Background International COVID-19 guidelines recommend thromboprophylaxis for non-
critically ill inpatients to prevent thrombotic complications. It is still debated whether full-dose …

Purpose COVID-19 is characterized by dysregulated immune response, respiratory failure
and a relevant mortality rate among hospitalized patients. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is involved in …

Online platforms such as preprint servers have become an important way to disseminate
new scientific knowledge prior to peer review. However, little is known about how attention …

Background Research has been an essential part of the COVID-19 pandemic response,
including in Latin American (LA) countries. However, implementing research in emergency …

Many publications on COVID-19 were released on preprint servers such as medRxiv and
bioRxiv. It is unknown how reliable these preprints are, and which ones will eventually be …

Introduction Preprints have been widely cited during the COVID-19 pandemics, even in the
major medical journals. However, since subsequent publication of preprint is not always …

Dissemination has been defined as 'the targeted distribution of information and intervention
materials to a specific public health or clinical practice audience', 1 and as being 'simply …

Background Studies related to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) were frequently
published as pre-prints prior to undergoing peer-review. However, several publications were …

Abstract Announced on December 31, 2019, the novel coronavirus arising in Wuhan City,
Hubei Province resulted in millions of cases and lives lost. Following intense tracking …

This editorial outlines the issue of preprints in scholarly communication. It presents the policy
regarding them in Advances in Clinical and Medical Problems and a summary of papers …