The need for speed to COVID-19 research via publications and preprints
Hans Constandt
Passionate Tech Entrepreneur who believes in #DataSavesLives. On a mission to help patients to use their health data in a much smarter ways & help transform into a more efficient AI & data driven preventive healthcare!
This article from The Economist how “Scientific research on the coronavirus is being released in a torrent” explains how journal publications (peer reviewed and typically go through an approval process) and preprints (papers that can be posted swiftly via online repositories with only minimal formalities) help in the current turbocharged public-health emergency.
The need for speed has become paramount for health care professionals, researchers, and policymakers all in need for the latest scientific infromation in order to be able to make immediate decisions.
This is exactly why we released our DISQOVER COVID-19 edition with help from #EUvsVirus hackathon and our ONTOFORCE team to enable everyone to get access to this hyper fast growing amounts of complex research information.
We integrated the latest publications via PubMed and CORD-19 plus the preprints from bioRxiv and medRxiv , all in one DISQOVER COVID-19 knowledge graph.
This dashboard shows the fast rise of preprints and publications from Jan 1st 2020 till May 5th 2020 next to the the ratio of contributions by publications, preprints, reviews, case reports and more. Indeed an interesting trend to follow …
Feel free to have a look for yourself by clicking on this link. You will need a login to the platform which is open access and free to use. If needed, don't hesitate to reach for help contacting our #EUvsVirus hackathon team or data science team.
Healthcare futurist, Delight thinker, Author & Inspiring international Keynote speaker, Prof Molecular Oncology, Digital health & Healthtech, Ambassador Health House & WeAre, citizen-centric healthdata x AI on Solid
4yPlease see https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-01324-6