F1000 – a new way of writing, discovering and sharing science
Maaike Pols PhD, Scientific Outreach Executive, Faculty of 1000
Faculty of 1000, Middlesex House, 34-42 Cleveland Street, London W1T 4LB
Maaike holds a PhD in Cell Biology from Utrecht University, The Netherlands. She’s working as
Scientific Outreach Executive and Editor for F1000 and F1000Research.
F1000 - a new way of writing, discovering and sharing science
Abstract:
The Faculty of 1000 is a provider of innovative and unique services that support the work of life
scientists and clinicians around the globe. This presentation will highlight two of these services
aimed at assisting in writing, discovering and sharing science.
F1000Research, published by Faculty of 1000 (F1000), is a relatively new Open Science publishing
platform that aims to address limitations of the traditional publishing process, such as publication
bias towards ‘positive’ and 'interesting' results; protracted peer-review processes; and lack of source
data in publications that reduce the reproducibility of the presented results.
To address these issues, F1000Research publishes research across all life sciences, irrespective of the
perceived level of interest and novelty. It operates a post publication peer review model, offering
rapid publication without editorial bias and fully transparent peer review by invited experts.
F1000Research also insists on the inclusion of source data in easily accessible formats and on
detailed descriptions of methods, making it easier for others to repeat the analysis presented in an
article.
To further support scientists, F1000 is also launching a new authoring tool that will revolutionise the
way that researchers write and collaborate. The tool covers all aspects of writing a research article;
from literature discovery and reference management to sharing and annotating papers with
collaborators in a safe and secure environment. The F1000 software incorporates over 150,000
article recommendations written by more than 5,000 eminent scientists and clinical researchers who
have been systematically surveying the scientific literature over the past decade for the most
relevant publications in their fields.
By creating tools for scientists to write, discover and share science, F1000 aims to make science and
publishing fast, easy, transparent and reproducible.