Wellcome Open Research

BAME groups two to three times more likely to die from Covid-19 than the general population

Covid-19 Research Spotlight

By Guest Author

07 May 2020

Data suggests that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups are at increased risk of infection and death from COVID-19. So, researchers from UCL, London, explored the risk of death in minority ethnic groups in England using data reported by NHS England. Their research is published in the Coronavirus Collection on Wellcome Open Research and is awaiting peer review. Click on the link to read a copy of the press release by UCL to find out more about their analysis.

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

Open Peer Review

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

Open Data

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

Milestones

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.