Review & Curate Network (RCN)
The network started as a club with support from the ASAPbio community seed grant (850 USD) project to help
promote open science and access in Rwanda. However, due to the burning interest in becoming inclusive and
meeting the needs of a wider scientific community in Africa regarding open science and access, we changed the
club’s aims and scope. Today, the network, which was initially called the “Rwanda Preprint Club,” is the “Review
and Curate Network (RCN).”
The network aims to foster a collaborative and transparent environment for the evaluation, validation, and
organization of preprints. By focusing on preprints, the club also aims to accelerate scientific progress,
allowing for immediate dissemination of findings while maintaining the rigor of traditional Science.
Club leads
Dine Roseline Dzekem and Ogunniyi Tolulope
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PREreviews
Nyirabwimana FRANCOISE reviewed
Analysis of Mortality Among Patients Attended by a Mobile Emergency Service in Paraná Between 2019 and 2020: An Observational Study
General Health Professions
Review published
June 25, 2025
Preprint server
SciELO Preprints
Nuhu Lawan Adamu , Muhammad Mustapha Abbas , and Mustapha Aliyu reviewed
The Precision Oncology Approach to Molecular Cancer Therapeutics Targeting Oncogenic Signaling Pathways Is a Means to an End
Cancer Research Molecular Biology
Review published
June 24, 2025
Preprint server
arXiv
cosmas Knowen reviewed
The role of induced polarization in drug discovery applications
Molecular Biology Computational Theory and Mathematics Spectroscopy
Review published
June 22, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Oluchukwu Ifeyinwa Ezechukwu and 1 other author reviewed
Analysis of Mortality Among Patients Attended by a Mobile Emergency Service in Paraná Between 2019 and 2020: An Observational Study
General Health Professions
Review published
June 17, 2025
Preprint server
SciELO Preprints
Oluchukwu Ifeyinwa Ezechukwu and 1 other author reviewed
Genome-wide consensus transcriptional signatures identify synaptic pruning linking Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Physiology Molecular Biology
Review published
June 17, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
cosmas Knowen reviewed
Mental Effort and Counterfactuals Modulate Language Understanding: ERP Evidence in Older Adults
Review published
June 7, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
AMOKEOJA OLAYINKA TIMOTHY and Mahad Salad Mohamud reviewed
Effects of physical activity and sociodemographic aspects on the mental health of the Brazilian population at different times of the COVID-19 pandemic
Review published
June 1, 2025
Preprint server
SciELO Preprints
AMOKEOJA OLAYINKA TIMOTHY and favour chidera Uchechukwu reviewed
Influenza, epidemic constitutions and the COVID-19 pandemic
Review published
May 30, 2025
Preprint server
SciELO Preprints
Shitondo Yahila , Tolulope Ogunniyi , and 1 other author reviewed
Clinical aspects and short-term prognosis in a cohort of patients with infective endocarditis, São Paulo, Brazil
Review published
May 24, 2025
Preprint server
SciELO Preprints
Vanessa Fairhurst , Teena Bajaj , Domenico Azarnia Tehran , Michael Landi , Rosario Rogel-Salazar , and 2 other authors reviewed
Reproducibility and replicability of qualitative research: an integrative review of concepts, barriers and enablers
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty
Review published
May 9, 2025
Preprint server
MetaArXiv
Abdullahi Saminu reviewed
In Silico Toxicity Assessment of Organophosphates: A DFT and Molecular Docking Study on Their Interaction with Human Serum Albumin (HSA)
Plant Science Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution
Review published
March 29, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Roseline Dzekem Dine and Gori Gaitano reviewed
Mycobacterial EsxG·EsxH (TB9.8·TB10.4) peptides as a subunit vaccine to booster BCG vaccination in an experimental model of pulmonary Tuberculosis
Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Immunology
Review published
March 29, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Samuel Sanaa Brobbey , Amos Dzamefe , and Hope Fiadzigbe Fiadzigbe reviewed
Identification of Potential Hub Genes and Therapeutic Targets in Colorectal Cancer Using Integrated Bioinformatics Approaches
Molecular Biology Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Review published
March 23, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Oluchukwu Ifeyinwa Ezechukwu reviewed
Integrating entomopathogenic nematodes into sustainable organic potato farming through a three-stage release technology
Insect Science Plant Science
Review published
March 16, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Shitondo Yahila , Mahad Salad Mohamud , and 1 other author reviewed
Effectiveness of Road Safety Education in Reducing Teenage Traffic Accidents: A Systematic Review
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Mechanical Engineering
Review published
March 14, 2025
Preprint server
Research Square
Tolulope Ogunniyi and Michelle Nicole Juma Chapa reviewed
Oropouche Fever Associated with Combined Central and Peripheral Demyelination (CCPD): A Case Report from Ceará, Brazil, 2024
Parasitology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Infectious Diseases
Review published
March 1, 2025
Preprint server
SciELO Preprints
Charlotte Wenze Ayima reviewed
Hepatic HKDC1 Deletion Alleviates Western Diet-Induced MASH in Mice
Epidemiology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Molecular Biology
Review published
February 18, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Shitondo Yahila , Oluchukwu Ifeyinwa Ezechukwu , and AMOKEOJA OLAYINKA TIMOTHY reviewed
Systemic and local chronic inflammation and hormone disposition promote a tumor-permissive environment for breast cancer in older women
Immunology Genetics Oncology
Review published
February 9, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Roseline Dzekem Dine , Samuel Sanaa Brobbey , Christine Nereya Inguyesi , and 1 other author reviewed
A Novel Bispecific Antibody CVL006 Superior to AK112 for Dual Targeting of PD-L1 and VEGF in Cancer Therapy
Oncology Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
Review published
February 8, 2025
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Roseline Dzekem Dine reviewed
Reframing death to live diversity: Positive death valence reduces implicit homonegativity
Social Psychology Health Sociology and Political Science
Review published
January 31, 2025
Preprint server
PsyArXiv
Tolulope Ogunniyi , Prince Chinweuba , Samuel Sanaa Brobbey , Nuhu Lawan Adamu , and 2 other authors reviewed
Factors Influencing Voluntary Enrollment in National Health Insurance Funds among Market Vendors: A Case of Mwanza, Tanzania
Review published
January 11, 2025
Preprint server
AfricArXiv Preprints
Ebsitu Abate reviewed
Safety and efficacy of the blood-stage malaria vaccine RH5.1/Matrix-M in Burkina Faso: interim results of a double-blind, randomised, controlled phase 2b trial in children
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Review published
November 17, 2024
Preprint server
medRxiv
Roseline Dzekem Dine and Ebsitu Abate reviewed
Stress from Cadaver Dissection Linked to Learning Conditions: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Biomedical Engineering Surgery General Dentistry
Review published
November 15, 2024
Preprint server
medRxiv
Eudora Nwanaforo reviewed
Characterization of vaginal microbiomes in clinician-collected bacterial vaginosis diagnosed samples
Microbiology Rheumatology Epidemiology
Review published
November 5, 2024
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Eudora Nwanaforo reviewed
Genome-wide consensus transcriptional signatures identify synaptic pruning linking Alzheimer’s disease and epilepsy
Review published
October 31, 2024
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Roseline Dzekem Dine , Johnson Nweke , Eudora Nwanaforo , UWIZEYE MARIE ROSE , Junaidu Abubakar , Murtala Haruna Bawan Allah , Alpha Umaru Bai-Sesay , Nzayikorera Gratien , LOUIS AKIM , and 3 other authors reviewed
Empowering future scientists: Mentors employ various strategies to engage students in professional science disciplinary literacy practices
Safety Research Social Psychology General Health Professions
Review published
October 22, 2024
Preprint server
bioRxiv
Roseline Dzekem Dine , Patience Sindayigaya , Nuhu Lawan Adamu , Tolulope Ogunniyi , and Dorcas Doree Nishimwe reviewed
The landscape of paediatric infectious disease exposure in a rural sub-Saharan Africa setting in Kilifi, Kenya: longitudinal serological analysis over two decades and priorities for future vaccine development
Infectious Diseases Health
Review published
October 5, 2024
Preprint server
medRxiv
Roseline Dzekem Dine , Patience Sindayigaya , Nuhu Lawan Adamu , and Shitondo Yahila reviewed
Stigma against Mental Illness and Mental Health: the role of Social Media
Applied Psychology Social Psychology
Review published
August 21, 2024
Preprint server
SciELO Preprints