Newsletter

Our newsletter goes out at the end of each month and includes updates on our latest activity in addition to a roundup of relevant news, some of which includes commentary from us!

Read our previous newsletters

• Are preprints repeating the mistakes of OA? A poignant question as a large report on UK trust in science is released
  1st May 2026
  Plus connecting open science and reform movements, growing ORCiD adoption but through empty profiles and more!
• Stalling preprints
  31st Mar 2026
  A few pieces on stalling preprint adoption and some tough questions asked about the OA movement. Ultimately, both come down to people and advocacy (or lack thereof).
• AI in peer review, trust issues and the need for greater cooperation
  2nd Mar 2026
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• The State of Preprints in the Life Sciences
  30th Jan 2026
  This month our landmark report on the state of preprints released
• Rippling Ideas – a celebration of our first few months
  29th Dec 2025
  Over 11k YouTube views, 2.5k resource downloads and 1.6k podcast listens. And those first two are only since our launch in September!
• AI ( &the problems with AI) dominate this months news
  1st Dec 2025
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• Multiple calls for reforming academia
  31st Oct 2025
  This month we attended a fantastic CZI open science meeting & produced a whole bunch of new preprint explainer videos
• We need more kindness & trust in research. Plus join our board!
  30th Sep 2025
  New resources for preprints, a guide for new PIs and so much more!
• Hijacking of Open Science – what's going on in the US?
  30th Aug 2025
  News from the US, new openRxiv CEO and a whole bunch of resources from us!
• Rippling Ideas – join our tribe
  31st Jul 2025
  41 webpages, 9 blog posts, over 120 media assets and 1 shiny new website. We're fuelled up and ready to make an impact. Want to join us?