This presentation was provided by Matt Spitzer of the Center for Open Science (COS) during the NISO virtual conference, The Preprint: Integrating the Form into the Scholarly Ecosystem, held on February 14, 2018.

1. Matthew Spitzer
Center for Open Science
@matthewspitzer
http://cos.io/
@OSFramework
Preprints and the Research Workflow
Funded by:

2. Open-source
OSF Preprints and the OSF supporting it are public goods
infrastructure with open-source code at the COS GitHub repo
(https://github.com/CenterForOpenScience)

5. https://osf.io/preprints
Community Driven approach to
Scholarly Communication requires a
custom approach and integration with
multiple workflows
Any group can launch and manage a
fully functional service for their
community, including use of
• custom domains
• custom taxonomies
• brand identity
• editorial guidelines

6. Pre-Moderation Post-Moderation

13. OpenSesame
OSF
Connecting the research workflow and archiving activities, changes, outputs
with tools to facilitate collaboration, sharing, and ease of access

14. https://osf.io/preprints/discover
But also search across multiple preprint
repositories
Powered by SHARE (share.osf.io), OSF Preprints
aggregates search across local and external preprint
services
Currently over 2M preprintrecords available
8000+ preprints currently
hosted directly on the OSF
across 19 services

18. What public-goods infrastructure means
Deduplication: no need for redundant development, redundant fundraising,
etc.
Economy of scale: Reusable, shared infrastructure, collaborative prioritization
Deployment of expertise: Less technical expertise, more community
education and promotion
Innovation: by lowering the barrier to entry, groups have the freedom to
experiment

19. An example of scale
To enable peer feedback, collaboration and transparency in scientific research practices,
Hypothesis and the Center for Open Science (COS) are announcing a new partnership to
bring open annotation to Open Science Framework (OSF) Preprints and the 17 community
preprint servers hosted on OSF. The partnership enables researchers to engage with each
other, discuss research and share additional information as part of the regular research
workflow. Services currently hosted on the OSF Preprints platform
include AgriXiv, Arabixiv, BITSS, EarthArXiv, EngrXiv, FOCUS
Archive, FrenXiv, InaRxiv, LawArXiv, LISSA, MarXiv, MindRxiv, NutriXiv, PaleorXiv, P
syArXiv, SocArXiv, and SportRxiv.
https://web.hypothes.is/blog/cos-launch/
One integration creates improvement for multiple services, if desired

20. http://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2017/08/open-science.aspx
1. APA Journals has designated PsyArXiv (psychology archive) as the preferred
preprint server for APA titles, with plans to integrate with the submission portals for
some APA-published journals
2. APA will have a branded data repository on the OSF to store and archive
research data, protocols and materials, with data being made open once it is
published in an APA journal
Which means, COS is actively exploring connections to journal
submission systems to allow for easy workflows for preprints to
journals via API
An example of scale
& improvements for traditional publishing

21. Community Driven, Community Run, Community Needs
http://bit.ly/2nX06LM
http://go.nature.com/2m73Ok1

22. What you can do?
Promote preprints to your discipline or community
Post preprints to speed up the pace of communicating your
research: osf.io/preprints
Start a preprint for your community or discipline:
https://cos.io/our-products/osf-preprints/
Contact us:
matt.spitzer@cos.io
cos.io/contact