Open science; science communication; academic community building and management; and research culture. Home of the Preprints in Motion podcast.
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Our final Preprints in Motion podcast episode is out now
Is preprinting failing?
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Our latest op-ed. We investigate if the preprint movement is replicating the same mistakes that the OA movement made!
Reform efforts in academia are currently disconnected and fragmented - even siloed. This must change.
I present a case for this in my latest Upstream Blog - FORCE11
Connecting reform movements: linking research culture, trust and open-research publishing
Yes the shiny new thing is cool but we must focus more on building together & reinforcing current infrastructure & movements
Less fragmentation and confusion, more cohesion & progress
Connecting reform movements: linking research culture, trust and open-research publishing
The openRxiv Labs announcement is incredibly exciting. Here's why I think so.
After ~7 years I am no longer part of the ASAPbio community - as staff or community member (so you won't reach me there anymore incl. in the slack)
I am forever grateful to Jessica for the chance to get involved and contribute to something I care so deeply about.
Lately, I have spent a considerable amount of time writing about my concerns regarding the direction of the preprint ecosystem and the behaviour of some of the actors within it. Increasingly, I worry that preprinting is being pushed toward becoming little more than a replica of the existing scholarly publishing system. For those of us who see preprints as an opportunity for genuine and meaningful change, that would be a profound disaster.
Over the past few decades, several reform movements have emerged across scholarly communication and academia. Open science, open access, efforts to reshape research culture, research assessment reform and growing discussions around trust in science are all trying to address genuine problems in how research is produced, evaluated, and communicated.
Yet
Over the past few decades, several reform movements have emerged across scholarly communication and academia. Open science, open access, efforts to reshape research culture, research assessment reform and growing discussions around trust in science are all trying to address genuine problems in how research is produced, evaluated, and communicated.
Yet
upstream.force11.org
It's out! Perhaps one of the op-eds that has made me most nervous releasing.
Taking Richard Poynders arguments as to why OA failed, I apply these to the preprint movement.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2026/04/14/g...
Members of our community will have noticed the absence of a familiar face in 2026. Unfortunately, we had to eliminate our Associate Director role late last
