Conclusion
Growth in preprint repositories has given academic communities an
incredibly powerful medium to share findings with enough urgency to
drive responses to public health emergencies. While this is exemplified
by the phenomenal boom in preprint research addressing the COVID-19
epidemic, significant challenges remain. As the epidemic continues,
preprints and other unreviewed research must continue to be held under
scrutiny and academics should make sure limitations of preprints are
made clear to non-academic audiences. So long as these challenges are
addressed, open-platform science is set to remain an integral tool to
face global crises in future.