@article{sheldonPreprintsCouldPromote2018,
  title = {Preprints Could Promote Confusion and Distortion},
  author = {Sheldon, Tom},
  date = {2018-07},
  journaltitle = {Nature},
  volume = {559},
  pages = {445},
  issn = {0028-0836},
  doi = {10.1038/d41586-018-05789-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-05789-4},
  abstract = {The scientific community must take measures to keep preprints from distorting the public's understanding of science, says Tom Sheldon.

[Excerpt] [...] As soon as research is in the public domain, there is nothing to stop a journalist writing about it, and rushing to be the first to do so. Imagine early findings that seem to show that climate change is natural or that a common vaccine is unsafe. Preprints on subjects such as those could, if they become a story that goes viral, end up misleading millions, whether or not that was the intention of the authors. [...] Another risk is the inverse -- and this one could matter more to some researchers. Under the preprint system, one intrepid journalist trawling the servers can break a story; by the time other reporters have noticed, it's old news, and they can't persuade their editors to publish. [...]},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-14618572,~to-add-doi-URL,free-scientific-knowledge,open-science,peer-review,preprints,research-management,science-ethics,science-policy-interface,science-society-interface,scientific-communication,scientific-knowledge-sharing,transparency},
  number = {7715}
}

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