DMs now open! Because it took ages for me to actually do the age verification.
If you have questions or want to chat with me you now can 🙂.
Personal account may return at some point in the future too.
There are some templates for biorxiv floating around including one for word I think. But I love when folks do that as it makes the preprints look so much better 😍
This also showed me that maybe I should start looking for roles with publishers - they have some fantastic people working for them already but they'd definitely benefit from my expertise in open science and community/relationship building - just in case any are reading this! 😉
5. After my past few months, the conference was a great reinforcer for much of what I've been saying and trying to raise awareness of - in spite of the difficulties this has caused me within the preprint space.
4. There's far too much discussion on what researchers want that is coming from people who are not researchers.
For example; Did eLife switching to an exclusive focus on preprints really need a whole new effort and movement? The answer is a definite no. The PRC coalition diverts resources, attention and vital funds away from the very effort it requires - preprints.
3. Researchers are tired (for very good reasons) not just of reviewing, but of navigating an ever-expanding landscape of initiatives, frameworks, and acronyms.
2. There are too many "innovations" and new attempts to "improve" publishing - often without the necessary efforts to raise awareness or buy-in.
1. One of the biggest takeaways for me was the tacit acknowledgment of just how bad things are and how current efforts are not best placed to realistically solve these issues
Our key takeaways from the Research to Reader conference this week:
Read the full post: ripplingideas.org/2026/02/27/r...
This is one of the most interesting developments as it appears that authors are now submitting preprints earlier in the process.
A reminder that our data suggests that the best time to post is approx 1 month prior to journal submission (which ~30% now are).
✨ Updated preprint on bioRxiv preprints!
A new version of our preprint summarizes #bioRxiv progress over the last 12 years. This is an update of our original 2019 preprint with new data & highlights from a more recent survey of >7000 users. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
#preprints #OpenScience
Definitely miss London! Nice to be back for a couple of days for the research 2 reader conference.
Panel on Tuesday morning :)
Software drives science, but it’s often invisible 😩
Well not if the SoFAIR project has anything to do with it!
SoFAIR uncovered hidden software mentions in Europe PMC, making them searchable, traceable, and reusable first-class bibliographic entries!
Read more: blog.europepmc.org/2026/02/sofa...
We plan on running a limited virtual Fellows program for publishing, preprints and peer review this year!
Sign up to our Newsletter to be the first to find out when applications open! More information to come soon 👀
👉 https://bit.ly/RIsub 👈
Missed the report?
Read it here: zenodo.org/records/1...
Or watch it here: bit.ly/state-of-prep...
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In our report on preprinting, we made 7 key recommendations for preprint advocacy across 2026. These are vital to encourage continued adoption and meaningful change.
We're actively seeking funding/collaborations to achieve these together, get in touch if that's you!
Check them out!
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Genuinely really loved running it and getting to talk to so many brilliant researchers.
We're sad to announce that the preprints in motion podcast is shutting down. We've not been able to find support to keep it going and, combined with a move away from advocating for preprints for the foreseeable future, this makes the most sense.
We plan on running a limited virtual Fellows program for publishing, preprints and peer review this year!
Sign up to our Newsletter to be the first to find out when applications open! More information to come soon 👀
👉 https://bit.ly/RIsub 👈
Missed the report?
Read it here: zenodo.org/records/1...
Or watch it here: bit.ly/state-of-prep...
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In our report on preprinting, we made 7 key recommendations for preprint advocacy across 2026. These are vital to encourage continued adoption and meaningful change.
We're actively seeking funding/collaborations to achieve these together, get in touch if that's you!
Check them out!
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In 2025 bioRxivpreprint preprints surpassed 1 billion cumulative views and downloads! 🎉🎉🎉
How many of those did your preprint contribute?
Read more in our report: zenodo.org/records/1...
For evaluated preprints on bioRxiv a significant number are published in eLife.
Is eLife reviewing these preprints again? Or using the reviews from these other services?
(I'd love to know as I can't get that from public data & policies suggest re-reviewing)
The State of Preprints in the Life Sciences 2013-2025
We took an in-depth investigation in to the current state of preprinting within the Life Sciences up to 2025. This report covers the broad preprinting trends, a detailed look at the openRxiv servers with. a focus on bioRxiv and a discussion of…
🗣️"Too often, the credibility of a research article or researcher is judged through weak proxies linked to publication venue"
#ScholComm #OpenScience
Our report on the current state of preprinting in the life sciences is out!
Read it here: zenodo.org/records/1... & watch our video on the key data: youtu.be/G_mmmkuBua8
#preprints #scicomm #academicsky
Releasing on the 30th Jan is our (very) detailed report on the state of preprints in the life sciences. This is the first in a yearly series we plan to run and includes the most up to date data in addition to look towards 2026.
Join our newsletter to be the first to read: https://bit.ly/RIsub
This raises some big questions!
Read much more in our State of Preprints report - out Friday 🙂
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*Data from bioRxiv APIs
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But, even more interestingly, the preprint review services do not (on average) provide evaluations that much quicker than journals - with the average delay between preprint posting & evaluation being 215 days.
Importantly, community-focussed efforts are much quicker than journal-like efforts
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