150 posts
By Jack Nash
04 March 2019
Last year when our Advisory Board met, there came a point in the meeting where everyone agreed that the board would be enhanced with an injection of individuals who could best represent the many Early Career Researchers (ECRs) supported by Wellcome. It was there and then we made the decision that WOR would create a […]
By Jack Nash
21 January 2019
Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome and Michael Markie, Publishing Director, F1000 highlight Wellcome Open Research’s achievements after two years of publishing.
By Guest Author
07 December 2018
Since the launch of the Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance gateway on Wellcome Open Research platform at the Fellows meeting in New Delhi, there has been a real drive from the India Alliance (IA) community to publish their research on the platform. Shahid Jameel, CEO, Wellcome Trust/DBT India Alliance and Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome Trust, UK tells us more about open research and the gateway.
By Guest Author
04 December 2018
Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology, University of Oxford, published the first full Registered Report on an open post publication peer review model. Her research published earlier this year in Wellcome Open Research looks at the impact of sex chromosomes on neurodevelopment. Dorothy tells us why she is an enthusiast for this new form of journal article, which is gaining popularity with 142 journals so far adopting this format as part of their regular submission process.
By Guest Author
15 November 2018
Hollydawn Murray, Data Publishing Lead at F1000Research, introduces our newly overhauled data guidelines.
By Guest Author
12 November 2018
What are the ethical considerations around volunteer infection? Researchers, Maureen Njue and Dorcas Kamuya, discuss their research presenting one of the first studies of a controlled human malaria infection study in an LMIC, looking at the ethical issues of infecting healthy volunteers. Deliberate infection Controlled Human Malaria Infection (CHMI) studies involve the deliberate infection of healthy […]
By Guest Author
02 October 2018
A Q&A with Suzannah Biernoff about her research on the cultural pre-history of face transplants. This is a fascinating piece of research, why did you explore the cultural pre-history of face transplants? A lot of my research over the past decade has dealt with the aesthetics and cultural meanings of disfigurement, including responses to facial […]
By Jack Nash
20 September 2018
On Monday 10th September, we gathered at the Wellcome Trust to explore the issues surrounding this year’s theme of ‘diversity and inclusion in peer review’ for peer review week. It was a stimulating discussion chaired by Jim Smith, Director of Science at Wellcome and Wellcome Open Research advisory board member. Here is our summary of the event.