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Attention all scientists (please RT): Announcing an urgent call at Royal Society Open Science for rapidly reviewed Registered Reports in any field related to #coronavirus http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
#COVID19 @RegReports
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#COVID19 @RegReports
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For those unfamiliar with Registered Reports (RR), they are a form of empirical article offered by more than 200 journals in which study proposals are peer reviewed and pre-accepted before research is undertaken. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02674-6 /1
This article type offers a powerful tool for advancing research on #COVID19 by reducing publication bias and reporting bias in the growing evidence base. /2
We are calling for submissions that are relevant to any aspect of #COVID19 in any field, including (but not limited to) biological, medical, economic, and psychological research. /3
All articles will be published #openaccess (CC-BY) with accompanying open review (either signed or anonymous) and all article processing charges for this call are waived indefinitely. /4
Crucially, to ensure that protocols can be implemented as swiftly as possibly, the journal will strive to complete initial Stage 1 review *within 7 days* of receiving a submission.
This pace of Stage 1 review is unprecedented and for it to work we need YOUR help as reviewers /5
This pace of Stage 1 review is unprecedented and for it to work we need YOUR help as reviewers /5
So if you would be willing and able to review a COVID-19 RR within 24-48 hours of accepting a review request, please complete this online form: https://forms.gle/m9MXEnBdQJmwcKGr6
All fields of expertise welcome. All career levels from PhD students to professors /6
All fields of expertise welcome. All career levels from PhD students to professors /6
Further updates to appear here and on my personal blog.
Call announcement: http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
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Call announcement: http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
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https://twitter.com/chrisdc77/status/1239939970586030081?s=21 https://twitter.com/chrisdc77/status/1239939970586030081
If any funders are able to offer specific fast grants to support this initiative, please get in touch with me (email address here -> https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/133632-chambers-chris). Stage 1 @RegReports can be assessed concurrently by journals and funders within a rapid time frame.
https://twitter.com/chrisdc77/status/1240595595745792000?s=21 https://twitter.com/chrisdc77/status/1240595595745792000
UPDATE: Nearly 300 reviewers have now joined this initiative (thank you to everyone), and submissions are in progress in chemistry, biology and psychology.
Call details including how to sign up as a reviewer: http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
Call details including how to sign up as a reviewer: http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
Many authors are enquiring from fields for which Registered Reports are a new concept
If this is you, then this is no problem & I'm here to help. Complete as much of this template
as you can, email it to me, & I will help you shape it into the RR format https://osf.io/93znh/
If this is you, then this is no problem & I'm here to help. Complete as much of this template
as you can, email it to me, & I will help you shape it into the RR format https://osf.io/93znh/
My email address can be found here: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/133632-chambers-chris
We've just sent our first Stage 1 interim (Revise) decision at Royal Society Open Science
Four reviewers, inc. 3 field specialists & 1 statistical expert
Time from submission to decision: 30 hours, 32 minutes
Huge thanks to the reviewers for this exceptional work #COVID19
Four reviewers, inc. 3 field specialists & 1 statistical expert
Time from submission to decision: 30 hours, 32 minutes
Huge thanks to the reviewers for this exceptional work #COVID19
A quick scroll through the primary expertise of the now *400* scientists, across dozens of fields, who have signed up to review Stage 1 Registered Reports related to #coronavirus w/i 24-48 hours of accepting a review request #COVID19 #COVIDー19
You are all awesome. Thank you.
You are all awesome. Thank you.
*UPDATE* @CollabraOA have joined our call for fast-track Registered Reports on #COVID19 #coronavirus
*Stage 1 review in 7 days with full APC waiver*
Thank you to the now 460+ scientists (!) across dozens of fields who have signed up to do 24-48hr review
http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
*Stage 1 review in 7 days with full APC waiver*
Thank you to the now 460+ scientists (!) across dozens of fields who have signed up to do 24-48hr review
http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
Today I issued our 2nd interim Stage 1 (Revise) decision at @RoyalSociety Open Science for fasttrack #COVID19 @RegReports
It's also the 1st ever Registered Report in chemistry
4 expert revs + input from 2 specialist editors. Total review time:6 days
Big thx to the reviewers
It's also the 1st ever Registered Report in chemistry
4 expert revs + input from 2 specialist editors. Total review time:6 days
Big thx to the reviewers
Our 3rd submission (in immunology & microbiology) is currently in review
Over 650 scientists have agreed to review #COVID19 Stage 1 @RegReports in <48 hours
So if you have an important Q to ask in any area of research related to #COVID19, find out more: http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
Over 650 scientists have agreed to review #COVID19 Stage 1 @RegReports in <48 hours
So if you have an important Q to ask in any area of research related to #COVID19, find out more: http://neurochambers.blogspot.com/2020/03/calling-all-scientists-rapid-evaluation.html
Could the anti-α-Gal immune response be harnessed to help control SARS-CoV-2?
Our 3rd pre-accepted @RegReports submission will tackle this question using a zebrafish model
This is also the 1st ever RR in #immunology #microbiology #pathobiology
Protocol https://osf.io/xhdpu
Our 3rd pre-accepted @RegReports submission will tackle this question using a zebrafish model
This is also the 1st ever RR in #immunology #microbiology #pathobiology
Protocol https://osf.io/xhdpu
This submission was assessed by 2 specialist reviewers over 2 rounds of review w/i 14 days (including Easter), plus one field specialist editor & my usual RR editing
As always for @RoyalSociety Open Science, reviews & editorial letters will be pub'd alongside the final article
As always for @RoyalSociety Open Science, reviews & editorial letters will be pub'd alongside the final article
1 month into the #COVID19 fast-track @RegReports initiative we have:
3 pre-accepted articles (in psychology, chemistry, immunology)
2 more submissions in Stage 1 review + several in presub phase
~750 reviewers across STEM in our rapid response network https://forms.gle/m9MXEnBdQJmwcKGr6
3 pre-accepted articles (in psychology, chemistry, immunology)
2 more submissions in Stage 1 review + several in presub phase
~750 reviewers across STEM in our rapid response network https://forms.gle/m9MXEnBdQJmwcKGr6
Thanks to our amazing bank of reviewers, we are setting new records for the pace of Stage 1 @RegReports assessment, with time from submission to decision of 1-2 weeks, including multiple rounds of highly detailed review from 2-4 referees + oversight by specialist editors.
And most importantly (from my POV):
* Rigorous hypothesis testing
* Peer review applied at a point in time when it can be maximally beneficial and constructive
* No publication bias or reporting bias
I'll continue to update this thread with further developments
* Rigorous hypothesis testing
* Peer review applied at a point in time when it can be maximally beneficial and constructive
* No publication bias or reporting bias
I'll continue to update this thread with further developments
