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Welcome to 2025 and the first PREreview newsletter of the year! šŸ„³ Inside, weā€™ve got some exciting updates, engaging opportunities, and even more events that weā€™d like to share.

PREREVIEW UPDATES

Annual Report

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Weā€™re excited to share our annual report for 2024! Last year has been a year of a lot of learning and reflection, from hiring our new Communications and Engagement Officer, Grace Park, to launching our pilot cohort of the PREreview Champions Program, along with many program updates and milestones weā€™re celebrating.
To learn more, you can read the full report here.

READ THE ANNUAL REPORT

Celebrating Our First, Full Feedback Process!

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In December, PREreview community members used the platform to engage in an open author-reviewer-author dialogue and process for the first time!

Authors posted a preprint on bioRxiv; then, a community reviewer wrote a review of the preprint and shared it openly on PREreview.org, and the preprint author responded to that review and shared their response openly on PREreview.org. We love to see this exchange happen, and we look forward to more moments of open review and conversation in which you hopefully engage!

CHECK OUT OUR RECENT REVIEWS

OPPORTUNITIES FOR INVOLVEMENT

The PREreview Champions Program Applications Are Now Open!

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Speaking of the PREreview Champions Program, we are thrilled to announce that applications are open for our next cohort of Champions!

Do you believe a future of equitable, open, kind scholarly evaluation is possible? Are you already practicing open peer review and are looking for opportunities to learn how to engage your own community? Do you want to empower people in your community to participate in the peer-review process? Then consider applying to be a PREreview Champion! To learn more about what the program entails, what weā€™re looking for, and how to apply, click the button below.

To learn more about last yearā€™s cohort, check out our blog post here. We look forward to receiving your applications by the 14th of February!

If youā€™re brand new to the open scholarship space but still want to get involved in the community, we recommend you check out the ASAPbio Fellows Program.

CHAMPIONS - APPLY HERE!

ASAPbio Fellows Program

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The ASAPbio Fellows Program is open for applications to the 2025 cohort!

Are you passionate about advancing open science, preprints, and community-driven change in scholarly communication? Or are you wanting to learn more about scholarly communication and preprinting? The ASAPbio Fellows Program is your opportunity to deepen your knowledge, develop advocacy skills, and collaborate with a global network of researchers. Running from March-September, youā€™ll engage in interactive sessions, talks, and peer projects, shaping the future of scientific publishing.

Learn more about the program, and apply here before the 10th of February. If you'd like to learn more, please reach out directly to Jonny Coates, ASAPbio Associate Director).

ASAPbio FELLOWS - APPLY HERE

COMMUNITY COLLABORATIONS

Infra Finder

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PREreview is listed in the Infra Finder from Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI)! This tool aims to foster discovery, adoption, and investment for open infrastructure services. You can explore Infra Finder here, and find our entry at this link.

If you are part of an organization that would like to be included, please fill out the Expression of Interest form.

Highlights from the Slack Community

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  • Edilson Damasio gave a presentation about PREreview in Brazil this past November with Portuguese-translated slides! Thank you, Edilson!
  • Maria shared Europe PMCā€™s complete guide to preprints - an open literature database partnered with PubMed Central.
  • Monica shared about what Creative Commons is doing in the preprint space in CCā€™s year-in-review blog post.
  • Summer shared Europe PMCā€™s year in review, as well as highlights and plans for 2025 in their latest blog post.
  • PREreview is no longer posting on X! Hereā€™s why, and hereā€™s where you can find us instead.
  • Donā€™t forget to introduce yourself in the introductions channel, check out the various jobs-and-opportunities available, and take a look at where you can lend your expertise in our request-a-review channel
JOIN THE CONVERSATION

Events

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Upcoming events

Recent events

  • Nov 26 - 28 - Munin Conference on Scholarly Publishing - Vanessa took part in a panel on ā€˜Transparency in Peer Reviewā€™ - in person - conference materials
  • Dec 10 - 13 - HHMI Janelia Publishing workshop - Daniela attended an invitation-only, Ā in-person event dedicated to identifying minimal standards for releasing scientific information to the world and exploring improved structures and technologies for the future of scientific publishing.
  • Dec 12 Ā - Live Review with JMIR Publications - online - published review
  • Dec 13 - Rwanda Preprint Club's 2024 Annual Forum - online
  • Dec 27 - YearCompass event - Daniela and Vanessa attended this event launching and sharing a tool for reflection and goal-setting, available in 60+ languages here - online
  • Jan 8 - Daniela, Chad, and Grace participated in Healing Equity Unitedā€™s workshop, ā€œNonprofits in Transition: Preparing for the Trump Administration,ā€ strategic resource here - online
  • Jan 16 - Live Review with JMIR Publications - online

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