The Tyler Prize 2014

We are pleased to congratulate Simon Levin, Section Head for Theoretical Ecology in the Ecology Faculty, on winning the 2014 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement. Simon’s research revealing the complexity of, and relationships between, species and ecosystems and his work on bridging the gap between theoretical ecology and the natural environment have earned him this…

Stephen Udem

It is with great sadness that we note the death of Pharmacology & Drug Discovery Faculty Member Stephen A. Udem. Stephen joined F1000Prime in 2010. A native New Yorker, he was a student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he became a professor 25 years later, and he also held positions at the…

F1000Prime most influential: Oncology

While more than 18,000 cancer researchers are gathered in San Diego for the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting this week, we’re highlighting the most influential research articles in oncology in 2013 and a prestigious award for one of our Heads of Faculty. Prof. Bob Pinedo, Professor of Medical Oncology, Free University (VUMC) Amsterdam,…

Are we all done with citations?

The most comprehensive analysis to date finds that F1000Prime-recommended articles receive more citations compared to other articles, and that a higher F1000Prime score is associated with higher numbers of citations. Assuming these findings stand the test of peer review, now is the time to focus on new questions about how we assess the impact and…