Recently, I’ve seen lots of posts of papers published on preprint servers. So it might be a good time to review what papers on preprint servers are (and what they aren’t!)
Preprint servers are online archives, or repositories, containing scholarly papers that are not yet peer reviewed or accepted by traditional academic journals.
Papers on preprint servers undergo basic screening, but they are not peer reviewed, edited or formatted before being posted online.
Once posted, articles are citable with their own unique DOI. Proponents of preprint servers say that posting manuscripts online before the peer-review process required by conventional journals speeds up scientific discovery.
However papers on preprint servers can also represent a risk of harm to society due to their lack of vetting, and potential for falsification, fraud, and misleading information.
Now more than ever, we need reliable and credible information. As we’ve seen with COVID19, poor science can be harmful to the public good. And peer review provides a crucial guard rail against misleading misinformation.
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Lately, I’ve been reflecting a lot of how much racism has affected our understanding of the pathophysiology of asthma in children. And how the pandemic has exposed just how wrong so many of the underlying assumptions were. A thread 🧵 1/11
Some background. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children, affecting 1 in 7 children at some point during childhood. Each year approximately 10,000 children/year are admitted to a #PedsICU with severe asthma. 2/11
Severe asthma exacerbations disproportionately affect BIPOC children, with higher rates of hospitalization, ICU admission and intubation. 3/11
@RanaAwdish: I invite you to step out of our "CHEST" identity and step into the quieter parts of your identity. Loss of any one of these makes you less human. #CHEST2020
@RanaAwdish: Identity is a relational act. Embracing our intersectional identities will benefit our patients. #CHEST2020
If you're missing this great lecture on "After COVID: Complications of a New Infection and its Aftermath" by @WesElyMD@RanaAwdish@hopealuko and Brenda Pun, make sure you catch the video! #CHEST2020
@RanaAwdish: There was much fear early in the pandemic. Fear of using PPE, wanting the patient to be comforted and having only medications to comfort them. But this may have been harmful. #COVID19