The world continues to face an ongoing viral pandemic that presents a serious threat to
human health. The virus underlying the COVID-19 disease, SARS-CoV-2, has caused over …

The world continues to face a life-threatening viral pandemic. The virus underlying the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 …

Abstract COVID-19-related (vs. non-related) articles appear to be more expeditiously
processed and published in peer-reviewed journals. We aimed to evaluate:(i) whether …

Background Preprints are preliminary reports that have not been peer-reviewed. In
December 2019, a novel coronavirus appeared in China, and since then, scientific …

Amid the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, preprints in the biomedical
sciences are being posted and accessed at unprecedented rates, drawing widespread …

Approximately 1 year since severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)
was first recognised, the COVID-19 pandemic has been characterised by widespread …

Since the start of the COVID-19 pan-demic, hundreds of scientific papers that are related to
the disease in one way or another have been uploaded to preprint servers for anyone to …

The public call for rapid sharing of research data relevant to the COVID-19 outbreak (see
http://go. nature. com/2t1lyp6) is driving an unprecedented surge in (unrefereed) preprints …

Since it was first reported by WHO in Jan 5, 2020, over 80 000 cases of a novel coronavirus
disease (COVID-19) have been diagnosed in China, with exportation events to nearly 90 …

Preprints have gained prominence in the dissemination of scientific findings. This
development has been reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic, which continues to require …