Everything Hertz

We chat with Michele Avissar-Whiting about her role as the Editor-in-chief of the Research Square preprint platform and how she weighs up the benefits and costs of potentially problematic preprints during a pandemic. Notes, links, and stuff we cover: * The Journal Ghoul (https://twitter.com/jamesheathers/status/1425421173366693891?s=20) reference in the intro * Michele’s role as a the editor for a preprint server * How Research Square (https://researchsquare.com) works * Weighing up the urgency of preprints vs. potential danger * The preprint-to- hype pipeline * The Scholarly Kitchen piece (https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2021/02/24/open-access-conspiracy-theories-and-the-democratization-of-knowledge/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ScholarlyKitchen+%28The+Scholarly+Kitchen%29) on knowledge democratization * Badges for preprints * The recent withdrawal of a preprint Other links Everything Hertz on social media - Dan on twitter (https://www.twitter.com/dsquintana) - James on tw