THURSDAY MARCH 13, 2025. 13:00 – 14:00 BST
Attendance link: https://lshtm.zoom.us/j/98105867994
The widespread adoption of preprints provides opportunities to revolutionize how scientific discoveries are communicated with the wider research community. Preprints enable scientists to share the latest developments and findings in their research and obtain community feedback that can be used to support decision making on how it is be developed in the future. As a citable scientific output, they also provide authors with proof of progress and productivity, which can be used to advance their careers through grant and job applications.
This webinar, led by members of the bioRxiv and medRxiv team, will outline how the sharing of preprints can aid researchers in enhancing the impact of their scientific research and comply with established and emerging community requirements, such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s mandate on preprints.
The presenters will provide an interactive demo of the bioRxiv and medRxiv platforms, two non-profit preprint services that host more than 200,000 preprints on topics spanning fundamental biology and clinical research and are visited by a combined figures of ~9 million readers every month. The presenters will go on to explore how LSHTM researchers can make their preprints available on the bioRxiv/medRxiv platforms and the potential gains for their research.
