Author: LESLIE D. MCINTOSH
Preprints play a crucial role in open science but offer an opportunity to be gamed. Thousands of manuscripts have been posted on preprint platforms in 2020, with many papers gaining significant media attention (Kwon, 2020). We have seen the good that comes from rapid scientific communication through faster vaccine development, as well as the ills through the overhyped and rushed science (think Hydroxychloroquine) (Gautret, et. al., 2020). With this much attention on preprints, it is logical to think that preprints are by and for scientists and the work can be trusted. However, that is not the case. There are imposters and impersonators on these platforms submitting work to mimic scientific research.
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