F1000Prime uses post-publication peer review to identify the best life science research articles published across journals. Experts review over 2-3% of articles and provide recommendations. F1000Research is an open access publishing platform that uses post-publication peer review as the formal peer review process, publishing articles within 7 days and making referee reports public. It aims to avoid delays and biases of traditional publishing. Both services aim to advance open science.
1. EXPERT POST-PUBLICATION PEER REVIEW AT F1000
Eva Amsen
Outreach Director F1000Research
Nouvelles formes de communication et d’évaluation scientifiques :
perspectives et légitimités
September 25, 2014 - Nice
2. Faculty of 1000
Directory of
recommendations of the best
research in biology and
medicine from a faculty of
global experts.
(Launched 2002)
Open science publishing
platform for life scientists that
offers rapid publication ad
transparent peer review.
(Launched 2013)
Open access repository for
posters and slide
presentations in biology and
medicine that is free to view
and deposit
(Launched 2010)
3.
4. WHAT IS F1000PRIME?
History:
“Faculty of 1000”: Started with 1000 Faculty Members writing
recommendations of published articles.
2002: F1000 Biology
2006: F1000 Medicine
2010: Merged
2012: Renamed to F1000Prime
Now: Faculty of nearly 6,000 leading experts, assisted by over 5,000
associates. Covers over 40 disciplines and more than 3,700 journals
5. WHAT IS F1000PRIME?
Faculty recommendations and comments
form a fully searchable database, containing
more than 150,000 records.
Aims to identify the best research available.
8. F1000PRIME FEATURES – SUMMARY
• Faculty Members (FMs) select, rate and comment on the most
interesting and important research articles (2-3% of the life science
literature)
• FMs assign one of three positive ratings: Exceptional (3 stars), Very
Good (2 stars) or Good (1 star)
• Relevant classifications added (e.g. changes clinical practice)
• FMs’ recommendation text is a short, expert, plain English
recommendation written for a global readership
• Articles are ranked by F1000Prime scores and browse-able by
section
• Customized searching and alerting with MyF1000
9. USING THE F1000PRIME RECOMMENDATIONS
F1000Prime recommendations are positive: they are meant to
highlight and recommend literature that is selected by top
researchers in biology and medicine.
Database with more than 150,000 records.
On average, 1,500 new recommendations are contributed by the
Faculty each month.
How can we use these recommendations?
10. USING THE F1000PRIME RECOMMENDATIONS
Overview of topics within a field:
• F1000Prime Reports – publishes reviews that expand on the
recommended literature coverage of F1000Prime. Meant to
provide highlights on one topic.
Discovery – find new articles to read:
• Customisable smart search feature on F1000Prime site.
• Mobile app – discovery on the go
• Coming soon: integration of recommendations into own
literature discovery and writing process.
12. App is free to download.
Access to
recommendations is
provided to users from
subscribing institutes, or
individual subscribers.
MOBILE APP
13. USING THE F1000PRIME RECOMMENDATIONS
Overview of topics within a field:
• F1000Prime Reports – publishes reviews that expand on the
recommended literature coverage of F1000Prime. Meant to
provide highlights on one topic.
Discovery – find new articles to read:
• Customisable smart search feature on F1000Prime site.
• Mobile app – discovery on the go
• Coming soon: integration of recommendations into own
literature discovery and writing process.
19. POST-PUBLICATION PEER REVIEW AT F1000
F1000Prime:
Using post-publication peer review for discovery of recommended
articles, published across different journals in biology and medicine.
Selected experts (F1000 Faculty Members) choose articles to review.
Soon: integrate recommendations into collaborative writing tool.
F1000Research:
Using post-publication peer review as formal peer review of new
research published by F1000Research.
Experts invited to review articles.
20.
21. WHAT IS F1000RESEARCH?
•F1000Research is an Open Science publishing platform for life scientists,
offering immediate publication and transparent refereeing, avoiding editorial
bias and ensuring the inclusion of all source data.
•F1000Research has a prestigious international Advisory Board of more than
1300 of the most eminent names in biology and medicine. Most are also
F1000Prime Faculty Members.
22. KEY FEATURES OF F1000RESEARCH
• Immediate publication
• Transparent refereeing
• No editorial bias
• Data included
• Indexed in PubMed
23. TRADITIONAL PUBLISHING
• Most journals publish articles 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.
24. F1000RESEARCH PUBLISHING
• F1000Research articles are published online after an in-house pre-refereeing
check, on average, within 7 days.
• Peer review and revisions are carried out publicly.
• Invited referees judge whether the work is scientifically sound.
• Articles with sufficient positive referee reports are indexed in PubMed.
26. REFEREE SCORES
Approved
Approved with reservations
Not approved
• Articles with sufficient positive evaluations are
indexed in PubMed, Scopus, and Embase.
or
Minimal requirements for indexing
27. REFEREE REPORTS ARE PUBLIC
Referee names are visible.
View count shows how many people
read the referee report
Referee reports are citable with a DOI.
Referee reports and
author comments are
visible to anyone.
29. Regular Discounts
• 50% discount on APCs for
referees (within 12 months
after refereeing)
• 20% discount for articles that
are part of an Article
Collection
• 10% discount for subscribers
(personal or via institute) to
F1000Prime
• Institutional agreements
available
• HINARI/AGORA waivers for
low-income countries
ARTICLE PROCESSING CHARGES
Article type APC
Data Notes; Case Reports;
Correspondence
US $250
Clinical Practice Articles; Software
Tools; Observation Articles; Opinion
Articles; Research Notes
US $500
Research Articles; Method Articles;
Study Protocols; Reviews; Systematic
Reviews
US $1000
30. TWO TYPES OF POST-PUBLICATION PEER REVIEW AT F1000
F1000Prime F1000Research
Publishes recommendations of articles that
have already been published (in any journal)
Open Science publication platform that publishes
original research articles.
Subscription service - subscribers can read the
reviews
Open Access (with open peer review and open
data) – everyone can read the reviews
Recommendations written by Faculty Members Peer review carried out by invited experts
(some are Faculty Members, some are not)
Articles have already passed peer review when
the Faculty Members write their evaluations.
The post-publication peer review IS the formal
peer review process.
Goal: Provide a service to help researchers
discover interesting articles within the life
sciences.
Goal: Provide a platform where researchers
publish their original work under transparent
and fair conditions.
31. F1000 SPECIALISTS
• A global network of science
communication enthusiasts helping
to develop innovative publishing
tools and educate life science
researchers about novel tools from
F1000.
• F1000 Specialists are users of
F1000 products: PhD students and
postdocs, researchers.
• http://f1000.com/specialists
