Dinis-Oliveira, R. J. (2020). COVID-19 research: pandemic versus “paperdemic”, integrity, values and risks of the “speed science”. Forensic Sciences Research, 1-14.


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1. Science Rapid PREreview (outbreaksci.prereview.org) (schwab2020science)
2. Pubpeer journal club pubpeer.com (Langham 2019)
3. 27 active Twitter-Based Journal Clubs (Stoneman2020)
4. retractionwatch.com. 30 papers about COVID-19 was retracted being 1410 cited totally.cost: US$425 000 per article (dinis 2020)

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Johansson, M. A., & Saderi, D. (2020). Open peer-review platform for COVID-19 preprints. Natur, 579(7797), 29-29.

Open peer-review platform for COVID-19 preprints

Langham-Putrow, A., & Riegelman, A. (2019). Discovery and scholarly communication aspects of preprints: Sources for online information. College & Research Libraries News, 80(9), 506

Discovery and scholarly communication aspects of preprints.

COVID-19 research: pandemic versus “paperdemic”,
integrity, values and risks of the “speed science”


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Modeling the viral dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 infection published on  6August 2020. The original paper was retracted on July 10, 2020

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