Johansson MA, Reich NG, Meyers LA, Lipsitch M (2018) Preprints: An underutilized mechanism to accelerate outbreak science. PLoS Med 15(4): e1002549. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002549
Published: April 3, 2018

https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1002549&type=printable

Preprints: An underutilized mechanism to
accelerate outbreak science

arXiv

Preprint services by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

- bioRxiv
- medRxiv 
- arXiv
-	Research Square
- PrePrints.Org
- OSFPreprints


University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Northwestern University

An unprecedented amount of knowledge has been generated in the past two months in the form of journal papers, blog posts, and other forms.
Journal reviewers have significantly expedited the review process, e.g., the New England Journal of Medicine posted a COVID-19 paper within 48 hours of submission. Many researchers disseminate their papers in the form of preprints or posts on the new Wu-han Clan Slack channel before journal publication.

Multidisciplinary Collaborative COVID-19 Research

Callaway, E. 2020. The Covid-19 Crisis Could Permanently Change Scientific Research Publishing. 582, 167-168

The COVID-19 Crisis Could Permanently Change Scientific Research Publishing

- Science Magazine
- Nature Magazine
- ACM CSCW
- Scientific American
- Other journals and sources

Multidisciplinary Collaborative COVID-19 Research References

The peer review process has been drastically modified in order to accommodate expediated reviewing of enormous amounts of research papers. Some modifications and new initiatives include: 
- use of bioRxiv, medRxiv, or other preprint servers
- Review Commons Effort
- Special COVID-19 peer review committees 
- independent preprint and peer review initiatives


Currently, this is a place holder to define what's unique about peer review process since the pandemic.  It is to be described later more clearly.  


Peer review process since COVID-19 outbreak

List of preprint servers

Our CSCW2020 Paper Abstract should be written here.
- The influx of COVID-19 related papers.
- Hard to catch up for the researchers.
- The COVID-19 pandemic needs to be the priority for CSCW practitioners.
- CSCW tech solutions may be able to offer a valuable solution (call for action)


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