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Climate change is an escalating health crisis that affects everyone; however, it disproportionately affects vulnerable communities. Health research can help us understand the wider impacts…

Peer review is an integral part of scholarly communication and academic publishing. It’s also an opportunity to provide valuable and constructive feedback to authors, to…

Traditional publishing models can create barriers for early career researchers, which can delay career progression. This includes lengthy review cycles that can limit opportunities for early career researchers to develop professional skills and experience with peer review, editorial collaboration, and scientific…

At Wellcome Open Research, all research outputs deserve proper recognition. That’s why Wellcome Open Research publishes many diverse article types, from traditional Research Articles to…

In May 2021, Wellcome Open Research launched the Tree of Life Gateway. This Gateway serves as an open publishing hub for the Darwin Tree of…

Millions of people are held back by mental health problems. Interventions aren’t effective enough for everyone, have trade-offs, and face challenges when scaling globally. Barriers to…

Over recent years, many researchers have alluded to a ‘reproducibility crisis’, where many studies are difficult or impossible to reproduce, raising questions about the findings. So, how can researchers make their work more reproducible? The diverse article types available to authors publishing on Wellcome Open Research also offer a solution to this challenge.

In this blog post, we discuss Study Protocols and Registered Reports, and how they can be utilised to prevent the manipulation of results and increase the repeatability of published studies.

The Wellcome Trust is dedicated to improving understanding of infectious diseases and developing new interventions.  By targeting specific research problems that others are not prioritising, Wellcome-funded researchers can channel their resources, skills and expertise to drive impact where it is most needed.

Wellcome Open Research has many Gateways on the topic of infectious diseases. In this blog post, we highlight some of the Gateways and recent research that are helping to further our understanding of infectious diseases worldwide.

Reproducibility is important as it shows that research results are reliable, not random or biased. However, many researchers find it challenging to make their work reproducible.

In this blog post, we examine the barriers to reproducibility and offer insight into making your work as reproducible as possible.

Peer review is important for academic publishing, helping to maintain quality and trust in research. After your manuscript passes our editorial checks and is published…