- The preprint servers began to play a much larger role since the pandemic when the research community is ever more in need for sharing findings and results. 
- The above highlights certain concerns and criticisms that preprint servers received even before the pandemic, one of which is the absence of "peer-preview" process.
- If the lack of peer-review process were to result in unsound science, it is far more consequential for the COVID-19 research for the research directly touches on a matter of life and death. 
-There is an inevitable risk associated with non-peer reviewed papers such as the ones in preprint servers for being not peer-reviewed.
-Because fast dissemination is critical, but the traditional publication takes time, more researchers are utilizing the preprint servers, which, in some cases, advertising their papers via social media –(i.e.) Twitter.

The increased role of preprint servers in COVID-19 research

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Dissemination of fast and rapidly reviewed papers makes researchers self-judge and screen most of the studies on their own, which is extremely time-consuming.

Time-consuming to self-judge many rapidly released papers

This is the root node for evidences/artifacts associated with the topic.  Together with rapid review, rapid dissemination of the COVID-19 research findings and results is important to facilitate the acceleration of the research.  Yet, it is likely that there are both pros and cons when the research disseminate fast.  This node servers as the parent node for the evidences to explain empirical phenomena and so that we can offer constructive understanding of artifacts/evidences.  

Rapid dissemination of COVID-19 research findings and results

Rapid review of COVID-19 research findings and results

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- Infodemic comes in many shapes and forms. 
- A quote from WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: "...we’re not just fighting an epidemic; we’re fighting an infodemic."

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