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Information was current at time of publication.{"id":9164,"date":"2016-02-17T14:47:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T18:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/?p=9164"},"modified":"2023-04-14T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-04-14T14:41:22","slug":"search-biopreprint-immediate-discovery-of-new-biomedical-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/info.hsls.pitt.edu\/updatereport\/search-biopreprint-immediate-discovery-of-new-biomedical-research\/","title":{"rendered":"search.bioPreprint: Immediate Discovery of New Biomedical Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/resources\/preprint\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/preprint2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"97\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HSLS<\/a> has developed a new tool, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/resources\/preprint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search.bioPreprint<\/a>, that helps researchers to comprehensively search preprint databases to discover cutting edge, yet-to-be published or reviewed biomedical research articles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a preprint database? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Open access online distribution centers\/archives that enable authors \u201cto make their findings immediately available to the scientific community and receive feedback on draft manuscripts before they are submitted to journals\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/biorxiv.org\/about-biorxiv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bioRxiv<\/a>). Articles are not copyedited or peer-reviewed prior to posting online, although they undergo a basic screening process to check against plagiarism, offensiveness, and non-scientific content. Authors may make revisions at any point prior to publication, but all versions remain available online.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Examples?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">arXiv<\/a> is a preprint server covering physics, mathematics, computer science, nonlinear sciences, statistics, and quantitative biology since 1991.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/biorxiv.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bioRxiv<\/a> covers new, confirmatory, and contradictory results in research ranging from animal behavior and cognition to clinical trials, and neuroscience to zoology.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/f1000research.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F1000Research<\/a> provides a platform for the immediate publication of scientific communication. Posters and slides receive a digital object identifier and are instantly citable. Articles that pass peer review are then indexed in Scopus and Google Scholar. Articles are available in PMC and therefore searchable in PubMed.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/peerj.com\/preprints\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PeerJ Preprints<\/a> cover biological, medical, and computer sciences. Their aim is to reduce publishing costs while still efficiently publishing innovative research.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why preprints? <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There is a developing movement of <a href=\"http:\/\/asapbio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">preprint supporters<\/a> who want the current journal publication and peer review system to change. They propose that preprints play a role in \u201ccatalyzing scientific discovery, facilitating career advancement, and improving the culture of communication within the biology community (<a href=\"http:\/\/asapbio.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ASAPbio<\/a>).\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Why create a preprints search tool?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Until the creation of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/resources\/preprint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search.bioPreprint<\/a>, there has been no simple way to identify biomedical research published in a preprint format, as they are not typically indexed and are only discoverable by directly searching the aforementioned preprint server Web sites. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/resources\/preprint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">search.bioPreprint<\/a> is a one-stop-shop for finding these types of articles, and an important contribution to the preprint movement.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, please <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hsls.pitt.edu\/molbio\/askmolbio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact<\/a> the MolBio Information Services Department.<\/p>\n<p>~Carrie Iwema<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HSLS has developed a new tool, search.bioPreprint, that helps researchers to comprehensively search preprint databases to discover cutting edge, yet-to-be published or reviewed biomedical research articles. 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