Proliferation of Papers and Preprints During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Progress or Problems With Peer Review?

Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Proliferation of Papers and Preprints During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Progress or Problems With Peer Review?
Abstract
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has spread exponentially throughout the world in a short period, aided by our hyperconnected world including global trade and travel. Unlike previous pandemics, the pace of the spread of the virus has been matched by the pace of publications, not just in traditional journals, but also in preprint servers. Not all publication findings are true, and sifting through the firehose of data has been challenging to peer reviewers, editors, as well as to consumers of the literature, that is, scientists, healthcare workers, and the general public. There has been an equally exponential rise in the public discussion on social media. Rather than decry the pace of change, we suggest the nephrology community should embrace it, making deposition of research into preprint servers the default, encouraging prepublication peer review more widely of such preprint studies, and harnessing social media tools to make these actions easier and seamless.
Publication
Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Volume
27
Issue
5
Pages
418-426
Date
September 1, 2020
Series
Kidney Health and COVID-19
Journal Abbr
Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease
Language
en
ISSN
1548-5595
Short Title
Proliferation of Papers and Preprints During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
Accessed
05/10/2021, 18:35
Library Catalogue
ScienceDirect
Citation
Vlasschaert, C., Topf, J. M., & Hiremath, S. (2020). Proliferation of Papers and Preprints During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic: Progress or Problems With Peer Review? Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease, 27(5), 418–426. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.ackd.2020.08.003