PRECHECK: A checklist to evaluate preprints on COVID-19 and beyond

The quality of COVID-19 preprints should be considered with great care, as their contents can influence public policy. Efforts to improve preprint quality have mostly focused on introducing quick peer review, but surprisingly little has been done to calibrate the public’s evaluation of preprints and their contents. The PRECHECK project aimed to generate a tool to teach and guide scientifically literate non-experts to critically evaluate preprints, on COVID-19 and beyond.

Project Lead

Rachel Heyard

CRS Collaborators

Simon Schwab, Eva Furrer, Leonhard Held

External Collaborators

Nora Turoman, Evie Vergauwe

Publications

• Turoman N, Heyard R, Schwab S et al. Using an expert survey and user feedback to construct PRECHECK: A checklist to evaluate preprints on COVID-19 and beyond [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations, 1 not approved]. F1000Research 2023, 12:588 (https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.129814.1)

Further Information

• https://www.precheck.site/