2. INTRODUCTION TO F1000RESEARCH
Graham Steel
Open Science Enthusiast
F1000 Specialist

3. OVERVIEW
• What is F1000Research?
• Transparent post-publication peer review
• Data sharing and publication
• Article types
• General information
• Other services from F1000

4. WHAT IS F1000RESEARCH?

5. 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.

6. KEY FEATURES OF F1000RESEARCH
•Publication within a week
•Post-publication peer review
•Transparent peer review
•All data included
•Accepts non-traditional article types

7. WHAT OUR AUTHORS ARE SAYING

8. TRANSPARENT POST-PUBLICATION PEER REVIEW

9. 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.

10. 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...

11. 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.

12. 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.

13. VERSIONS
Different versions of the
article are tracked
Different versions of the
article are tracked

14. REFEREE SCORES
• Approved
• Approved with reservations
• Not approved

15. INDEXED PAPERS
Articles with sufficient positive evaluations are indexed in PubMed, Scopus,
and Embase.
or
Minimal requirements for indexing

16. 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:

17. DATA SHARING AND PUBLICATION

18. 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

19. 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)

20. 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

21. FULL DATA INTEGRATION WITH RESEARCH PAPERS

22. FULL DATA INTEGRATION WITH RESEARCH PAPERS

23. ARTICLE TYPES

24. 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

25. GENERAL INFORMATION

26. 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

27. F1000RESEARCH BLOG
http://blog.f1000research.com
• News from the journal
• Discussions about open
access, open science,
and peer review
• Interviews

28. FOLLOW F1000RESEARCH
@F1000Research
https://www.facebook.com/F1000Research
https://plus.google.com/b/115154573397695146614/115154573397695146614
http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4267793

29. 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

30. OTHER SERVICES FROM F1000

31. 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

32. 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)

33. 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

34. QUESTIONS?
Graham Steel
http://f1000.com/specialists
steelgraham7 [at] gmail dot com
Twitter @McDawg