In recent months, there has been a lot of discussion in the biology research community about the potential of preprints as a tool to accelerate the dissemination of scientific results and ideas. Preprints in biology While preprints are well-established in other fields of science (particularly physics, mathematics and computer science through arXiv), they are still a…
F1000Research is one of the partners of Sense About Science’s “Nuts and Bolts” peer review workshops. Below is a report from the most recent workshop, written by Adam Field. Adam graduated from Newcastle University in Biomedical Sciences in 2013, before working at AstraZeneca for two years in Oncology. He recently joined Prof Peter Adams group at…
This week F1000Research joins ORCID, ScienceOpen, Wiley, and the wider scientific community in a new initiative aimed at showcasing peer review: Peer Review Week! This virtual event highlights the fundamental importance of peer review in science and promotes the many different forms it can take across the scientific spectra. At F1000Research we’re proudly celebrating 3 years of…
As you know, we’re one of the sponsors for Sense About Science’s “Nuts and Bolts” peer review workshops, aimed at graduate students. The next one is in Glasgow, on September 17. Information from Sense About Science on how to register is below, and you can read the experiences of a participant at a previous workshop…
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…
This week we are very excited to announce our first publishing partnership with a prestigious academic society. From July, the International Society of Computational Biology (ISCB) will have its own dedicated channel on F1000Research for the ISCB Community Journal. [See press release]. F1000 has always had a fruitful relationship with the computational biology community, and…
Back in November 2014, BioMed Central discovered about 50 manuscripts in their editorial system that involved fake peer reviewers. Following a detailed investigation, they have now started the process of retracting 43 papers that had been published on the basis of reviews from made-up reviewers. Some of these papers were from the original 50 but…
As you might know, we’re partnered with Sense About Science to support their “Nuts and Bolts” peer review workshops in the UK. We recently published a report by Anna Cupani who attended the previous workshop at St Andrews University. The next workshop has now been announced and will take place in London on May 29.…
F1000Research is one of the partners of Sense About Science’s “Nuts and Bolts” peer review workshops. Below is a report from the most recent workshop, written by Anna Cupani. Anna is working on her PhD in Chemical Engineering at Imperial College, London in a joint collaboration with a Belgian research institute, VITO. She is interested…
As you know, we’re supporting the Sense About Science “Nuts and Bolts” peer review workshops that are regularly held in the UK. The next one will be on November 21st at the University of St Andrews. If you’re an early career researcher in Scotland or the North of England, this is well worth an afternoon…
