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
20 December 2017
As we draw to the end of another year here at Wellcome Open Research, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to take a look back at what you’ve been reading the most on our blog. We share with you what have been our most read posts in 2017 covering a wide range of topics from peer review to milestones.
By Guest Author
06 December 2017
Charles Mbogo talks about the largest database of malaria mosquito carriers and its role for future control and malaria elimination programmes in Africa. This inventory was recently published and peer reviewed on Wellcome Open Research as a research article. Inventories entailing distributions of Anopheles mosquitoes go back to the turn of the last century. These […]
By Jack Nash
16 November 2017
Michael Markie, Publisher at F1000, and Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome, highlight Wellcome Open Research’s many achievements in its first year of publishing.
By Guest Author
14 November 2017
Nayreen Daruwalla and David Osrin discuss their efforts to change gender norms in order to prevent violence against girls and women in India.
By Guest Author
06 October 2017
Elizabeth Murchison and Máire Ní Leathlobhair, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Cambridge, discuss the research taking place at the Marine Mammal Center and their work as part of the Transmissible Cancer Group, based at the University of Cambridge, studying a highly prevalent cancer in California sea lions.
By Jack Nash
04 September 2017
Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome, and Michael Markie, Publisher, F1000 Platforms, provide an overview of the type of research that has been published since launch of Wellcome Open Research.
By Jack Nash
20 July 2017
We’ve added a new functionality on Wellcome Open Research. Gateways offer Wellcome-funded researchers and communities the opportunity to create their own branded “publishing home” for their research outputs designed to suit their needs. The first Gateway to be launched on the platform is for one of the Africa programmes, the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP), Kenya.