September is well underway, and over here in the UK, where your PREreview newsletter author, @vanessafairhurst.bsky.social, lives, the change of the season is in the air.
Wherever you are in the world, may this month bring you balance, renewal, and connection.
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Thank you for the shout out @rouhiroo.bsky.social! 🌷
Finally learning more about @prereview.bsky.social @neurosarda.bsky.social 's @hhmi.org important work at #metascience2025
Starting with an equity lens: #PeerReview is inequitable/unsustainable. Reviewer pool is small, homogeneous, and have never received formal training.
Looking forward to facilitating @prereview.bsky.social 2h Open Reviewers workshop with @vanessafairhurst.bsky.social tomorrow as part of #SIPS2025 online sessions. Together we will explore how systems of oppression manifests in peer review and what we can do about it.
The opportunity to deepen connections and collaborate with community members is what makes my job the best!
This year we are fortunate once again to be joined by 24 individuals who put community first and share our vision for a more equitable and open scholarly peer review system! Thank you!
Thank you @godwyns.bsky.social for the opportunity to chat with you and be featured in this podcast.
Congratulations to all people involved! ✨🎊
📣📊 Announcing a PREreview community design sprint!
Join us Wednesday, April 2 to explore developing a structured dataset review workflow in expanding the types of early research outputs our community can review.
To learn more and register for one of our two sessions, check out: buff.ly/tDJqfFG
As a scientist yes, I stand up for the right to openly access, produce and disseminate knowledge. But that’s not enough. Standing up for science alone feels like a privilege of the elite. And that isn’t what’s going to sink the ship or save us from drowning with it.
What I wish everyone were pouring all our indignation towards is the rapid uprise of an authoritarian government that is and will continue to take everyone’s but the richest of the rich’s rights away.
What I wish everyone—not just scientists and science enthusiasts—were standing up for is the dignity of human beings, the right to exist and make the best choices for ourselves and our children regardless of who we are.
Yes. This administration’s made clear attacks to “science” that are worth rallying for. But, it has done that in the context of a much bigger plan to further concentrate power in the hands of the highest top, leaving everyone behind, drowning in mud—with those who were barely afloat drawing faster.
I was set to go to Salem today & join the 10s of 1000s of people rallying to #standupforscience. My son got sick, so it was a no go.
As I play with my snotty toddler, I can’t help to think about the fact that what we should be standing up for is freedom, democracy, the right to exist in dignity.
📢 @prereview.bsky.social & @jmirpub.bsky.social have been joining forces to improve scholarly peer review! Learn more about Live Reviews, how we’ve partnered to bring them to you, and how you can join researchers globally to improve a preprint together: bit.ly/collaborative-live-reviews
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Thank you!
2025 has already proven to be a year of difficult transitions and devastating decisions.
We at PREreview stand firm in our commitment to building towards a present and future in which knowledge flows freely and equitably, unbound by systemic barriers or entrenched hierarchies.
Today, we published our ☀️2024 Annual Report!🌕
To learn more about our achievements and our renewed commitment to work in community to shape a more equitable, open, and transparent scholarly evaluation landscape, check out our full report here: zenodo.org/records/1467....
#PREreview #annualreport
I’m incredibly proud of the journey we are on together! Check out our 2024 Annual Report and let us know if there are opportunities for you or your community to collaborate in 2025.
Thank you, stellar PREreview team, and thanks to all who support us, challenge us, fail with us, dream with us!
If you want to do your own YearCompas here’s the link to the booklet available in over 60 languages yearcompass.com.
Picture of a black computer on a wooden table with the waiting room zoom window open in the center-written in it is the word Welcome! on top of a picture of the ocean waves. Next to the computer is a tea mug with “Sitting by the campfire” written on it and below the computer are an orange pen and the printed copy of my YearCompass booklet.
I just concluded my YearCompass guided by 🌟 @tararobertson.bsky.social. For the 1st time in weeks I felt hopeful; I missed that feeling. 2024 was hard. I know 2025 won’t be a breeze either. But I also know that I’m determined to heal, get my hope back and deepen my roots in community. Thanks Tara!
Mike, you are too kind, thank you! I haven’t been able to bring myself to post much but I plan for a slow and intentional come back to social media in 2025.
A white flowchart titled "We’re celebrating 360° feedback on a preprint!!" in black text, with subtitle "And here’s how they did it (and how you can do it too!)" in smaller, italicized black text underneath. Next to the title and subtitle are two red party poppers with star-shaped confetti exploding. The flowchart, from left-to-right, has three sets of images and text. The first set is labeled "Step One (1):" in bold white text against an elongated, red oval. Underneath is an image of a scientific preprint article. Underneath that image is is the text "Authors post a preprint on bioRxiv" in black, with the text "doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.02.564871" in white against a black rectangular background. There is a white arrow pointing right against a black circular background next to the text pointing to the second set of images and text. The second set is labeled "Step Two (2):" in bold white text against an elongated, red oval. Underneath is an image of a scientific preprint article review. Underneath that image is is the text "A community reviewer writes a review of the preprint and shares it openly on PREreview.org" in black, with the text "10.5281/zenodo.11444773" in white against a black rectangular background. There is a white arrow pointing right against a black circular background next to the text pointing to the third set of images and text. The third set is labeled "Step Three (3):" in bold white text against an elongated, red oval. Underneath is an image of a scientific preprint article comment. Underneath that image is is the text "A preprint author responds to the review and shares it openly on PREreview.org" in black, with the text "10.5281/zenodo.14511730" in white against a black rectangular background.
🎉 We’re excited to share our first preprint author comment in response to a review! This open exchange showcases the collaborative community PREreview works to build. Learn how they did it, and get inspired to contribute to constructive feedback. Here’s to more in 2025! @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
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Thank you Jonny! Very helpful.
Thank you so much!
I recently finished listening to @sceneonradio.bsky.social Season 7 Capitalism and I can’t recommend it more! All episodes are excellent but this last one is especially impactful.
¡Hello world! I have been recovering from social media intoxication for a while and I now feel half sure I may be ready to rebuild a community over here.
Stuff I care about: justice, equity, knowledge, change, reciprocity, the planet. Anyone here can recommend folks/orgs to follow? Thanks!