We are delighted to announce that we have just become an affiliate member of the UK Reproducibility Network (UKRN) Stakeholder Engagement Group. Michael Markie, Publishing Director at F1000, discusses how joining the stakeholder group helps us to improve our standards for reproducible research and the steps we’re taking to improve the robustness of the research we publish.
We are delighted to be expanding our partnership opportunities for research and academic institutions with our new Institutional Collections. Hannah Wilson, Associate Publisher at F1000Research, discusses community publishing and explains what these personalised portals offer for academic and research institutes.
We are relaunching our Chemical Information Science Gateway. In this blog Vicky Hellon, Associate Publisher at F1000 and Jürgen Bajorath, Chair of Life Science Informatics at the University of Bonn, discuss the relaunch of the CIS gateway on F1000Research.
For World Chocolate Day, we highlight research recommended by our expert Faculty which suggests that chocolate can improve vascular function in patients with congestive heart failure. Also, our usual top three articles for the month; and our Hidden Jewels. Click on the images for full access to the recommendations.
Introducing our Faculty Member of the Month! Susan Alberts is the current Chair of the Department of Evolutionary Anthropology at Duke University. In this blog, she tells us what inspired her to research animal behaviour, where she works and what she enjoys about being a member of the F1000Prime Faculty.
Happy World Yoga Day! Today we discuss research published in F1000research which explores the impact of using mindfulness techniques during pregnancy. This article assesses the positive impacts mindfulness can have on both the physical and mental health of expectant mothers.
For this month’s Optimum F1000Prime, and in celebration of World Blood Donor Day today, we thought we would explore the colourful history of the first blood transfusions, topped-off with a roundup of some of the best F1000Prime blood transfusion-related research.
‘Ebola’s impact on health systems’ the new collection on the TDR gateway on F1000Research. Thomas Samba, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone, tells us more about the reports, and how they could help with future outbreaks.
We are excited to announce the launch of F1000Prime’s newest Section: Cancer Genomes & Epigenomes. In this blog, our Director of Operations for F1000Prime, Steven Lokwan Ph.D., introduces our Section Heads and inaugural Faculty Members for Cancer Genomes & Epigenomes.
Jerome Fleg is our Faculty Member of the Month. In this blog he talks to us about his career, research and experience of being an F1000Prime Faculty Member. He also tells about the new edition of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly, which he edited along with fellow F1000Prime Faculty Member, Wilbert Aronow, and Michael Rich, who has published on F1000Research.
