Preprint journal clubs – the nuts and bolts (November 2020 Community Call)
Channel: ASAP bio
Date: 2020-11-07

Journal clubs are a great opportunity to appraise the latest research and for early-career researchers to hone critical appraisal skills. Preprint commentary is gaining increasing attention: in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the review and commentary of preprints has never been as relevant, and journal clubs provide a great opportunity to contribute to the evaluation of preprints. Discussing preprints in journal clubs provides feedback to the authors, valuable comments for readers and can raise your and your group’s profile. 

At the Community call, we discussed preprint journal clubs and shared practical steps for how to get started:

ASAPbio Fellow Sandra Franco Iborra talked about the benefits of including preprints in journal clubs
Daniela Saderi provided an overview of PREreview journal clubs
Learn how to set up a preprint journal club – ASAPbio Fellow Fabio Palmieri shared his experience setting up a program for preprint journal clubs at his institution