Celebrating open research in China

Chinese New Year, open research in China

Over the next few weeks, people around the world will be celebrating Chinese New Year and the transition to the year of the Ox. In the spirit of celebrating China, we wanted to reflect on the past year of Chinese research published with F1000Research, before exploring the current landscape for open research in China.

‘I ain’t afraid of no myth’ – busting the myths on data sharing

Separating the facts from fiction – It is time to silence the myths and shine a light on the truth about data sharing. In this piece, we cover all angles on the forms and types that data exists as; show you that help is available and who you can turn to for information and guidance; and how data sharing actually establishes and confirms ownership of your data via authorship.

Software publishing and reproducibility: a conversation with Simon Adar, Code Ocean CEO

Code Ocean compute capsules are the perfect match for Software Tool Articles on F1000Research. Embedded within the article itself, these widgets use cloud-based Docker technology to allow readers to run (and re-run) your code, right there in the body of the article. We spoke to Simon Adar, CEO of Code Ocean, about all things software, code, and reproducibility.

Open Data can be advanced by the COVID-19 pandemic, but it will still require a comprehensive approach

Sharing research data openly is becoming more common, but progress is slow. In this blog, Evgeny Bobrov, Open Data and Research Data Management Officer, at QUEST Center, Berlin Institute of Health, discusses whether the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate the adoption of open data as a common academic practice.

Challenges and solutions to sharing health research data

In this blog post, Robert F. Terry, manager of Research Policy at TDR and Phaikyeong Cheah, coordinator of the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit Data Access Committee and Amanda Blatch-Jones, Senior Research fellow at the NIHR, explore the importance of data sharing, the scepticism surrounding this practice and what needs to happen in order for it to become second nature.

Establishing an international laboratory network for neglected tropical diseases: Understanding existing capacity in five WHO regions

Using open research to develop a high-quality network of laboratories to survey, control and eliminate neglected tropical diseases. Laura Dean and Imelda Bates, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, discuss their work on the first critical step to developing this important network and the benefit of open access for its accessibility and transparency.

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