Preprints in the Public Eye – ASAPbio

"Today, we’re pleased to announce the launch of a project on the use of preprints in the media with support from the Open Society Foundations. 

Premature media coverage was the top concern about preprints in our recent #biopreprints2020 survey, for both those who had published their research as preprints and for those who had not....

ASAPbio, with support from the Open Society Foundations, now aims to consolidate and expand on existing efforts to set best practice standards for preprints via the launch of our Preprints in the Public Eye project. We are calling for involvement from researchers, journalists, institutions, librarians, funding agencies, and more to work on the following three main aims or the project:

1. To improve the transparency and clarity of how preprints are labelled so that readers understand what checks have and have not been made on a preprint.
2. To agree a set of best practice guidelines for researchers and institutions on how to work with journalists on research reported as preprints.
3. To agree a set of best practice guidelines for journalists on how to assess and report on research posted as preprints...."