By Laure Haak (Executive Director, ORCID) and Rebecca Lawrence (Managing Director, F1000 Research Ltd); cross-posted on the ORCID blog. Peer review is an essential component of the research and scholarly lifecycle. And yet, researcher peer review activities are rarely acknowledged as a fundamental contribution to research. At the same time, the need to encourage more…
The trending article recommendations on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from around Twitter.
This week in open science news: Some interesting pieces to read, and a few ways you can be involved in open science via hack days, community calls, or surveys. Things to read: Science is often flawed. It’s time we embraced that. By Julia Belluz and Steven Hoffman on Vox Will traditional science journals disappear? By…
A selection of new content on F1000Research from the past week. To receive notification of all new articles, sign up for our table of contents alerts. Featured article Portrayed emotions in the movie “Forrest Gump” [v1; ref status: indexed, https://f1000r.es/55o] Annika Labs, Theresa Reich, Helene Schulenburg, Manuel Boennen, Gehrke Mareike, Madleen Golz, Benita Hartigs, Nico Hoffmann,…
The trending article recommendations on the @F1000 feed this week, as well as other interesting picks from around Twitter.
The Hague Declaration to improve knowledge creation in the digital age was launched in Brussels on Wednesday, and is now open for you to sign! The Open Source Malaria project needs some people to help add OSM numbers to compounds. If you want to help, all the info is on GitHub. Kim Holmberg uploaded some…
With sadness, we mark the passing of Alan Hall, Head of the Cell Biology Faculty since the beginnings of F1000 in 2001. Alan was the Chairman of the Cell Biology Program at Sloan-Kettering, as well as editor in chief of the Journal of Cell Biology. He was best known for his discovery that Rho, a…
Gold Open Access, where funders or authors pay a one off article processing charge (APC), removes the need for the paywalls put in place by subscription journals, and so enables immediate and unrestricted access to research findings for everyone. Many Gold OA publishers charge a flat fee for all articles or stratify prices by article…
Yesterday we launched F1000Workspace, the most significant update to the F1000 suite of services to date. It offers scientists a comprehensive suite of software and services to write and collaborate on papers, annotate and share references and articles, as well as easily discover and save relevant new articles. Even better, it allows you to access…
Last week, the Royal Society announced its New Fellows for 2015. In the same week, the National Academy of Sciences announced its New Members and Foreign Associates. Both are highly prestigious and coveted honours, with eminent and celebrated scientists in their ranks. With this in mind, we are extremely pleased to announce that a number…
