Would you like to support #preprints 📰 but don't know how? Or maybe you don't have much time? ⏳
Below you can find several tips, some of which will only take 5 minutes! ⏲️
#OpenScience
Our report on the current state of preprinting in the life sciences is out!
Read it here: https://zenodo.org/records/18329972 & watch our video on the key data: https://youtu.be/G_mmmkuBua8
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"Until now, someone wanting to submit to arXiv for the first time only needed an email address affiliated with a reputable academic or research institution, such as a university. But a rule instituted on 21 January now requires first-time posters to be endorsed by an established arXiv author in their own field. People who have previously posted in the same disciplinary section of arXiv do not need an endorsement.
The move is an attempt to clamp down on a rising tide of fraudulent submissions, says University of Amsterdam astronomer Ralph Wijers, chair of the arXiv editorial council. A large fraction, he says, are generated with artificial intelligence (AI). The new rule is “mostly to try and discourage very junior, unskilled people from trying to get something started by sending some rubbish to arXiv,” he says."
https://www.science.org/content/article/arxiv-preprint-server-clamps-down-ai-slop
"Until now, someone wanting to submit to arXiv for the first time only needed an email address affiliated with a reputable academic or research institution, such as a university. But a rule instituted on 21 January now requires first-time posters to be endorsed by an established arXiv author in their own field. People who have previously posted in the same disciplinary section of arXiv do not need an endorsement.
The move is an attempt to clamp down on a rising tide of fraudulent submissions, says University of Amsterdam astronomer Ralph Wijers, chair of the arXiv editorial council. A large fraction, he says, are generated with artificial intelligence (AI). The new rule is “mostly to try and discourage very junior, unskilled people from trying to get something started by sending some rubbish to arXiv,” he says."
https://www.science.org/content/article/arxiv-preprint-server-clamps-down-ai-slop
Is there a method to exclude certain paper types in #OpenAlex? For example, I would like to exclude #preprints from #arXiv.
Konrad Förstner 💻🧬🦠
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#OpenRxiv just added an #AI #PeerReview feature for #preprints on #bioRxiv and #medRxiv. At the moment, they're using the #qedscience tool.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03909-5
The bioRxiv announcement makes clear that AI review is optional for authors and that authors might be able to choose from other AI tools in the future.
https://connect.biorxiv.org/news/2025/11/04/qed_review_tool
PS: My experiments lead me to think that AI isn't good enough to do peer review yet -- even if (1) it's getting better, (2) it can already help human reviewers, and (3) many human reviewers are worse. Journals that allow it too large a role are abdicating their responsibility and might be deceiving authors and readers. Referees who give it too large a role are abdicating their responsibility and might be deceiving journals, authors, and readers. If you lean in the same direction, let me suggest that these objections don't carry over to preprint servers making AI review an #FWIW option for authors. This kind of AI review doesn't pretend to be more than it is. When it happens, it's a voluntary decision by authors. Of course authors could have gotten AI feedback on their own, with the AI tools of their choice, and without the preprint-server mediation. But giving them another option for the same kind of feedback is harmless and convenient. Moreover, it creates a training ground to monitor the quality and improvement of the AI tools.
manisha
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🌍 Researchers in the Global South face unique challenges when they engage in #OpenScience and #preprints. ASAPbio Fellows discussed some of those with a diverse group of Open Science enthusiasts from the Global South.
The first interview in this series features Roseline Dine, a public health specialist and social scientist from Rwanda, and an open science and access advocate who was interviewed by the 2025 ASAPbio Fellow FatimaElzhra Ali.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gevC0wD6q18&list=PLezPfyQ6lSokgqLUaF6lU8fj61Wjv3suA&index=1
🌍 Researchers in the Global South face unique challenges when they engage in #OpenScience and #preprints. ASAPbio Fellows discussed some of those with a diverse group of Open Science enthusiasts from the Global South.
The first interview in this series features Roseline Dine, a public health specialist and social scientist from Rwanda, and an open science and access advocate who was interviewed by the 2025 ASAPbio Fellow FatimaElzhra Ali.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gevC0wD6q18&list=PLezPfyQ6lSokgqLUaF6lU8fj61Wjv3suA&index=1
#OpenRxiv just added an #AI #PeerReview feature for #preprints on #bioRxiv and #medRxiv. At the moment, they're using the #qedscience tool.
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03909-5
The bioRxiv announcement makes clear that AI review is optional for authors and that authors might be able to choose from other AI tools in the future.
https://connect.biorxiv.org/news/2025/11/04/qed_review_tool
PS: My experiments lead me to think that AI isn't good enough to do peer review yet -- even if (1) it's getting better, (2) it can already help human reviewers, and (3) many human reviewers are worse. Journals that allow it too large a role are abdicating their responsibility and might be deceiving authors and readers. Referees who give it too large a role are abdicating their responsibility and might be deceiving journals, authors, and readers. If you lean in the same direction, let me suggest that these objections don't carry over to preprint servers making AI review an #FWIW option for authors. This kind of AI review doesn't pretend to be more than it is. When it happens, it's a voluntary decision by authors. Of course authors could have gotten AI feedback on their own, with the AI tools of their choice, and without the preprint-server mediation. But giving them another option for the same kind of feedback is harmless and convenient. Moreover, it creates a training ground to monitor the quality and improvement of the AI tools.
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Update. #SocArXiv (@socarxiv) is dealing with a similar problem by requiring submitters to have #ORCIDs and tightening its focus on the social sciences.
https://socopen.org/2025/11/19/socarxiv-submission-rule-changes/
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Preprints in Motion is looking for funding/sponsorship!
We're at that point in the year where we need to secure running costs for 2026.
We've captured 50+ hours of ECRs discussing their cool new preprints!
Check out our flyer outlining potential funding tiers
Why should you post a preprint?
Wonder no more!
Watch our latest 5 minute explainer that answers this question
Why should you post a preprint?
Wonder no more!
Watch our latest 5 minute explainer that answers this question
We're currenty up to something very, very, exciting!
Actually, it's multiple interlinked things 😊
Sign up to our YouTube (https://bit.ly/RI_YouTube) & Newsletter (https://bit.ly/RIsub) to be the first to see!
Preprints in Motion is looking for funding/sponsorship!
We're at that point in the year where we need to secure running costs for 2026.
We've captured 50+ hours of ECRs discussing their cool new preprints!
Check out our flyer outlining potential funding tiers
