Mercier, M;
Magloire, V;
Karnani, M;
(2020)
Enhancing scientific dissemination in neuroscience via preprint peer-review: “Peer Community In Circuit Neuroscience”.
Neuroanatomy and Behaviour
, 2
(1)
, Article e9. 10.35430/nab.2020.e9.
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Abstract
The dissemination of scientific results and new technologies in biomedical science is rapidly evolving from an exclusive and fee-oriented publishing system towards more open, free and independent strategies for sharing knowledge. In this context, preprint servers such as bioRxiv answer a very real scientific need by enabling the rapid, free and easy dissemination of findings, regardless of whether these are novel, replicated, or even showcasing negative results. Currently, thousands of manuscripts are being shared via bioRxiv each month, and neuroscience is the largest and fastest growing subject category. However, commenting on bioRxiv is declining and no structured scientific validation such as peer-review is currently available. The Peer Community In (PCI) platform addresses this unmet need by facilitating the rigorous evaluation and validation of preprints, and PCI Circuit Neuroscience (PCI C Neuro) aims to develop and extend this tool for the neuroscience community. Here we discuss PCI C Neuro’s mission, how it works, and why it is an essential initiative in this new era of open science.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Enhancing scientific dissemination in neuroscience via preprint peer-review: “Peer Community In Circuit Neuroscience” |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.35430/nab.2020.e9 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.35430/nab.2020.e9 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2019 the Author(s). Except where otherwise noted, the content of this article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | circuit neuroscience, publishing, preprints, peer-review, open access, open science |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Experimental Epilepsy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10085688 |
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