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With over a million reference uploads and a recent mention in a Nature article, F1000Workspace is being used by thousands of biomedical researchers. Here’s 10 top reasons why:

1. Designed for scientists
F1000Workspace was designed and tailored for biomedical scientists to help radically improve how scientific papers are collaborated on and written.

2. One-click reference saving
F1000Workspace allows you to save references with just one click as you browse relevant articles on the web. You can even save articles to specific projects within your library.

“The red ‘F’ button acts a good reminder to add any article that I read. I will no longer have to add them months later when I’m writing a paper.”
– Fiona Russell, PhD, Postgraduate Research Associate – Kings College London

3. No distractions
F1000Workspace allows you to search your library of references, PubMed and over 170,000 expert recommendations from F1000 faculty of biomedical experts. Read abstracts, save and cite references all without leaving your manuscript.

“It’s much faster and immeasurably than any other software I’ve used, and allows you to search online archives, like PubMed, as well as your own library, in the same window.”
– Claire Sand, Queen Mary University of London

4. Easy reference importing
You can easily import all your references from other software or from other reference libraries

“I am a big fan of the new F1000 platform! The ease of importing references from journal websites, etc., is particularly useful.”
– Kyle Bender, University of Illinois

5. Smart citations
Get citations for relevant articles as you type. This is a great tool for literature discovery, similar to music libraries recommending new music! It goes without saying, of course, that you should read and vet before you cite.

“F1000 has been a Godsend! I can search Pubmed for the information I need and very painlessly include the citation. And whether or not I use it as a cited reference or just for my own background, everything stays in my publications cache.”
– Sharon B. Yeager, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh Foundation

6. Shared projects
Invite colleagues to projects so that you can work together on a paper. Share references, and communicate your thoughts on specific papers and articles using annotations and commenting.

“I can save a reference straight to my online library, where it will be archived logically and is easy to pull out again when I next need it. I can even specify which folder I want it to be stored in, and can make annotated notes over the top, so I no longer need to waste time trawling through PDFs trying to find a specific detail.”
– Claire Sand, Queen Mary University of London

7. Manuscript sharing
Share a manuscript with co-authors, and keep track of who has added what using the manuscript tracker.
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8. Literature discovery
Your F1000Workspace subscription gives you full access to F1000Prime (literature discovery and expert opinion)

9. Over 7,500 bibliography styles
Choose from over 7,500 bibliography styles, or create and save your own

10. Free ‘short article’ publishing
Your subscription allows you to publish a free short article (under 1,000 words) in F1000Research, our open-access publishing platform.

Try F1000Workspace for yourself, free of charge!