About In Preparation
In Preparation is the world’s leading science news publication, offering highly acclaimed, universally revered coverage of breaking laboratory, institutional, and funding news events. Rising from its humble beginnings as a photocopied newsletter left passive-aggressively in a department mailroom in 1987, In Preparation now enjoys a daily readership of 1.3 million postdocs and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in academic science, narrowly edging out Nature and the NIH Study Section that rejected your R01.
Frequently Asked Questions
How can I contact In Preparation?
Please email your inquiry to reviewer2@inpreparation.com (not a real email address). We will respond within 6-8 months with a request for additional experiments that do not address your original question but reflect our own interests.
Can I submit articles or ideas to In Preparation?
No, In Preparation does not accept outside submissions of any kind. If you believe you have an idea suitable for publication, please be advised that a member of our editorial board likely had the same idea in 2019 and will be publishing it shortly. By reading this sentence, you acknowledge and accept that you forever relinquish your rights to claim ownership of any scientific joke you have ever conceived.
How can I work for In Preparation?
In Preparation rarely posts new openings, as all positions are filled through a process indistinguishable from nepotism but technically involving a “broad search.” On the exceedingly rare occasions that there are openings for editorial positions, those opportunities will be posted on our website for approximately 11 minutes before being filled by a former postdoc of someone we know.
What if I have feedback on an In Preparation article?
Please send all concerns to reviewer2@inpreparation.com (not a real email address). In Preparation cannot guarantee a response to any feedback, but we can guarantee that your feedback will be described as “outside the scope of the current work.”
What if I want to sue In Preparation?
Please do not do that. The First Amendment protects satire as a form of free speech and expression. Also, we are very tired. In Preparation uses invented names in all of its stories, except in cases where public figures, journal executives, or people who don’t label their freezer boxes are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental. In Preparation is not intended for readers who cannot take a joke, which regrettably excludes most scientists.
What if I want to advertise with In Preparation?
We accept advertisements from laboratory equipment companies, academic publishers, and anyone willing to pay $11,000 to make their content open access. Please send all advertising inquiries to ads@inpreparation.com (not a real email address). We particularly welcome ads for instruments that will be obsolete within 18 months and reagent kits with a 6-12-week backorder.
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Disclaimer
In Preparation is a Satirical Publication. In Preparation uses fictitious names in all its content, except in cases where HHMI, journal executives, public figures, or that one PI everyone knows it is really about is being satirized. Any resemblance to your actual thesis committee is accidental and deeply unfortunate.
