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Jessica Polka

  • Director - ASAPbio
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As seen in: Nature, PLOS Biology, Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, BioRxiv, STAT, eLife, First Monday, ASCB
Open Science Advocate | Senior Program Lead, MIT Open Learning | she/her @polka@mastodon.social | jessicapolka.bsky.social
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Interventions in scholarly communication: Design lessons from public health

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By Micah Altman, Philip Cohen, Jessica Polka
| First Monday Verified
Many argue that swift and fundamental interventions in the system of scholarly communication are needed. However, there are substantial disagreements over the short- and long-term benefits of most proposed approaches to changing the practice of science communication, and the lack of systematic, empirically based research in this area makes these controversies difficult to resolve. We argue that experience within public health can be usefully applied to scholarly communication.
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Preprints: What are they?

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By Jessica Polka
| video214.com
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Preprints: Their Evolving Role in Science Communication

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By Iratxe Puebla, Jessica Polka, Oya Y. Rieger
| fulcrum.org
This briefing discusses the history and role of preprints in the biological sciences within the evolving open science landscape. The focus is on the explosive growth of preprints as a publishing model and the associated challenges of maintaining technical infrastructure and establishing sustainable business models. A preprint is a scholarly manuscript posted by the author(s) to a repository or platform to facilitate open and broad sharing of early work without any limitations to access.
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