Tiago Barros, Product Strategy Manager at F1000 tells us about how much our peer reviewers tend to agree with each other after analysing peer review reports on F1000Research. After an initial analysis, he dug a bit deeper and found there was more than meets the eye.
One of the key aspects of F1000Research’s model is that all the referee reports are published alongside our articles. We believe this has many benefits. Eleanore-Rose Begg from F1000Research explains the merits of this collaborative peer review process.
As the new academic year begins, here at F1000 our thoughts are focused on peer review and Peer Review Week 2017. During this week, we will delve into the meaning of this year’s theme ‘Transparency in Peer Review’, which is close to our hearts at F1000.
Steven Frank, has started a series of essays to solve biological puzzles and provide a deeper understanding of biological design. He presents a brief summary of three examples from his series.
Given the rising public health threat of superbugs, we share the top recommended articles on antimicrobial resistance, as well as highlight the top recommended articles and Hidden Jewels articles for last month.
Subburaman Mohan is August’s featured Faculty Member of the Month. A Senior Research Career Scientist at the Veterans Administration (VA), currently the Director of the Musculoskeletal Disease Center at the VA Loma Linda Healthcare Systems. This summer he received the Louis V. Avioli Founders Award, adding to his collection of professional awards.
We announce our partnership with the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital to launch MNI Open Research. Our Managing Director, Rebecca Lawrence, discusses how this open research platform will support their journey to become an open science institute
The Director of the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital, Guy Rouleau, talks about how launching the publication platform MNI Open Research will support their plans of becoming an open science institute.
A systematic review by Tony Ross-Hellauer, University of Gottingen, Germany, tries to resolve the ambiguity surrounding open peer review by providing more than a 120 definitions. It was openly peer reviewed by Bahar Mehmani, from Elsevier, RELX Group. In this blog, both explain why there can’t be a single precise definition for open peer review and instead communities should clarify their meaning by naming specific traits, such as open identities, open reports or open platforms, to minimise confusion.
We highlight the top F1000Prime recommendations each month. For July, we take a botanical twist with our highlights in honour of a 140 million year old bloom, as well as highlight the top recommended and Hidden Jewels articles for last month
