Rapid publications risk the integrity of science in the era of COVID-19.
Natasha BagdasarianG B CrossD FisherPublished in: BMC medicine (2020)
In an era when information can be widely and swiftly disseminated, it is important to ensure that the scientific community is not an inadvertent source of misinformation. This will require a multimodal approach, with buy-in from editors, publishers, preprint servers, authors and journalists. The landscape of medical publications has changed, and a collaborative approach is required to maintain a high standard of scientific communications.