Reminded of Ed Yong’s response to this question:
“If I cover a preprint, I talk to 2-3 experts to get their views before writing the story.
That’s exactly what I do if I cover a journal article…”
“If I cover a preprint, I talk to 2-3 experts to get their views before writing the story.
That’s exactly what I do if I cover a journal article…”
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Nicholas Bauer PhD
Absolutely.
Preprints are for communicating among scientists.
If a journalist wants to cover one, they should commission a peer review.
Preprints are for communicating among scientists.
If a journalist wants to cover one, they should commission a peer review.
Comments
I have heard from some people that their institutional guidelines were not to issue press releases about preprints (I can't imagine that journalists are scrolling through BioRxivs)
Asking journalists not to cover preprints is absurd!
It's a blatant restriction of freedom of the press!