The Jessica-Polka

What is ASAPbio?

Do we still need to convince people to use preprints in 2024? / Different uses for preprints

Are preprints really that beneficial?

Peer review's many functions and audiences

Do we still need journals?

Why should we publish peer review?

What can we do as individual scientists (other than hope for systemic change)?

How Jessica got involved with ASAPbio, and her day-to-day work

A book or paper more people should read

Something Jessica wishes she'd learnt sooner

Advice for PhD students/postdocs

Jessica Polka is Executive Director of ASAPbio, a non-profit that promotes innovation and transparency in life science publishing. We talk about her work at ASAPbio, how she got into it, preprints,  the many functions of peer review, and much more. BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith. Support the show: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-patreon">https://geni.us/bjks-patreon</a> Timestamps 0:00:00: The Jessica-Polka 0:01:25: What is ASAPbio? 0:03:53: Do we still need to convince people to use preprints in 2024? / Different uses for preprints 0:17:53: Are preprints really that beneficial? 0:24:05: Peer review's many functions and audiences 0:36:36: Do we still need journals? 0:41:27: Why should we publish peer review? 0:54:08: What can we do as individual scientists (other than hope for systemic change)? 0:56:55: How Jessica got involved with ASAPbio, and her day-to-day work 1:08:20: A book or paper more people should read 1:11:13: Something Jessica wishes she'd learnt sooner 1:13:18: Advice for PhD students/postdocs Podcast links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod">https://geni.us/bjks-pod</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-pod-twt</a></li></ul>Jessica's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/polka-web">https://geni.us/polka-web</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/polka-scholar">https://geni.us/polka-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/polka-twt">https://geni.us/polka-twt</a></li></ul>Ben's links<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-web">https://geni.us/bjks-web</a></li><li>Google Scholar: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-scholar">https://geni.us/bjks-scholar</a></li><li>Twitter: <a href="https://geni.us/bjks-twt">https://geni.us/bjks-twt</a></li></ul> Links mentioned The Jessica-Polka: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=lDdnQytp2eY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=lDdnQytp2eY</a> (there seem to be many versions) ASAPbio: <a href="https://asapbio.org/">https://asapbio.org/</a> Review Commons: <a href="https://www.reviewcommons.org/">https://www.reviewcommons.org/</a> Jessica's interview with Everything Hertz: <a href="https://everythinghertz.com/51">https://everythinghertz.com/51</a> The Ingelfinger rule: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingelfinger_rule">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingelfinger_rule</a> Crowd preprint review: <a href="https://asapbio.org/crowd-preprint-review">https://asapbio.org/crowd-preprint-review</a> Peer Community in Registered Reports: <a href="https://rr.peercommunityin.org/">https://rr.peercommunityin.org/</a> cOAlition S: Towards Responsible Publishing: <a href="https://www.coalition-s.org/towards-responsible-publishing/">https://www.coalition-s.org/towards-responsible-publishing/</a> <a href="https://scite.ai">https://scite.ai</a> Publish your reviews: <a href="https://asapbio.org/publishyourreviews">https://asapbio.org/publishyourreviews</a> ASAPbio fellows program: <a href="https://asapbio.org/fellows">https://asapbio.org/fellows</a> References Abbott (1884). Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions. Cialdini (1984). Influence: The psychology of persuasion. Eckmann &amp; Bandrowski (2023). PreprintMatch: A tool for preprint to publication detection shows global inequities in scientific publication. Plos One. Moran &amp; Lennington (2013). The 12 Week Year: Get more Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months. Penfold &amp; Polka (2020). Technical and social issues influencing the adoption of preprints in the life sciences. PLoS Genetics. Polka, Kiley, Konforti, Stern &amp; Vale (2018). Publish peer reviews. Nature.

Jessica Polka is Executive Director of ASAPbio, a non-profit that promotes innovation and transparency in life science publishing. We talk about her work at ASAPbio, how she got into it, preprints,  the many functions of peer review, and much more.BJKS Podcast is a podcast about neuroscience, psychology, and anything vaguely related, hosted by Benjamin James Kuper-Smith.Support the show: https://geni.us/bjks-patreonTimestamps0:00:00: The Jessica-Polka0:01:25: What is ASAPbio?0:03:53: Do ...

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