Open Access with F1000: new horizons for scholarly publishing

Max Planck Society affiliated authors can publish their articles on F1000Research free of charge. Liz Allen, Director of Strategic Initiatives at F1000, and Vicky Hellon, Publishing Editor at F1000, talk about our publishing model and how this can help Max Planck researchers by making their research as discoverable, accessible and useable as possible. F1000 counts itself among publishing pioneers who are today offering an alternative, more radical approach to publishing research findings. Launched in 2013, F1000Research was designed to remove unnecessary barriers and delays that researchers face when sharing their research findings. For those who aren’t familiar with F1000’s publishing model, we offer post-publication, open peer review which in a nutshell, combines the benefits of pre-printing (providing rapid publication) with expert, invited peer review (providing quality assurance). And we know that researchers increasingly value the benefits of getting their work out early, evidenced by the phenomenal growth and uptake of preprint servers across disciplines. More on how it works here. The F1000Research platform also offers additional benefits to researchers compared to other journals. The platform publishes ‘traditional’ research articles but also allows authors to publish a range of different article types too; such as software tools, data notes, method articles and registered reports, allowing researchers to be credited for all their different research outputs. ...
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