Being a scientist is about more than just research alone: there is publishing involved, teaching and outreach, and keeping on top of new developments in policy and data sharing issues. All these are themselves areas for study and analysis. For example, we’ve previously published papers about implementing journal clubs or about the accuracy of Google…
Here are this week’s most popular tweets from the @F1000 feed, as well as some of the other interesting picks from Twitter…
We’re very pleased to be able to congratulate three Members of F1000Prime that have been included by the Science Council in their list of the 100 leading UK practising scientists. The Science Council is a UK-based organisation whose aims are to “advance science and the application of science for society by bringing together a broad…
See what we have planned for Rare Disease Day in our latest update. Since 2008, the last day in February has been designated as Rare Disease Day (because in leap years, that is the rarest day). Throughout the world, several events are held on this day to increase awareness of rare diseases. We will be…
It is with great sadness that we note the death of F1000Prime Faculty Member Andrea Luigi Tranquilli, who passed away last week at the age of 58. Professor Tranquilli, a highly respected figure who specialised in the field of obstetrics and gynaecology, was the director of the obstetrics and gynaecology clinic at the University of…
After a successful beta phase F1000Journal Clubs launches today, with a variety of options for accessing and trialling the service. Read the press release here. F1000Prime is, amongst other things, about saving researchers’ valuable time. Scientists can spend hours each month critically evaluating published research in their journal clubs, and a well-organized journal club can…
Literature discovery tools and services are gaining in popularity among scientists. A principal consideration when choosing one of these services is how much help they can provide scientists and doctors in their work, while ease of use and user support should also be taken into consideration. Join us on Wednesday, January 29th at 1pm ET…
After F1000Prime published its 150,000th article recommendation last week, we reflect on some of the most influential biomedical articles of the last 3 years, as selected and rated by the F1000Prime Faculty. It’s almost 3 years exactly since we reached the milestone of 100,000 articles being recommended in F1000Prime. So, since January 2011, which articles…
Ali Mobasheri is a research scientist in the field of cartilage biology, and works at the University of Nottingham as well as the School of Pharmacy at the University of Bradford. Professor Mobasheri is also a Faculty Member in the Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology Faculty of F1000Prime. During a recent visit to our London office,…
As you may remember, F1000 has a programme called F1000 Specialists, which allows users of any of the F1000 products, including F1000Research and F1000Posters, to help inform others in their community about us. We launched this last summer, and now have more than 150 F1000 Specialists on six continents. To apply to become an F1000…
