Capturing the value added to a paper during peer review
Preprints accelerate science by making research accessible prior to journal publication, but peer-review often substantially improves papers. While for a long time the review history of a paper was not visible to anyone apart from the authors and reviewers/editors, recently, increasing numbers of journals have started publishing this information alongside…
| Posted on | 26 September 2019 |
preLights reached 500 posts!
Last week we reached our 500th preLights post – a big round of applause to all the preLighters who contributed! We are thrilled to see the wide range of fields and topics that the team covers, and are grateful to the preprint authors who provided comments to questions and additional…
| Posted on | 24 September 2019 |
We presented at the ALPSP Annual Conference and Awards
As one of four projects that were shortlisted for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing, we were invited to talk about preLights at the ALPSP Annual conference organized at the beautiful De Vere Beaumont Estate in Old Windsor, UK from September 11th - 13th, 2019 [caption id="attachment_13960" align="alignnone"…
| Posted on | 18 September 2019 |
preLights nominated for ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing
We are delighted to announce that preLights has been shortlisted for the ALPSP Awards for Innovation in Publishing. On the ALPSP website you can read an interview with us, where we also discuss our future plans
| Posted on | 13 August 2019 |
preLists – charting the waters of the preprint sea
We are happy to announce the launch of preLists, a new initiative within preLights where early-career researchers curate lists of preprints for the community. These lists follow two main themes: preprints on a specific topic or preprints which have been presented at scientific meetings. preLighters can also add brief one-liner…
| Posted on | 23 May 2019 |
Call for new preLighters
preLights, The Company of Biologist’s preprint highlighting service, has now been running for 15 months. At the heart of preLights is the community of early-career researchers who select and highlight interesting preprints in various fields. As preLights is building momentum, we are ready to grow our team of preLighters and…
| Posted on | 20 May 2019 |