Difficult to efficiently inform the research community about inappropriate results/findings

Repetition and contradiction in collaborative research

Cognitive overload and determining the novelty of a new study

Published papers are static and don't get updated dynamically

Difficulties of multidisciplinary research collaboration

The increased role of preprint servers in COVID-19 research

Time-consuming to self-judge many rapidly released papers

Marketing and subscription fees of journals

Personal ambitions and carrier incentives

Flaws in the published journal papers

Difficulty Informing the Public

Challenges with current research tools

References for Barriers to COVID-19 Research

Repetitions and contradictions topic sprint findings

Finding a Consensus (problems in interdisciplinary work) topic sprint findings

Scientists are drowning in COVID-19 papers (cognitive overload) topic sprint findings

Input getting lost (difficulty of communicating with the scientific community) topic sprint findings

tweets about literature or literature (Science COVID Info)

communicating with public and politicians (Science COVID Info)

tools and methods that are helping (Science COVID Info)