We at F1000 Group are strong supporters of Plan S and its mission to push towards universal adoption of immediate-access OA. Here we aim to address some of the frequent issues of concern around aspects relating to Plan S.
F1000 group welcomes the important announcement “‘Plan S’ and ‘cOAlition S’” We have been some of the initiators of the Open Access approach to publishing research, and have been concerned by the limited adoption of full Open Access by publishers and the appearance of “hybrid OA”. This forceful and imaginative announcement may, we very much…
Rebecca Lawrence announces the first open research publishing platform operated by F1000 on behalf of a publisher. By providing F1000’s technology and editorial services to Emerald Publishing and running Emerald Open Research for them, F1000 is taking steps to enable as many authors as possible to publish on an open research platform.
Giampaolo Perna, Humanitas University, Italy, is a psychiatrist who has focussed his research on panic disorders. In a recent Faculty Review, he and his co-author, Daniela Caldirola, present a new hypothesis about the pathology of panic disorder. In this guest blog he elaborates on this and the evidence needed to prove this hypothesis.
Rebecca Lawrence, Managing Director of F1000 announces our partnership with the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) to provide a publication platform for 23 of their UK-based medical research charities.
An Open Letter published by Pamela Kolopack, University of Toronto and James Lavery, Emory University, on Gates Open Research discussed issues around informed consent in field trials of genetically modified mosquitoes. The article was openly peer reviewed by Carolyn Neuhaus, The Hastings Centre, after publication. Last week we published the first part of this post in which James and Carolyn discussed topics raised in James’ article. This week they discuss open peer review, institutional review board s and mechanism of authorisation.
In a recent Open Letter published on Gates Open Research, Pamela Kolopack, University of Toronto, and James Lavery, Emory University, discuss the issues of informed consent in field trials involving gene-drive mosquitoes . One of the reviewers of the article was Carolyn Neuhaus, The Hastings Centre. We thought the through discussion that occurred in Carolyn’s peer review report warranted further exploration.
Hollydawn Murray marks Open Data Day, which this year focuses on open research data, by highlighting what is possible when you publish your data. She calls on the research community to join us in helping definie how we can best support the researchers,
A Data Note published and currently undergoing peer review on Gates Open Research describes a collective research effort to profile and annotate more than 7,500 microbe spices including bacteria, archaea, viruses, fungi, and protozoa. Two of the authors, Heba Shaaban and David Westfall, describe their work in this guest blog.
The AAAS Annual Meeting takes place in Austin from 15 to 19 February and F1000 will be there. We will try to get to the heart of open science while deep in the heart of Texas. We will be moderating a panel that will include perspectives from a researcher, Charles Lin, Baylor College of Medicine; a funder, Ashley Farley, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and a publisher, Sabina Alam, F1000. We get some insight into their views on open science.
