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Peer Community Journal @peercomjournal.bsky.social · 10d

Last Friday, we published the 500th article of Peer Community Journal! 🥳

PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Sep 1

🤩New recommendation out: DNA capture for sequencing genes in N&C cycling microbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec... by Siljanen et al.

Thanks to W. Orsi, @kennethwasmund.bsky.social, and C. Wurzbacher for their review and Lizzy Wilbanks & Craig Herbold for handling.
#microbesky #microbiomesky

A DNA capture approach for enrichment of nitrogen and methane cy...

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Aug 11

📢 A new tool for the Identification of Viral Elements in Microbial Dark Matter
PCI Microbiol recommendation by C. Herbold on the
#preprint by R. Pérez-Bucio, F. Enault, and C. Galiez

Check it out here:
microbiol.peercommunityin.org/PCIMicrobiol...

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Cédric Hubas @cedric-hubas.bsky.social · Jul 15

Isn’t this PCI Microbiology T-shirt gorgeous? 😎
Unfortunately, becoming a recommender won’t guarantee you one 😜. What you will get by joining @pci-microbiol.bsky.social -> A front-row seat to great open science and a chance to support community-driven research. 🧫✨
👉 microbiol.peercommunityin.org

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Jul 16

Love it! Fits like a glove :)

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Jun 20

We're pleased to announce the University of Cambridge as a new supporter of PCI! We greatly appreciate their endorsement of our open, transparent, and community-driven peer review model.

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Apr 7

Thank you Souhir Marsit, Thibault Nidelet, and @khowell.bsky.social for supporting us! #openscience @biorxiv-microbiol.bsky.social

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Apr 7

📢 A new #preprint recommendation: Florence Valence, @annemathilde-th.bsky.social et al. teach us to think twice before cutting our veggies for fermentation! - check it out here:
microbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...
🦠🥕🥬🍄🦠

Cutting Type as a Key Factor in shaping Microbial Dynamics durin...

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Peer Community Journal @peercomjournal.bsky.social · Mar 13

Now published in Peer Community Journal, #Microbiology section: Factors shaping vaginal microbiota long-term community dynamics in young adult women

Factors shaping vaginal microbiota long-term community dynamics in young adult women

Kamiya, Tsukushi1 ; Tessandier, Nicolas1 ; Elie, Baptiste1, 2 ; Bernat, Claire2, 3; Boué, Vanina2; Grasset, Sophie2; Groc, Soraya2, 4; Rahmoun, Massilva2; Selinger, Christian2; Humphrys, Michael…

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Feb 10

Today, Peer Community In has joined the list of supporters of the Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information ✍️

Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

Latest updates Next steps in progressing the work of the Declaration: Bianca Kramer appointed as Executive Director, admin and funding support secured - read more Interview on the Barcelona…

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PCI Nutrition @pcinutrition.bsky.social · Jan 28

What if we used this money differently? 1/4

💰 A work posted online in July 2024 (arxiv.org/pdf/2407.16551) is making news at the start of 2025. It estimates that globally, a total of $8.968 billion were spent on article processing charges (APCs) for open access between 2019 and 2023.

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · Jan 29

Just noticed that @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social now clearly indicates when a preprint has undergone peer review—this is fantastic! Look at this! 🎉👏

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Jan 22

🤩 Wow, two new recommendations in January:
Read more about vaginal microbiome dynamics and CaCO3 biomineralization by Mycrocystis here:
microbiol.peercommunityin.org/PCIMicrobiol...
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Thanks to all authors, @rafaelmunoztamayo.bsky.social and Rutger De Wit!

Elucidating microbial community transitions within the human vag...

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PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · Jan 10

🎉Another amazing year thanks to the tremendous work of the @peercommunityin.bsky.social team ! 🙌
- 2 new PCIs,
- indexation of @peercomjournal.bsky.social in @scopus.bsky.social / WoS / OpenAlex,
- Direct submission from @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social, @csic.es
- webinars, etc.
JUST WOW 🤩🤩

Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Jan 10

Here are some 2024 highlights of PCI and Peer Community Journal.📊 Grateful to everyone who contributed to this success🦸. We're excited and prepared for an amazing 2025🤩!

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Jan 10

Here are some 2024 highlights of PCI and Peer Community Journal.📊 Grateful to everyone who contributed to this success🦸. We're excited and prepared for an amazing 2025🤩!

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Dec 10

A new contribution from @pci-microbiol.bsky.social to @peercomjournal.bsky.social 🐟🦠🧪

So nice to work hand in hand for #openscience

Kostas Kormas 🐟🦞🐚🦭💩🔬🧪🧬📝 ✈️ 🏳️‍🌈 @kkormas.bsky.social · Dec 10

Pleased to see this out in @peercomjournal.bsky.social @peercommunityin.bsky.social
The effect of dietary #fish #oil replacement by #microalgae on the #gilthead #seabream #midgut bacterial #microbiota
@hostmicrobelit.bsky.social #SymbioSky #SciComm
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The effect of dietary fish oil replacement by microalgae on the gilthead sea bream midgut bacterial microbiota

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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Nov 28

🥁🥁In one week🥁🥁 (5/12/24) at 4 pm CET, PCI webinar series #9: How much is too much? Estimating APCs and questioning sustainability by Leigh-Ann Butler (Scholarly Communication Librarian, University of Ottawa). Mandatory registration:

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: PCI webinar series - 5th December 2024 - 4pm CET [to 5.15 pm] (Paris Time) - How much is too much? Estimating APCs and questioning sustainability. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Speaker: Leigh-Ann Butler Title: How much is too much? Estimating APCs and questioning sustainability Abstract: First, the serials crisis strained academic budgets; now it’s article processing…

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Nov 28

🤩🦠 A new #preprint #openscience recommendation just out: Yeast consortia for novel wine fermentations by E. Pourcelot, et al.

Check here: microbiol.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec...

Thanks to @fcocubillosr.bsky.social for handling and @pablo-villa.bsky.social, C. Varela and 3 anonymous reviewers

Yeast consortium for novel wine fermentations

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Nov 22

📢 A new #preprint recommendation by pcimicrobiol.bsky.social: S. Katsoulis-Dimitriou, E. Nikouli, E.-Z. Gkalogianni, I. Karapanagiotidis, and @kkormas.bsky.social
Micobiota adaptations in gilthead sea breams 🐟🦠

Check it out here: microbiol.peercommunityin.org/PCIMicrobiol...

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Jun 26

📢 Direct submissions to PCI Ecology from bioRxiv - in the making for PCI Microbiology as well 😍

PCI Archaeology @pciarchaeology.bsky.social · Jun 26

Are you a user of @biorxivpreprint.bsky.social?
There a new blog post here to explain how you can now directly submit to @PCI_Ecology from BioRxiv, and soon it will be also open for @PCI_Archaeology !
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Peer Community In @peercommunityin.bsky.social · Feb 12

Hello Bluesky! We're a non-gouvernemental and non business organisation (peercommunityin.org). We manage a platform hosting scientific communities evaluating and recommending scientific articles posted in open archives and preprint servers in their field, for free.

Peer Community In - free peer review & validation of preprints of articles

PCI is a non-profit open science organization of scientists to evaluate, recommend and publish research preprints in free open access

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Alejandro Manzano Marín @amanzanom.bsky.social · Feb 12

Also, to all PCIs
@pcimicrobiol.bsky.social, @pci-animsci.bsky.social, @pci-hms.bsky.social, @pciarchaeology.bsky.social, and @pci-regreports.bsky.social

You might want to consider changing your handles to something more harmonised (e.g. all @pci-xxxx), like bioRxiv does. Just an idea....

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · May 29

📢 A new #preprint recommendation by
@pcimicrobiol.bsky.social: Giulia Puntin, Jane C.Y. Wong, Till Roethig, David M. Baker, Michael Sweet, @marenziegler.bsky.social
Menthol bleaching of corals - check it out here: microbiol.peercommunityin.org/PCIMicrobiol...
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An important step forward in deciphering coral symbiosis through...

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Feb 9

Spoiler: It's currently 400 €, likely to decrease with the increasing submissions.

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PCI Microbiol @pci-microbiol.bsky.social · Feb 9

Want to know what it costs to handle, review, and publish a preprint at PCI? Check out the 2023 PCI’s finances and article costs - all made available as per PCI's ethos for non-profit and free, transparent, and open access to knowledge.

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