We are currently working with a wide range of life science societies and individual conferences to help them increase the visibility of their posters and slide presentations (International Society of Computational Biology, Ecological Society of America and the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping to name but a few). Some of our collaborators have their poster…
There is a sense amongst a select group of individuals that the tide is turning with respect to how and when research should be made available. Last month our founder Vitek Tracz joined a mix of academics, publishers and funders who all convened at the well-publicised ASAPBio meeting to discuss the best ways in which…
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Conference season is fast approaching so we will be highlighting some of the interesting posters and slides that are submitted to us throughout the year. With the recent global outbreaks of Ebola and Zika, there is a need to strengthen surveillance of emerging and re-emerging communicable diseases. Earlier detection of fast spreading disease-related threats, will…
This week we have cobbled together an easily digestible edition of our Open Science News in the Storify below; perfect to have with your morning cup of coffee. ENJOY. [View the story “Here are some of the latest stories in #openscience for the week of 15th of February, 2016” on Storify]
In theory, after the time and effort expended to get an article ready and polished for publication, it should be the point where you see the light at the end of the tunnel. However, in reality that’s not typically the case. Despite feeling the weight off your shoulders, you still need your article to comply…
F1000, together with a number of leading global health funding organizations, NGOs, institutions and other publishers have signed a joint declaration on data sharing in public health emergencies, which has just been issued. The declaration was prompted by a consensus statement following an WHO consultation in September last year; the lack of rapid data sharing…
Today, we are very excited to unveil the Preclinical Reproducibility and Robustness channel, a new dedicated venue for life scientists to publish and discuss confirmatory and non-confirmatory research results. We are also delighted to have this new channel championed by former Editor-in-Chief of Science magazine and F1000 International Advisory Board member, Bruce Alberts and Amgen’s…
On February 1st 2016, the WHO declared the recent, unexpected surge in microcephaly and Guillain-Barré syndrome cases in South and Central America a global public health emergency. Although the cause has not been definitively identified, the evidence is mounting against the flavivirus Zika. On February 2nd, F1000Research launched Zika & Arbovirus Outbreaks, an Open Science…
This is a cross-post from our Naturally Selected blog. We’re pleased to announce that Bev Acreman has been appointed Commercial Director of F1000. Bev, who will take up the post at the beginning of April, was formerly Vice President of Marketing & Sales, Open Research, at Springer Nature – a global research, educational and professional…
