Scientists are drowning in COVID-19 papers (cognitive overload) topic sprint findings
As many scientists pivot to research about COVID-19, the number of related studies being published continuously grow.
Some critical questions to look deeper into would be:
- What problems are scientists having with staying informed about recent studies?
- How are scientists coping with these problems?
- What troubles are they facing with organizing all of the knowledge?
- Are they organizing the knowledge in ways that are useful or possibly counterproductive
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CSCW (Computer-supported cooperative work)
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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)
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