12 posts
By Guest Author
04 February 2020
Introducing Ben Steventon, a member of the Early Career Researchers Advisory Board (ECRs) for Wellcome Open Research. In this Q&A, we find out his inspiration for applying to join the board and discuss why the research community should move beyond the constraints of the traditional peer-reviewed article format.
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.
By Jack Nash
30 January 2018
In November 2016 Wellcome became the first research funder to launch a publishing platform for the exclusive use of its grantholders. Wellcome Open Research, run on behalf of Wellcome by F1000, uses a model of immediate publication followed by invited, post-publication peer review. All reviews are citable and posted to the platform along with the identities […]
By Jack Nash
12 June 2017
Authors of an article published on Wellcome Open Research, María Rodríguez-López and Jürg Bähler, discuss why they published their work here. They invited Damien Hermand and Carlo Yague-Sanz to review as they knew their interest in the work from a community email list. Damien and Carlo give their views on the open peer review process.