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Proliferation of papers and preprints during the COVID-19 pandemic
- MedRxiv, a preprint server, can be used to track and minimize the spread of misinformation
- About 40% of COVID-19 articles were first published to preprint servers
- The majority of preprints on COVID-19 included incomplete and controversial data that were rapidly reviewed and then published
- Discussions and critiques about COVID-19 on social media platforms and preprint servers seem counterintuitive, but they can foster conversations and exchange of ideas
- On Twitter and Sina Weibo, preprints that received a fair amount of criticism were withdrawn, but there is no way of knowing whether more are left undisturbed
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Updated 2021-02-11
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