INTRODUCTION TO F1000RESEARCH

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OVERVIEW

• What is F1000Research?

• Transparent post-publication peer review

• Data sharing and publication

• Article types

• General information

• Other services from F1000

WHAT IS F1000RESEARCH?

WHAT IS F1000RESEARCH?

F1000Research is an original open access journal for life scientists, offering immediate publication, transparent peer review (post-publication) and full data deposition and sharing. All scientifically sound articles are accepted, including single findings, case reports, protocols, replications, null/negative results and more traditional articles.

F1000Research has a prestigious international Advisory Panel of more than 200 of the most eminent names in biology and medicine, and over 1,100 expert Editorial Board members.

KEY FEATURES OF F1000RESEARCH

•Publication within a week

•Post-publication peer review

•Transparent peer review

•All data included

•Accepts non-traditional article types

WHAT OUR AUTHORS ARE SAYING

TRANSPARENT POST-PUBLICATION PEER REVIEW

THE PUBLICATION PROCESS

Most journals publish papers after they pass peer review. The peer review process can take months – sometimes years.After rejection, start over again with another journal. This delays publication.

PUBLICATION DELAY IS A PROBLEM

• Can be scooped during review process

• No recent published work to show for funding applications

• Lab members leave during revision process, and paper may never be published if the project is abandoned.

• Slows down research progress

• Frustrating...

THE PUBLICATION PROCESS

•F1000Research articles are published online after an in-house pre-refereeing check, on average, within 6 working days.•Peer review and revisions are carried out publicly.•Articles with sufficient positive referee reports are indexed in PubMed.

REFEREE REPORTS ARE PUBLIC

All referee names are visible.

All referee names are visible.

Referee reports and other comments are

visible to anyone.

Referee reports and other comments are

visible to anyone.

VERSIONSDifferent versions of the

article are trackedDifferent versions of the

article are tracked

REFEREE SCORES

• Approved

• Approved with reservations

• Not approved

INDEXED PAPERS

Articles with sufficient positive evaluations are indexed in PubMed, Scopus, and Embase.

or

Minimal requirements for indexing

CITING F1000RESEARCH PAPERS

• Citations to F1000Research papers point to a particular version.

Example citation:

Spence J, Titov N, Johnston L et al. (2013) Internet-delivered eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (iEMDR): an open trial [v2; ref status: indexed, http://f1000r.es/zr] F1000Research 2013, 2:79 (doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-79.v2)

• If a paper has been updated since it was cited, and readers land on an outdated version of an article, a pop-up message on the article page makes readers aware that there is a newer version:

DATA SHARING AND PUBLICATION

WHY SHARE YOUR DATA?

• Reproduction/validation of research

• Testing additional hypotheses

• Teaching

• Integration with other data sets

• Increase efficiency, drive new knowledge discovery

• Funder requirement

• Academic credit

REPRODUCIBLE RESEARCH

“[W]e evaluated the replication of data analyses in 18 articles on microarray-based gene expression profiling published in Nature Genetics in 2005–2006...We reproduced two analyses in principle and six partially or with some discrepancies; ten could not be reproduced. The main reason for failure to reproduce was data unavailability.”

Ioannidis, J. P. A. et al. Repeatability of published microarray gene expression analyses. Nature Genetics 41, 149–55 (2009)

F1000RESEARCH REQUIRES ALL DATA TO BE INCLUDED

“Reports of findings of new research are always accompanied by the complete dataset on which they are based, provided in a form enabling confirmation or reuse of the data by other researchers.”

-from http://f1000research.com

FULL DATA INTEGRATION WITH RESEARCH PAPERS

FULL DATA INTEGRATION WITH RESEARCH PAPERS

ARTICLE TYPES

ARTICLE TYPES ACCEPTED BY F1000RESEARCH

• Research Articles• Original findings in biology and medicine• Null/negative findings and replication/refutation findings are also encouraged.

• Data Articles • A dataset (or set of datasets) together with the associated methods/protocol

• Case Reports • Method Articles • Articles from a Poster• Short Research Articles • Correspondence • Commentaries / Opinion • Reviews / Systematic Reviews

GENERAL INFORMATION

ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES

Article type Detailed article type APC

Case Report Case report US $250

Short Article

single-result articles / data articles /

articles based on posters /

correspondence / commentaries

US $500

All other articles

includes research articles / methods

articles / protocols / opinions /

reviews incl. systematic reviews

US $1000

Regular Discounts

• 50% discount on APCs for referees (within 12 months after refereeing)

• 10% discount for subscribers (personal or via institute) to F1000Prime

• HINARI/AGORA waivers for low-income countries

F1000RESEARCH BLOG

http://blog.f1000research.com

• News from the journal• Discussions about open

access, open science, and peer review

• Interviews

FOLLOW F1000RESEARCH

@F1000Research

https://www.facebook.com/F1000Research

https://plus.google.com/b/115154573397695146614/115154573397695146614

http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4267793

F1000 SPECIALISTS

F1000 Specialists are official, local representatives for F1000 at their universities, hospitals and institutions.

To find out more and to apply visit http://f1000.com/specialists

OTHER SERVICES FROM F1000

F1000POSTERS

F1000Posters (http://f1000.com/posters) is a unique open access repository for posters and slide presentations in biology and medicine. This permanent, structured environment keeps researchers’ work visible long after a meeting has ended and maximizes the return on the time, effort and money invested in creating each presentation.

•Free to access and free to deposit

•Visibility for your research beyond scientific meetings

•Enables peers to provide feedback on early work

•Poster publication supported by many leading journals and publishers including Nature, PNAS, Elsevier, BMJ, Lancet, PLOS, BioMed Central, SAGE and others. See: http://f1000.com/posters/journalresponses

F1000PRIME

F1000Prime (http://f1000.com/prime) is an in-depth directory of top articles in biology and medicine, as recommended by a Faculty of over 5,000 expert scientists and clinical researchers, assisted by 5,000 associates.

• Covers over 40 disciplines and more than 3,500 journals. • Articles are rated and expert commentaries explain their

importance.• Over 140,000 recommendations (as of June 2013)• On average, 1,500 new recommendations are contributed by

the Faculty each month.• Subscription service (via institute or personal subscription)

F1000TRIALS

F1000Trials (http://f1000.com/f1000trials/) identifies all the clinical trials and systematic reviews published in over 200 general medical and specialist journals. Faculty Members evaluate all trials within days of publication, rating and recommending studies of particular significance.

•Complete listing of randomized controlled trials, early phase studies, systematic reviews and meta-analyses

•Faculty Members review and provide commentary on trial articles

•Most important studies assigned an F1000Prime star rating

•Threaded publication trail links all studies about a particular trial using its unique trial identifier

•Launching 2013

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