Our latest #F1000talks tweetchat discussed how social media can benefit biomedical scientists and their industry. This post features a Storify authored by F1000 Specialist Kirsten Lee, which summed up what was discussed during our chat.
Our next #F1000Talks tweet chat will discuss how patient advocates gather scientific information and expert advice, and will take place on July 24th at 1 PM EST/6 PM GMT. Our guests will be AnneMarie Ciccarella (@chemobrainfog), Lori Marx-Rubiner (@regrounding), Amy Price (@AmyPricePhD) and David Gilbert (@DavidGilbert43). Most patients need help to understand information about their…
To celebrate the first anniversary of the F1000 Specialists programme, we invite all F1000 Specialists to film a short video about research in their lab. Each F1000 Specialist who submits a video will receive a £10 Amazon voucher and a chance to win a further £50 for most ‘liked video’.
Earlier this week, Wiley announced that they have partnered with Altmetric to provide article-level metrics across all 1500+ Wiley journals. Now, any article published in a Wiley journal will have an Altmetric score (online) in order to help the reader paint a fuller picture of the impact of individual papers. An Altmetric score is a…
The first #F1000talks live chat had a great audience turnout. We summed up what was discussed with a Storify. We enjoyed interacting with the audience so much that we decided to do it again on February 19! We will announce the topic and special guests shortly.
Literature discovery tools and services are gaining in popularity among scientists. A principal consideration when choosing one of these services is how much help they can provide scientists and doctors in their work, while ease of use and user support should also be taken into consideration. Join us on Wednesday, January 29th at 1pm ET…
The first F1000 community meet-up in New York City was a success – F1000’s Cindy Chen has summed it up perfectly below with a Storify of how the night progressed. We can’t wait to do it again next year! Get in touch if you’d like to arrange a meet-up in your part of the world.
On 28th November F1000 is heading to Heidelberg to host the last meet-up of this year. We are looking forward to hosting our local community at Heidelberg’s Vetter’s Brauhaus for the third #F1000 meet-up – informal networking event for talking science, technology and publishing. As is now usual, drinks and snacks are on F1000, and…
With the end of the summer here in the northern hemisphere the nights are growing longer and, with the start of the academic year, so is our schedule of external presentations, panels and workshops. Below is a list of our external presentations/talks, panel discussions, and educational workshops until the end of 2013, so far. These…
A growing number of tools aim to help scientists filter and discover relevant papers and, in some cases, provide information on research impact not based on the Impact Factor. Amongst these alternative or article-level metrics tools is F1000Prime. F1000Prime adds expert commentary and context to the raw numbers – social media shares, page views, etc…
