Articles tagged with 'Open Peer Review'

How to write a constructive peer review report

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 help them improve their manuscripts and to verify the quality of their research. However, writing peer review reports can be challenging, as there is no one-size-fits-all approach, and some research […]

How to apply peer reviewer feedback to your research

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 on Wellcome Open Research, the F1000 Editorial Team will invite experts from your field to carefully review the paper. These peer reviewers will provide feedback and will most likely offer […]

What is editorial-led peer review and what does it mean for authors?

F1000 have announced changes to their peer review model, based on extensive feedback from previous authors and reviewers. In this blog, we highlight the changes and how it will impact you as an author submitting to Wellcome Open Research.

Peer review and the future of publishing

Sheridan Willis, F1000 Senior Associate Publisher, shares thoughts on how peer review can evolve to meet future scholarly publishing needs.

Calling all genomics researchers: support the Tree of Life programme as a community reviewer

We are inviting the global genomics community to support the Tree of Life programme by assessing Genome Notes published in the Tree of Life Gateway on Wellcome Open Research.

In this blog, Rebecca Grant explains how PhD students, Early Career Researchers (ECRs), and all genomics experts can get involved in this exciting initiative.

‘Why would I review a Study Protocol?’ – how Study Protocols improve the reproducibility and transparency of research

As Editorial Assistants, our peer reviewers will often say to us “I won’t review the Study Protocol, but I will review the results”, which made us wonder why Study Protocols are disregarded by some? In this blog post, Charlie Vickers, Senior Editorial Assistant, explains why Study Protocols are important – not only for science in general, but as part of the Wellcome Open Research model too.

Peer Review: A matter of trust

As this week (21st-25th September) marks Peer Review Week, the Peer Review Team delve into the meaning of this year’s theme of ‘Trust in Peer Review’ and explore how our transparent peer review process is ideally suited to building trust.

“To establish new models of publishing that are not bound by the legacy of processes tailored for print”

Introducing Tony Ly, a Sir Henry Dale Fellow at the Wellcome Centre for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh and a member of the Early Career Researcher advisory board for Wellcome Open Research. In this Q&A, he shares how he hopes to use his role as a Board Member to help others recognise the value of open research and to help innovate scientific publishing.