‘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.
Michael Markie discusses a new gateway on F1000Research that aggregates all research outputs published on our platform related to global disease outbreaks, making the information on endemics, epidemics or pandemics publicly available so that others can respond to an outbreak effectively. Sharing all disease outbreaks information is crucial We are pleased to announce a newly created…
Today, Holly Murray announces the new Python collection. The collection publishes articles describing new Python modules and libraries, as well as applications developed in Python.
Social media has become prolific in everyday life and allows the instantaneous sharing of information, which can include health care information. The authors of a Research Note published on F1000Research suggests as medical vocabulary becomes more prevalent on social media that more comprehensible language should be used. In this guest blog, Farris Timimi, cardiologist, Medical Director of the Mayo Clinic Social Media Network and well-known health care Twitter user gives his view on this.
Better integration of adult learning theory could improve practical delivery of training and education in day-to-day surgical practice.
Recently an Opinion Article ‘Fairness in scientific publishing’ by Philippa Matthews, University of Oxford, passed peer review on F1000Research after the publication of version 2. Both versions were openly peer reviewed by three reviewers, one of whom was Gustav Nilsonne, Karolinska Institute. In this blog, both discuss what the FAIR Principles – Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Re-usable – mean for authors, reviewers, readers and publishers.
It’s the second year of Peer Review Week and in 2016 the theme is Recognition for Review. Our aim in marking the week is to explore the various aspects of how those who spent time on review should be recognised for their contribution.
Peer review. What’s left that has not already been said about peer review? It’s the best system we have. It’s flawed. All of the research community spend time and energy doing it, in the belief that they are contributing to their chosen field. Here at F1000, one of our objectives is to clean up the…
As part of International Data Week, F1000Research joins data professionals and researchers from all disciplines in exploring how best to exploit the data revolution to improve our knowledge and benefit society through data-driven research and innovation. “The new kingmakers” Researchers, funders, universities, and publishers are often recognised as the key players in the Open Data movement. …
I am excited to be presenting at the first GODAN Summit in New York on 15-16th September in conjunction with the 71st Session of the UN General Assembly. GODAN (Global Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition) is a high-level initiative to make agriculture and nutrition research data publicly available, so that the insights and knowledge they…
