Crowd-powered science: How early career researchers can make an impact
Today I wanted to share about a program that may be interesting to all researchers but especially early career researchers, that is the crowd preprint review program under ASAPbio .
Last month we did a review of a preprint on "Characterization of vaginal microbiomes in clinician-collected bacterial vaginosis diagnosed samples". The review is published on PREreview where it also gets a persistent identifier, a DOI. The review is also linked to contributors' ORCIDs, unique, persistent identifiers (PIDs) for researchers that helps tracking all of an individual's works in one place.
It was really fun to lead this process and I think reviewing of preprints can add real value to the process of scholarly communication. Reviewing preprints is not only good for science but it can also help early career researchers get involved in the research process, which may not be possible for some, especially those in resource-constrained setups such as in Sub-Saharan Africa institutions.
This month, the microbiology crowd review group is reviewing a preprint on Development of an immunoassay for the detection and diagnosis of microbially-influenced corrosion caused by methanogenic Archaea. I do welcome all of you to join us or the crowd review team of your choice to both learn and contribute in improving research communication. You can sign up for crowd review of preprints in 4 areas:
Don't hesitate to ask questions if you need to know more and share your experience reviewing preprints.
Thank you for leading the efforts in the Crowd Preprint Review! 💪