# Open Science Saves Lives: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic

**URL:** <https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/open-science-saves-lives-lessons-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/815>\
**Category:** Natural sciences\
**Tags:** open-science, new-paper\
**Created:** [August 24, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/open-science-saves-lives-lessons-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/815 "2020-08-24T14:50:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![pcmasuzzo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/pcmasuzzo/32/456_2.png) [@pcmasuzzo](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/pcmasuzzo)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2020, 2:50pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/open-science-saves-lives-lessons-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/815/1 "2020-08-24T14:50:18Z")

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Dear all,

I have recently been involved in a very nice project about Open Science and scientific publishing/dissemination at large, especially in light of these critical times of health emergency we’re all living in. This together with @cooper.smout and a bunch of other peeps 🙂

We looked into fast-track peer-review, the news uptake of non-peer-reviewed, sometimes even flawed/retracted articles, and presence of conflicts of interest. You can find the preprint with the analyses illustrated here: [https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.13.249847v1](https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.13.249847v1)

We also opened a call for a co-signing of the article, which you can find here: [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSea5\_V1ivlJdK0aQPKyKLTRZopGv\_XTD\_PWcZu0HdJQETR4ug/viewform](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSea5_V1ivlJdK0aQPKyKLTRZopGv_XTD_PWcZu0HdJQETR4ug/viewform)

What does this mean? If you agree with the article (issues or solutions highlighted or both) and if you are convinced we should promote more open, reliable, and especially **responsible** research, you can sign it off and show your support.

Please do keep in mind you have until the last day of August to sign the petition. Thanks!

I am happy to answer any questions and, of course, we very much welcome feedback!!

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**Author:** ![surya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/onscienceandacademia.org/surya/32/203_2.png) [@surya](https://onscienceandacademia.org/u/surya)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://onscienceandacademia.org/t/open-science-saves-lives-lessons-from-the-covid-19-pandemic/815/2 "2020-09-01T22:16:54Z")

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Happy to read this. 🙂