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Biologist-driven non-profit promoting transparency and innovation in life sciences communication
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December 22, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🎄 ❄️ ⛄ Happy Holidays and Joyful New Year! 🥳 🎉
We will be back in January! Stay tuned!
We will be back in January! Stay tuned!
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Very much enjoyed last week's meeting in Cambridge about the Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model for scholarly publishing. There were lots of highly inspiring discussions, including an important discussion about strengthening coordination between initiatives in this area.
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Reimagining Scholarly Publishing: Outcomes From A Public Forum To Discuss The Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) Publishing Model – ASAPbio
At a meeting held on the 3rd December 2025 at Kings College, Cambridge over 50 delegates, comprising researchers, publishers, librarians, research funders and
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December 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Very much enjoyed last week's meeting in Cambridge about the Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) model for scholarly publishing. There were lots of highly inspiring discussions, including an important discussion about strengthening coordination between initiatives in this area.
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
asapbio.org/reimagining-...
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Summary of recent meeting to discuss the Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) publishing model.
To build on this momentum @coar-repositories.bsky.social & @asapbio.bsky.social will convene a working group to explore establishing a PRC Alliance
coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
#scientificpublishing
To build on this momentum @coar-repositories.bsky.social & @asapbio.bsky.social will convene a working group to explore establishing a PRC Alliance
coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
#scientificpublishing
Reimagining scholarly publishing: outcomes from a public forum to discuss the Publish, Review, Curate publishing model
Photo: PRC supporters’ workshop At a meeting held on the 3rd December 2025 at Kings College, Cambridge over 50 delegates, comprising researchers, publishers, librarians, research funders and …
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December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Summary of recent meeting to discuss the Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) publishing model.
To build on this momentum @coar-repositories.bsky.social & @asapbio.bsky.social will convene a working group to explore establishing a PRC Alliance
coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
#scientificpublishing
To build on this momentum @coar-repositories.bsky.social & @asapbio.bsky.social will convene a working group to explore establishing a PRC Alliance
coar-repositories.org/news-updates...
#scientificpublishing
Seun Olufemi, a public health and biomedical researcher and an active advocate for open science, shares his experience with using preprints within his research workflow during the interview with 2025 ASAPbio Fellow FatimaElzhra Ali.
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Preprints in the Global South: An Interview with Seun Olufemi
Seun Olufemi, a public health and biomedical researcher and an active advocate for open science, shares his experience with using preprints within his research workflow. He explains that preprints…
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December 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Seun Olufemi, a public health and biomedical researcher and an active advocate for open science, shares his experience with using preprints within his research workflow during the interview with 2025 ASAPbio Fellow FatimaElzhra Ali.
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The fourth interview discussing preprints in the Global South features Dr. Olavo Amaral, a leading neuroscience researcher and an active advocate for preprints in Brazil (interviewed by the 2025 ASAPbio Fellow Tolulope Ogunniyi).
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Preprints in the Global South: An Interview with Olavo Amaral
This interview explores insights from Dr. Olavo Amaral, a leading neuroscience researcher and an active advocate for preprints in Brazil. With experience in preprint initiatives since 2016, Dr.…
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December 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The fourth interview discussing preprints in the Global South features Dr. Olavo Amaral, a leading neuroscience researcher and an active advocate for preprints in Brazil (interviewed by the 2025 ASAPbio Fellow Tolulope Ogunniyi).
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Why Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) should be the future of scholarly publishing!
During a recent meeting, Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social, President of ASAPbio, argued in favor of this model and its adoption in scholarly publishing.
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@coar-repositories.bsky.social
During a recent meeting, Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social, President of ASAPbio, argued in favor of this model and its adoption in scholarly publishing.
buff.ly/pIjAYq5
@coar-repositories.bsky.social
Reimagining Scholarly Publishing: Outcomes From A Public Forum To Discuss The Publish, Review, Curate (PRC) Publishing Model – ASAPbio
At a meeting held on the 3rd December 2025 at Kings College, Cambridge over 50 delegates, comprising researchers, publishers, librarians, research funders and
asapbio.org
December 15, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Why Publish-Review-Curate (PRC) should be the future of scholarly publishing!
During a recent meeting, Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social, President of ASAPbio, argued in favor of this model and its adoption in scholarly publishing.
buff.ly/pIjAYq5
@coar-repositories.bsky.social
During a recent meeting, Ludo Waltman @ludowaltman.bsky.social, President of ASAPbio, argued in favor of this model and its adoption in scholarly publishing.
buff.ly/pIjAYq5
@coar-repositories.bsky.social
The third interview discussing preprints in the Global South features Alex Mendonça (interviewed by the 2025 ASAPio Fellow Tolulope Ogunniyi), who discusses the important work of @scielo.org Preprints in improving preprint submission and sharing across Latin America—particularly in Brazil.
Preprints in the Global South: An Interview with Alex Mendonça
This interview highlights insights from Alex Mendonça, who discusses the important work of SciELO Preprints in improving preprint submission and sharing across Latin America—particularly in Brazil.…
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December 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The third interview discussing preprints in the Global South features Alex Mendonça (interviewed by the 2025 ASAPio Fellow Tolulope Ogunniyi), who discusses the important work of @scielo.org Preprints in improving preprint submission and sharing across Latin America—particularly in Brazil.
🌍 Researchers in the Global South face unique challenges when they engage in #OpenScience and #preprints. ASAPbio Fellows discussed some of those with a diverse group of Open Science enthusiasts from the Global South.
Preprints in the Global South: An Interview with Roseline Dine
Roseline Dine is a public health specialist and social scientist from Rwanda, and she also works as an open science and access advocate. In this interview, she reflects on her journey with preprints…
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December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
🌍 Researchers in the Global South face unique challenges when they engage in #OpenScience and #preprints. ASAPbio Fellows discussed some of those with a diverse group of Open Science enthusiasts from the Global South.
The second interview in our series "Preprints and the Global South" features Prof. To Thi Mai Huong from the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, interviewed by the 2025 ASAPbio Fellow Jimeng Li, a PhD student from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
Preprints and the Global South: An Interview with To Thi Mai Huong
Jimeng Li, a PhD student from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, interviews Prof. To Thi Mai Huong from the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi (also called Vietnam – France…
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December 11, 2025 at 2:52 PM
The second interview in our series "Preprints and the Global South" features Prof. To Thi Mai Huong from the University of Science and Technology of Hanoi, interviewed by the 2025 ASAPbio Fellow Jimeng Li, a PhD student from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières.
Our 2025 ASAPbio Fellow, Fotis Mystakopoulos @elibrarydude.bsky.social, will be moderating an online international discussion, co-hosted between Global Young Academy and ALMASI Project, @almasiproject.bsky.social, on the current state of Diamond publishing.
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/JQQpbhd
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/JQQpbhd
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Our 2025 ASAPbio Fellow, Fotis Mystakopoulos @elibrarydude.bsky.social, will be moderating an online international discussion, co-hosted between Global Young Academy and ALMASI Project, @almasiproject.bsky.social, on the current state of Diamond publishing.
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/JQQpbhd
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/JQQpbhd
On 14 November, leaders from across the global research ecosystem gathered for a workshop co-organized by ASAPbio, @cwtsnl.bsky.social, @dorassessment.bsky.social, and the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, to advance aligned strategies for reforming publishing and research assessment.
International Community Convenes In Pisa To Advance Coordinated Reform In Publishing And Research Assessment – ASAPbio
On 14 November 2025, representatives from several organisations across the publishing reform and research assessment reform communities gathered in Pisa,
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December 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
On 14 November, leaders from across the global research ecosystem gathered for a workshop co-organized by ASAPbio, @cwtsnl.bsky.social, @dorassessment.bsky.social, and the @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, to advance aligned strategies for reforming publishing and research assessment.
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Second ASAPbio fellows project for 2025 - this one around data sharing policies at preprint servers and repositories.
What policies do data repositories have around hosting data that has not yet been published in a traditional academic journal? What policies do preprint servers have regarding data inclusion?
ASAPbio Fellows Madeline Morrisson and Rachel Mtama dove into those questions.
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ASAPbio Fellows Madeline Morrisson and Rachel Mtama dove into those questions.
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Assessing Data Sharing Under Preprints: Value And Contribution Of Data Repositories – ASAPbio
Written by Madeline Josephine Morrisson1,2 & Rachel Mtama,3,4
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December 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Second ASAPbio fellows project for 2025 - this one around data sharing policies at preprint servers and repositories.
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Together with colleagues from @dorassessment.bsky.social, @cwtsnl.bsky.social, and @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, @asapbio.bsky.social hosted a workshop to identify and advance joint actions to strengthen the research assessment and publishing reform movements. Learn more: asapbio.org/internationa...
International Community Convenes In Pisa To Advance Coordinated Reform In Publishing And Research Assessment – ASAPbio
On 14 November 2025, representatives from several organisations across the publishing reform and research assessment reform communities gathered in Pisa,
asapbio.org
December 3, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Together with colleagues from @dorassessment.bsky.social, @cwtsnl.bsky.social, and @sciencecouncil.bsky.social, @asapbio.bsky.social hosted a workshop to identify and advance joint actions to strengthen the research assessment and publishing reform movements. Learn more: asapbio.org/internationa...
Do you want to be up-to-date with:
✨ ASAPbio events and initiatives
✨ News from the broad # OpenScience and preprint community
✨ Jobs and opportunities in #OpenScience?
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✨ ASAPbio events and initiatives
✨ News from the broad # OpenScience and preprint community
✨ Jobs and opportunities in #OpenScience?
Sign up for the ASAPbio newsletter!
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December 3, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Do you want to be up-to-date with:
✨ ASAPbio events and initiatives
✨ News from the broad # OpenScience and preprint community
✨ Jobs and opportunities in #OpenScience?
Sign up for the ASAPbio newsletter!
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✨ ASAPbio events and initiatives
✨ News from the broad # OpenScience and preprint community
✨ Jobs and opportunities in #OpenScience?
Sign up for the ASAPbio newsletter!
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What policies do data repositories have around hosting data that has not yet been published in a traditional academic journal? What policies do preprint servers have regarding data inclusion?
ASAPbio Fellows Madeline Morrisson and Rachel Mtama dove into those questions.
buff.ly/xnD83K4
ASAPbio Fellows Madeline Morrisson and Rachel Mtama dove into those questions.
buff.ly/xnD83K4
Assessing Data Sharing Under Preprints: Value And Contribution Of Data Repositories – ASAPbio
Written by Madeline Josephine Morrisson1,2 & Rachel Mtama,3,4
asapbio.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
What policies do data repositories have around hosting data that has not yet been published in a traditional academic journal? What policies do preprint servers have regarding data inclusion?
ASAPbio Fellows Madeline Morrisson and Rachel Mtama dove into those questions.
buff.ly/xnD83K4
ASAPbio Fellows Madeline Morrisson and Rachel Mtama dove into those questions.
buff.ly/xnD83K4
Open & transparent preprint review means:
✅Faster feedback
✅Crediting reviewers for their contributions
✅Public, constructive discussion
Are you new to preprint peer review and unsure where to begin? Check out the ASAPbio Peer Review Resource Center to learn more!
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✅Faster feedback
✅Crediting reviewers for their contributions
✅Public, constructive discussion
Are you new to preprint peer review and unsure where to begin? Check out the ASAPbio Peer Review Resource Center to learn more!
buff.ly/DTwhRP7
November 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Open & transparent preprint review means:
✅Faster feedback
✅Crediting reviewers for their contributions
✅Public, constructive discussion
Are you new to preprint peer review and unsure where to begin? Check out the ASAPbio Peer Review Resource Center to learn more!
buff.ly/DTwhRP7
✅Faster feedback
✅Crediting reviewers for their contributions
✅Public, constructive discussion
Are you new to preprint peer review and unsure where to begin? Check out the ASAPbio Peer Review Resource Center to learn more!
buff.ly/DTwhRP7
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How are preprints perceived and evaluated in the life sciences from a PI's perspective? Check our my podcast episode through the @asapbio.bsky.social Fellow's program, where I interviewed @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about his perspective on the topic! My key takeaways: 1/6
ASAPbio Fellow Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social interviewed USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. 🔬 🧪
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Preprints, Peer Review, and Academic Careers: A PI’s Perspective
Benjamin Swedlund interviews USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. They discuss how preprinting supports researchers at all career stages…
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November 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
How are preprints perceived and evaluated in the life sciences from a PI's perspective? Check our my podcast episode through the @asapbio.bsky.social Fellow's program, where I interviewed @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about his perspective on the topic! My key takeaways: 1/6
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Preprints offer a pathway on a more equitable scholarly communication landscape. While this is the interview I was part of, please follow @asapbio.bsky.social as they have shared more interviews from other 2025 fellows that were part of the recognitions project. More reflective post too follow!
ASAPbio Fellow Fotis Mystakopoulos @elibrarydude.bsky.social spoke with Ashley Farley @openaccessmaven.bsky.social, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints.
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Preprints in Practice: A Funder’s Perspective
Fotis Mystakopoulos speaks with Ashley Farley, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints. They…
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November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Preprints offer a pathway on a more equitable scholarly communication landscape. While this is the interview I was part of, please follow @asapbio.bsky.social as they have shared more interviews from other 2025 fellows that were part of the recognitions project. More reflective post too follow!
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Thrilled to see the work of 2025 @asapbio.bsky.social Fellows come to completion!
First up, a set of interviews on recognition of preprints:
✨A Funder’s Perspective: youtu.be/CWthlNss7n4
✨A PI’s Perspective: youtu.be/ZSqkwdFYCxQ
✨An ECR Perspective: youtu.be/6Te9dA_nv1k
First up, a set of interviews on recognition of preprints:
✨A Funder’s Perspective: youtu.be/CWthlNss7n4
✨A PI’s Perspective: youtu.be/ZSqkwdFYCxQ
✨An ECR Perspective: youtu.be/6Te9dA_nv1k
November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Thrilled to see the work of 2025 @asapbio.bsky.social Fellows come to completion!
First up, a set of interviews on recognition of preprints:
✨A Funder’s Perspective: youtu.be/CWthlNss7n4
✨A PI’s Perspective: youtu.be/ZSqkwdFYCxQ
✨An ECR Perspective: youtu.be/6Te9dA_nv1k
First up, a set of interviews on recognition of preprints:
✨A Funder’s Perspective: youtu.be/CWthlNss7n4
✨A PI’s Perspective: youtu.be/ZSqkwdFYCxQ
✨An ECR Perspective: youtu.be/6Te9dA_nv1k
Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Advance the Culture of Peer Review with Preprints!
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
A few tips for funders, departments & institutions!
✨ Consider preprints and their reviews in evaluations for funding, hiring, promotion, etc.
✨ Allocate funding and support for preprint review services.
ASAPbio Fellow Fotis Mystakopoulos @elibrarydude.bsky.social spoke with Ashley Farley @openaccessmaven.bsky.social, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints.
buff.ly/KR2lbjg
buff.ly/KR2lbjg
Preprints in Practice: A Funder’s Perspective
Fotis Mystakopoulos speaks with Ashley Farley, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints. They…
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
ASAPbio Fellow Fotis Mystakopoulos @elibrarydude.bsky.social spoke with Ashley Farley @openaccessmaven.bsky.social, Senior Officer of Knowledge and Research Services at the Gates Foundation, about how a major funder is accelerating open science through preprints.
buff.ly/KR2lbjg
buff.ly/KR2lbjg
In this episode of the ASAPbio Fellows Recognition of Preprints Podcast series, we speak with Jakke Neiro @jakkeneiro.bsky.social, an early-career researcher embarking on a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In this episode of the ASAPbio Fellows Recognition of Preprints Podcast series, we speak with Jakke Neiro @jakkeneiro.bsky.social, an early-career researcher embarking on a postdoc at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden.
buff.ly/32uKLUM
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ASAPbio Fellow Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social interviewed USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. 🔬 🧪
buff.ly/TeWEkBi
buff.ly/TeWEkBi
Preprints, Peer Review, and Academic Careers: A PI’s Perspective
Benjamin Swedlund interviews USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. They discuss how preprinting supports researchers at all career stages…
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
ASAPbio Fellow Benjamin Swedlund @benswedlund.bsky.social interviewed USC Assistant Professor Leonardo Morsut @leonardomorsut.bsky.social about the recognition of preprints in the life sciences. 🔬 🧪
buff.ly/TeWEkBi
buff.ly/TeWEkBi
Do you, or your colleagues, have questions about preprints? We are here to help! ASAPbio built a Resource Center to answer all your preprint questions!
Share the resources with your colleagues to increase the preprint awareness!
Visit our Resource Center to learn more👇
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Share the resources with your colleagues to increase the preprint awareness!
Visit our Resource Center to learn more👇
buff.ly/62Bi5hk
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Do you, or your colleagues, have questions about preprints? We are here to help! ASAPbio built a Resource Center to answer all your preprint questions!
Share the resources with your colleagues to increase the preprint awareness!
Visit our Resource Center to learn more👇
buff.ly/62Bi5hk
Share the resources with your colleagues to increase the preprint awareness!
Visit our Resource Center to learn more👇
buff.ly/62Bi5hk
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1/ @reviewcommons.org, @embo.org's preprint peer review platform, is taking an important step forward. Multiple publishers, including eLife, are now jointly running the peer-review process on behalf of the platform.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
1/ @reviewcommons.org, @embo.org's preprint peer review platform, is taking an important step forward. Multiple publishers, including eLife, are now jointly running the peer-review process on behalf of the platform.
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