F1000 has created Open Thinking as a place and program where open research communities can come together to discuss the opportunities to seize, as well as challenges to overcome, to truly embrace open research.
Rebecca Lawrence was the academic publisher representative on the USA’s National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine committee exploring Automated Research Workflows (ARWs). The committee’s recently published report concludes that “the research enterprise stands at an important inflection point” for automation and acceleration, where collaboration, interoperability, and data sharing are critical. Rebecca, as a publisher and scientist who has championed open science and open resea...
How reliable is a peer review in filtering out poor-quality science?
How can press offices and media responsibly report early-stage research?
As research review culture shifts from embargoed press releases to open science, how can best practices adapt alongside it?
F1000 and Taylor & Francis, in association with the Association of British Science Writers, brought together an expert panel of researchers, publishers, press officers, and journalists...
The UK Research and Innovation organization defines research culture as “Research carried out with a high level of integrity upholds values of honesty, rigor, transparency and open communication, as well as care and respect for those involved in research and accountability for a positive research environment.” As publishers, we have a responsibility to uphold the scientific integrity of research by making sure all the research we publish follows these principles.
This year’s Peer Review Week...
At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the summer of 2020, the UK’s Science Media Centre (SMC) was at the eye of the media storm, facing unprecedented pressure to promote research at the preprint stage rather than after peer review. Subsequently, Fiona Fox, SMC Director, wrote a blog describing her team’s experience and suggesting what this may mean for science PR and reporting, originally titled ‘What should press officers advise on preprints during a pandemic?’ As part of F1000’s and Taylor...
