This is the first of our weekly digests of what’s been happening in the blogosphere! These will usually be posted at the end of the week, where possible, but we thought we’d give you an early treat this week.. Comments and suggestions are very much welcomed, and please feel free to let us know about…
Earlier this week, a group from the Materials Science department at Oxford University brought together prominent figures in the current open science debate to discuss The Scientific Evolution: Open Science and the Future of Publishing, organised by Victoria Watson, who was driving the idea forward, and Simon Benjamin, founder of an experiment piloting rapid dissemination…
We are delighted to announce the significant expansion of F1000 Research’s Advisory Panel to include almost 100 world leading scientists and clinicians across biology and medicine. This group will form our Editorial Advisory Group and provide us with a solid sounding board for our ideas as we refine our plans. Our existing Advisory Panel members…
I promised in my last post to follow up on some recurring themes in many of the discussions that have been ongoing around the plans for F1000 Research. One of the other major issues relates to the idea that our plans will increase dissemination of poor quality science and the subsequent impact of this. Will…
First, a big thank you for all the supportive comments on Twitter and in the blogosphere to our plans at F1000 Research. We are under no illusion this is going to be a tough project and need all the feedback you can offer! Unsurprisingly, the greatest concerns have been around the idea of immediate publication…
At F1000, we are today announcing a new fully Open Access publishing program across biology and medicine, F1000 Research, which will launch later this year. It is intended to address the major issues afflicting scientific publishing today: timely dissemination of research, peer review, and sharing of data.
We are delighted to announce our plans to launch F1000 Research (from Faculty of 1000), a novel, fully Open Access publishing program. The project, which will begin publishing later this year, is intended to address three major issues afflicting scientific publishing today: timely dissemination of research, peer review and sharing of data. F1000 Research will…
Helping researchers share their research more quickly.
F1000 founder and chairman Vitek Tracz addresses a former Faculty Member’s critique of our subscription service.
Snippets from the Index on Censorship data debate.
