Integrated development raises a lot of questions. Tessa Ahner-McHaffie and colleagues from FH360 tried to answer some of these in a Systematic Review published on Gates Open Research and currently being peer reviewed. In this guest blog, she describes the work that her and colleagues have done in exploring the evidence around this area of development work.
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.
In this Q&A, Martin Elliott, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at University College London (UCL) and an Advisory Board Member for UCL Child Health Open Research platform, shares his views on open access, anticipating an increase in its use by institutions and grant-giving bodies, and explains how this could improve trust and transparency in the scientific community.
Our Managing Director, Rebecca Lawrence, announces our first publication platform on behalf of a public funder – Ireland’s Health Research Board. She reflects on the leadership being shown by the funders we work with and how the growing number of publication platforms is beginning to open up wider discussions.
With the publication of our first Registered Report, Hollydawn Murray, from F1000Research, explains how we hope this format will enhance credibility.
We hope you found the first blog post stimulating, for it is now time for our second post of this series and delving deeper into the meaning and impact of transparency in peer review. Our Advisory Board members and staff here at F1000 consider training and credit for reviewers.
Tiago Barros, Product Strategy Manager at F1000 tells us about how much our peer reviewers tend to agree with each other after analysing peer review reports on F1000Research. After an initial analysis, he dug a bit deeper and found there was more than meets the eye.
One of the key aspects of F1000Research’s model is that all the referee reports are published alongside our articles. We believe this has many benefits. Eleanore-Rose Begg from F1000Research explains the merits of this collaborative peer review process.
As the new academic year begins, here at F1000 our thoughts are focused on peer review and Peer Review Week 2017. During this week, we will delve into the meaning of this year’s theme ‘Transparency in Peer Review’, which is close to our hearts at F1000.
We announce our partnership with the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital to launch MNI Open Research. Our Managing Director, Rebecca Lawrence, discusses how this open research platform will support their journey to become an open science institute
