The AAAS Annual Meeting takes place in Austin from 15 to 19 February and F1000 will be there. We will try to get to the heart of open science while deep in the heart of Texas. We will be moderating a panel that will include perspectives from a researcher, Charles Lin, Baylor College of Medicine; a funder, Ashley Farley, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and a publisher, Sabina Alam, F1000. We get some insight into their views on open science.
A recent Research Article published by Chiara Gabella explored how best to fund knowledgebases, which are relied on by many life scientists as highly accurate and reliable sources of scientific information. There are many questions about how to fund these, Chiara explores these questions further with Helen Berman, one of the reviewers of her articles.
Perfectionism is a hidden epidemic among young people, and striving to be flawless could have negative effect on their mental wellbeing, causing the rise seen in depression, anxiety and eating disorders. We share the recommended research related to these issues, as well as our top 3 recommendations and our hidden jewels.
During this festive season and as the year draws to a close, we take a moment to look back to share with you the most read blogs on F1000Prime blog network, highlighting the work of our Faculty Members and their research recommendations. We would also like to say a big thank you to all our…
As we draw to the end of another year here at F1000Research, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to take a look back at what you’ve been reading the most on our blog. We share with you what have been our most read posts in 2017 covering a wide range of topics from peer review to puzzles in biology.
Today is another step on on the Montreal Neurological Institute’s journey to become an open science institute, as MNI Open Research publishes its first articles. The platform launches with three articles from its researchers and their collaborators, with more on the way.
In June, we asked researchers to show us their code and send us their latest Software Tool Articles. Hollydawn Murray, Publishing Editor for F1000Research, shares with you highlights from some of the 16 new articles published since then. The tools cover a wide range of subjects in life sciences and medicine written in various programming languages.
Our Managing Director, Rebecca Lawrence, announces another new publication platform – AAS Open Research – in partnership with the African Academy of Sciences. Rebecca sets out how this new platform could bring about a transformation in how the African research community works.
A citizen science project carried out by the Hackuarium Association investigated the genome of various beers. The results of this work were published as as a Data Note on F1000Research. Jonthan Sobel explains what the thinking behind this project and what they found.
We end Open Access week by talking to Jennifer Hansen, Senior Program Officer & Ashley Farley, Associate Program Officer from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation who work on Gates Open Research and the foundation’s open access program.
