Author: By Justin Fox
Published: May 5, 2020
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-05/coronavirus-research-moves-faster-than-medical-journals

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Re: medRxiv, a preprint server.
1.  medRxiv debuted arXiv due to the much later publication cycle for biomedical-related subjects. 
	- Biomedical science: Approximately 1 year
    - Other disciplines (e.g.) Business, Economics: Approximately 2 years
    
 2.  Potential reasons for the shorter publication cycle due to the nature of biomedical science: 
 - The discipline often associated with a matter of life and death. 
 - Publishing in prestigious journals outweighed the advantage of releasing papers earlier.  
    
3. The changes in the number of papers posted in medRxiv by month:
                 	         - June 2019: 32
                  - February 2020: 584
                  - March 2020: 1,100
                  - April 2020: 2,000
                
4. The page view increased to 15 million a month from 1 million a month before the pandemic.


medRxiv-related summary of "A Pandemic Moves Peer Review to Twitter"

- BioIntegration
	- Mapping the Research output on Coronavirus: A Scientometric Study
- New York Times
        - Worldwide collaboration leading scientists to put aside their personal 
           ambitions and regular process of publishing papers once results are 
           found (shared immediately).
- Economist
- Bloomberg
	- A Pandemic Moves Peer Review to Twitter
-Eurekalert
        -Internal and International Collaboration on Publications During 
         Quarantine

Multidisciplinary Collaborative COVID-19 Research  from other journals and sources 

During the COVID-19 pandemic, bioRxiv experienced a less dramatic increase in submissions and readership compared to medRxiv. A potential reason for this difference is that bioRxiv has a broader base than medRxiv. For bioRxiv, the popular disciplines for submissions are genomics, cell biology, and neuroscience.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on bioRxiv Submissions and Readership

Laksham, S., Surulinathi, M.,  Balasubramani, R, Srinivasaragavan, S.
GEDRAG & ORGANISATIE REVIEW - ISSN:0921-5077
VOLUME 33 : ISSUE 02 - 2020
http://lemma-tijdschriften.nl/

Mapping the Research output on Coronavirus:
A Scientometric Study

Author: Matt Apuzzo and David D. Kirkpatrick
Published: April 1, 2020
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/world/europe/coronavirus-science-research-cooperation.html

Covid-19 Changed How the World Does Science, Together

Author: Regenstrief Institute 
Published: April 20, 2020
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/ri-urc042020.php

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