Micropublishing during and after the COVID-19 era
In the COVID-19 situation, social and behavioral science evidence is accumulating rapidly through online data collection, but the options to share and publish this information are scarce. As a remedy, I recommend the adoption of micropublishing in the fields of social and behavioral sciences. While...
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| description | In the COVID-19 situation, social and behavioral science evidence is accumulating rapidly through online data collection, but the options to share and publish this information are scarce. As a remedy, I recommend the adoption of micropublishing in the fields of social and behavioral sciences. While micropublishing has been gaining popularity, it is not yet widely accepted or utilized by existing academic journals. Greater implementation would improve the availability of data in the immediate COVID-19 era and establish a post-COVID-19 publishing methodology that could increase researcher and practitioner engagement in real time. I recommend micropublishing in a specific manner that bifurcates an experiment’s methodology or survey method from the subsequently published data based on that experiment protocol. Published findings could be presented in a series and edited as new data emerges. This publishing system promotes cumulative science. To provide a visual example that supports my argument, I created a demo journal with sample papers organized according to the structure I recommend. The demo journal has features—except a Digital Object Finder (DOI)—that make it possible to publish social and behavioral sciences research. It could be replicated for a newly established journal. Alternatively, existing journals could add a section dedicated to micropublication. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9bdf402312544aac8b4483087e7f1eac2022-12-21T18:40:02ZengUniversity of California PressCollabra: Psychology2474-73942020-07-016110.1525/collabra.370204Micropublishing during and after the COVID-19 eraYuki Yamada0Faculty of Arts and Science, Kyushu UniversityIn the COVID-19 situation, social and behavioral science evidence is accumulating rapidly through online data collection, but the options to share and publish this information are scarce. As a remedy, I recommend the adoption of micropublishing in the fields of social and behavioral sciences. While micropublishing has been gaining popularity, it is not yet widely accepted or utilized by existing academic journals. Greater implementation would improve the availability of data in the immediate COVID-19 era and establish a post-COVID-19 publishing methodology that could increase researcher and practitioner engagement in real time. I recommend micropublishing in a specific manner that bifurcates an experiment’s methodology or survey method from the subsequently published data based on that experiment protocol. Published findings could be presented in a series and edited as new data emerges. This publishing system promotes cumulative science. To provide a visual example that supports my argument, I created a demo journal with sample papers organized according to the structure I recommend. The demo journal has features—except a Digital Object Finder (DOI)—that make it possible to publish social and behavioral sciences research. It could be replicated for a newly established journal. Alternatively, existing journals could add a section dedicated to micropublication.https://www.collabra.org/articles/370covid-19open sciencepublishingquestionable research practicesreproducibility |
| spellingShingle | Yuki Yamada Micropublishing during and after the COVID-19 era Collabra: Psychology covid-19 open science publishing questionable research practices reproducibility |
| title | Micropublishing during and after the COVID-19 era |
| title_full | Micropublishing during and after the COVID-19 era |
| title_fullStr | Micropublishing during and after the COVID-19 era |
| title_full_unstemmed | Micropublishing during and after the COVID-19 era |
| title_short | Micropublishing during and after the COVID-19 era |
| title_sort | micropublishing during and after the covid 19 era |
| topic | covid-19 open science publishing questionable research practices reproducibility |
| url | https://www.collabra.org/articles/370 |
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