Wellcome Open Research

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

By Guest Author

03 April 2020

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.

Growing a culture of data sharing

By Jack Nash

06 March 2020

Tomorrow is Open Data Day: an annual celebration of open data all over the world – including open research data. To mark this occasion, the Early Career Researcher Advisory Board (ECRAB) would like to announce that this year, as part of their wider commitment to the open science principles, their focus will be on growing a culture of data sharing.

Wellcome Open Research: a summary of year 3

By Jack Nash

27 January 2020

Year 3 in numbers – In this blog post, Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome, and Michael Markie, Publishing Director, F1000, provide an analysis of publishing activity on the Wellcome Open Research platform and preview some of the activities we have planned for 2020.

“Promote open research practises among early career researchers in sub-Saharan Africa and to encourage our policy-makers to take advantage of such an openly accessible platform.”

By Guest Author

19 December 2019

Representing the needs of early career researchers in the developing world. Mohlopheni Jackson Marakalala, Wellcome Trust International Intermediate Fellow, is a member of the Early Career Researchers Advisory Board for Wellcome Open Research. As an ECRs advisory board member he wants to encourage and support early career researchers in their academic endeavours, by promoting open research and raising awareness on the benefits the practice can provide.