'The BMGF is placing more value on early, open, and inclusive research dissemination. The method it is employing is to lead with the preprint, and de-prioritize – but not remove – the scholarly journal.'

Gates Policy Refresh: What Would Success Look Like? scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/04/11/bmg…

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announces a new Open Access policy!
The policy will:
❌ cease support for individual article publishing fees, known as APCs,
✔️ mandate the use of preprints while advocating for their review.

Learn more 👇
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Bravo to nature for sharing these sobering data. But despite my lengthy involvement in editorial work, this woman has never been invited to review for you. Nature publishes too few papers from women researchers — that must change nature.com/articles/d4158…

Join ASAPbio and Ludo Waltman to discuss the perceptions of #preprints across different regions and how to better approach the uptake of preprints with a global mindset.

Register for our Community Call on 19 March 2024!
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At our next Community Call on 19 March, we will hear from Ludo Waltman about the perceptions of #preprints across different regions and discuss how to better approach the uptake of preprints with a global mindset.
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Here's our final evaluation of the #preprint by Zhang Feng and colleagues:

Feng and colleagues investigate the molecular basis of lipid scrambling in a fungal member of the TMEM16 family of Ca2+-dependent lipid scramblases.

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This #preprint by Zhang Feng and Omar E. Alvarenga in accardilab has recently been reviewed by Biophysics Colab

You can read the report by clicking on 'TRiP Peer Reviews' in bioRxiv:

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⌛ ⚠️ Only two days left to apply!

If you are passionate about positively impacting scholarly communication in the life sciences, #Open Science, and #preprints , don't miss the opportunity: apply for the ASAPbio Executive Director position!

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Are you curious about the use of AI in scholarly publishing? Come to the panel discussion at #BPS2024 in which Lesley Anson will tell you how we're using it.

Today (Monday) at 2:15pm in room 109AB

Applications for the 2024 ASAPbio Fellows Program are open!
Are you new to #preprints and want to learn more about their use? Have you been using preprints for a while and now want to engage others?
Then our Fellows program is for you!
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New feature on bioRxiv: 'Request a review'.

Authors can signal to groups like PREreview that they'd like to get community feedback on a paper.

Another example of what decoupling dissemination enables (key point: it's not bioRxiv doing the reviewing).
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Another milestone in the development and expansion of #preprintreview !

Reminder: Today is the last day to submit your feedback on the cOAlition S proposal 'Towards Responsible Publishing'!

This proposal from cOAlition S could transform scientific publishing, so be sure you have your say by taking part in the consultation:
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