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Research Exceptionalism and Opportunism During the Coronavirus Pandemic.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Moris, D
Published in: Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology
November 2020

In the era of COVID19, research has been conducted at an extraordinary pace, eliminating the time from submission to publication to unprecedented levels. This is facilitated by preprint platforms and social media which can spread, reproduce and promote new knowledge with enormous speed. However, there are many concerns regarding the risk of potential deflection from the peer review process that some journals might have adopted, in order to manage the overwhelming wave of COVID19-related submissions. Another dimension of this problem, is the inequity and the publication hurdles that many non-COVID19 scientists might face, since review process of non-COVID19 papers is delayed and journal space is limited to serve the COVID19 literature. Besides the access to publishing, some scientists have redirected their scholarly activity towards coronavirus publications, either permanently or temporarily or even opportunistically. The latter might be attributed to the ease that COVID19 related articles are getting published and cited. This epidemiologic and potentially academic crisis might also be an opportunity for editors, journals and reviewers to create a new journalistic landscape where rapid, transparent and thorough review process can be offered to the authors based on the lessons learned from the current ongoing crisis.

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Published In

Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology

EISSN

2241-6293

ISSN

1107-0625

Publication Date

November 2020

Volume

25

Issue

6

Start / End Page

2533 / 2536

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Media
  • Publishing
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • Biomedical Research
 

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Moris, D. (2020). Research Exceptionalism and Opportunism During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Journal of B.U.ON. : Official Journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology, 25(6), 2533–2536.
Moris, Dimitrios. “Research Exceptionalism and Opportunism During the Coronavirus Pandemic.Journal of B.U.ON. : Official Journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology 25, no. 6 (November 2020): 2533–36.
Moris D. Research Exceptionalism and Opportunism During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Journal of BUON : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology. 2020 Nov;25(6):2533–6.
Moris, Dimitrios. “Research Exceptionalism and Opportunism During the Coronavirus Pandemic.Journal of B.U.ON. : Official Journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology, vol. 25, no. 6, Nov. 2020, pp. 2533–36.
Moris D. Research Exceptionalism and Opportunism During the Coronavirus Pandemic. Journal of BUON : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology. 2020 Nov;25(6):2533–2536.

Published In

Journal of B.U.ON. : official journal of the Balkan Union of Oncology

EISSN

2241-6293

ISSN

1107-0625

Publication Date

November 2020

Volume

25

Issue

6

Start / End Page

2533 / 2536

Related Subject Headings

  • Social Media
  • Publishing
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • Biomedical Research