What we should learn from pandemic publishing
Satyaki Sikdar, Sara Venturini, Marie-Laure Charpignon, Sagar Kumar,, Francesco Rinaldi, Francesco Tudisco, Santo Fortunato, Maimuna S. Majumder
TL;DR
The paper discusses the challenges and opportunities of interdisciplinary collaboration in pandemic publishing, emphasizing the importance of domain expertise for effective scientific response during crises.
Contribution
It highlights the lack of subject matter expertise among COVID-19 paper authors and advocates for domain-informed collaboration to improve future crisis responses.
Findings
Many COVID-19 papers lacked subject matter expertise
Interdisciplinary collaboration is crucial for crisis preparedness
Enhancing domain expertise can improve scientific outcomes
Abstract
Authors of COVID-19 papers produced during the pandemic were overwhelmingly not subject matter experts. Such a massive inflow of scholars from different expertise areas is both an asset and a potential problem. Domain-informed scientific collaboration is the key to preparing for future crises.
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