Wellcome Open Research

Helping to beat neglected tropical diseases with open research

This World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day, we’re exploring the impact of NTDs around the world, how continued research can help support the global NTD agenda, and some of the NTD work published with Wellcome Open Research.

Looking back at 2022: a year in review of Wellcome Open Research

As we approach the end of 2022 and a new year, we’re reflecting on some of the achievements of Wellcome Open Research and its authors in 2022, as well as this year’s most read articles.

Introducing the new Wellcome Open Research Advisory Board

Wellcome Open Research has recently merged its Senior Advisory Board and Early Career Researcher (ECR) Advisory Board into one single Board. Hear from members of the Advisory Board about the decision and their hopes for its future direction.

Unlocking climate justice through open access

The theme of International Open Access Week is ‘Open for Climate Justice’. But how can open access help achieve global climate justice?

We explore this in our blog, as well as cutting-edge climate research published on Wellcome Open Research, with a spotlight on sustainable cities and the CUSSH project.

A focus on epigenetics: the EWAS Catalog

In this conversation with Thomas Battram, Senior Research Associate in Molecular Epidemiology at University of Bristol, we discuss the scope and importance of the field of epigenetics and the strengths, innovations, and implications of the EWAS Catalog, a rich and accessible database of epigenome-wide association studies.

Community evaluations of a simple cookstove intervention in Malawi

In this conversation with Sepeedeh Saleh (Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD Programme Fellow), we discuss the use of a simple cookstove intervention in Malawi combined with ethnographic research to obtain richer insights on fuel and stove use practices and community perceptions.

How responsibility attributions to self and others relate to outcome ownership in a social context

In this conversation with Matt Jaquiery (University of Oxford) and Marwa El Zein (Max-Planck Institute for Human Development) we dig deeper into how outcome ownership influences responsibility attributions in social contexts.

Bioethics in the spotlight: the Epidemic Ethics Collection and the GLIDE Gateway

Bioethics is an increasingly important area that should not be overlooked. Wellcome Open Research has launched the Epidemic Ethics Collection and the Global Infectious Disease Ethics Gateway supporting researchers in the field.

Read on to learn about bioethics and how the Platform aids the research community through its newly launched dedicated content hubs.