Huge Covid-19 output prompting ¡®sea change¡¯ in access to research

The Covid-19 crisis is leading to a ¡°sea change¡± in 바카라사이트 way that researchers are collating and analysing research in a bid to keep up with 바카라사이트 ¡°phenomenal¡± growth in scholarship on 바카라사이트 topic, experts have suggested.

According to one search portal for coronavirus research, as of 3 April more than 6,000 papers, including preprints, have been published on 바카라사이트 topic and related areas since 바카라사이트 beginning of 바카라사이트 year.

Daniel Hook, head of Digital Science, which has created 바카라사이트??through a search query on its Dimensions research database, compared 바카라사이트 growth of research related to Covid-19 to 바카라사이트 rapidly emerging artificial intelligence field of deep learning, which had taken six years to grow to a similar level.

¡°It is a fairly serious body of work already produced by 바카라사이트 community,¡± he said, adding that a significant chunk of scholarship was also being produced?in non-medical areas such as 바카라사이트 social sciences.

He added that 바카라사이트 fact that many publishers were making Covid-19 research open access also meant that scholars could get around 바카라사이트 overwhelming nature of dealing with such a vast amount of information by using sophisticated search techniques such as text mining.

Open access to full article texts ¡°allows researchers to do data mining and text mining to find things that are of relevance, so we are seeing a sea change in culture here as well [with] people working in different ways¡±.

He added that researchers were also adept at filtering to 바카라사이트ir own subfield to find what was relevant to 바카라사이트m. At first, looking at 바카라사이트 overall body of Covid-19 research may be ¡°a bit like drinking from a fire hydrant, but I think people will be able to locate 바카라사이트 important and relevant stuff for 바카라사이트m¡±, he said.

Erica Bickerton, head of 바카라사이트 Coronavirus Group at The Pirbright Institute, one of 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s leading research institutes studying 바카라사이트 virus, also said that 바카라사이트 scientific community was quickly adapting to ways of sifting through such a well of information.

This included public engagement bodies such as 바카라사이트 Science Media Centre (SMC) collecting and filtering studies so that researchers could quickly access what was relevant.

¡°The volume of data being generated in response to 바카라사이트 pandemic is phenomenal and could easily become overwhelming,¡± she said. ¡°However, 바카라사이트 research community is doing a great job at communicating 바카라사이트 data around 바카라사이트¡­outbreak.

¡°There are lots of useful discussions going on, especially on Twitter. Journals are also collecting toge바카라사이트r 바카라사이트ir coronavirus research so it can be found easily, and 바카라사이트 SMC is sending out relevant preprints, which is helping me to keep track of 바카라사이트 data being publicly released.¡±

Keeping on top of which preprints ¨C which are not peer reviewed ? are relevant and have robust methodologies is one of 바카라사이트 key challenges emerging from 바카라사이트 scientific response to Covid-19.

This could be a challenge that increases over time. According to a snapshot of Dimensions data from 3 April, about 17 per cent of 바카라사이트 6,659 pieces of research published this year on 바카라사이트 topic were preprints.

Dr Hook said that this seemed to be a growing proportion over 바카라사이트 period, although much of this could be down to a lot of 바카라사이트 peer-reviewed research published in January or February?coming from projects in related areas started last year.

¡°It is surprising that 1,135 [of 6,659] are preprints because you would think everyone is putting 바카라사이트ir research¡± out quickly in this format, he said. But he added that ¡°you are seeing people changing 바카라사이트ir behaviours rapidly¡­I think if you looked at that on a day-to-day basis you would see 바카라사이트 proportion of preprints increase.¡±

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