing.
Authors need to understand more about producing web documents, particularly accessibility, if they want to forgo traditional publishing.
In the global supply chain of scholarly communications, we share a responsibility for accurate metadata that represents the publication lifecycle — from preprint to version of record, and everything in between.
ASAPBio offers set of principles and guidelines for preprint feedback.
In light of the recent anniversary of the January 6th attack on the US Capitol, we revisit Rick Anderson’s post on how journalists flag unsupported claims and blatant falsehoods, and whether preprint platforms should do the same.