BMC “Research in Progress” photo competition: the winning images
Earlier this year we proudly announced that BioMed Central is becoming BMC. Firmly believing that our research communities share our enthusiasm for innovation, science and progress we launched our first ever “Research in progress” photography competition. We asked you to send us inspiring images reflecting curiosity, integrity and innovation across four categories: people at work, close-ups of equipment, plants and animals and microscopy, and you certainly didn’t disappoint.
So without further ado, here is our winning image, the runner up and a selection of images that caught the eyes of our judging panel of editors ...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 29, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Open Access Source Type: blogs
Get credit for your data – BMC Research Notes launches data notes
Data is becoming increasingly more important. Researchers tell us they are motivated to share data to progress research, to receive more credit and visibility for their work and to comply with funder policies. Springer Nature’s wider data plan aims to develop products and services to help researchers make their data FAIRer (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Re-usable).
Earlier in the year we have introduced our pilot Data Support Services which help authors comply with funder and journal policies, prepare their data for deposition in a repository and enhance their peer-reviewed publications. The data is stored in t...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 29, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Dirk Krüger Tags: Open Access Publishing BMC Research Notes data data note Source Type: blogs
What does transparency in peer review mean to you?
The 8th (my 1st) Peer Review Congress had just finished with emotional tributes and a standing ovation to Drummond Rennie (inaugurator of the Congresses) for all his efforts to champion research into peer review over the years. It had been an interesting and intense few days packed with talks and reunions with colleagues.
I couldn’t shake the wistful lyrics of the song which closed all sessions (Budapest by George Ezra) “Give me one good reason why I should never make a change” from my head – but there was no chance to be sad as the satellite session on “Under the microscope – transparency in peer rev...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 21, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Elizabeth Moylan Tags: Open Access Publishing peer review peer review week Source Type: blogs
What does transparency in peer review mean to you?
The 8th (my 1st) Peer Review Congress had just finished with emotional tributes and a standing ovation to Drummond Rennie (inaugurator of the Congresses) for all his efforts to champion research into peer review over the years. It had been an interesting and intense few days packed with talks and reunions with colleagues.
I couldn’t shake the wistful lyrics of the song which closed all sessions (Budapest by George Ezra) “Give me one good reason why I should never make a change” from my head – but there was no chance to be sad as the satellite session on “Under the microscope – transparency in peer rev...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 21, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Elizabeth Moylan Tags: Open Access Publishing peer review peer review week Source Type: blogs
Smell of Heritage: The Historic Book Odour Wheel
Matija Strlič and Cecilia Bembibre discuss the cultural significance of odours.
‘If you enter a museum or gallery and you look at a painting, you are reduced to a visual experience’ – Matija Strlič.
Matija and Cecilia co-authored a paper earlier this year, looking into the heritage of smell. Together, they have developed an ‘odour wheel’ which documents smell following the analysis of chemicals released from old parchment/paper. After analysing VOCs, they contextualised their information from a sensory analysis of words given by subjects who were asked to smell various historical books.
They both ...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 14, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Francesca Martin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Peer Review Week 2017: Transparency in Review, and other innovations
At Springer Nature every week is Peer Review Week.
Each week our dedicated in-house editorial staff spend thousands of hours co-ordinating the process of peer review, to ensure and improve the quality of the scientific literature we publish and in doing so, advance discovery. We support our Editors in Chief, Editorial Board Members, Section Editors, peer reviewers and authors by providing guidance and systems to enable them to improve manuscripts. Furthermore, we’re trialing innovative new practices through small-scale pilots, while also exploring grander ideas such as the potential role of Artificial Intelligence.
But a...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 14, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Steven Inchcoombe Tags: Open Access Publishing Uncategorized open peer review peer review week Source Type: blogs
Peer Review Week 2017: Transparency in Review, and other innovations
Each week our dedicated in-house editorial staff spend thousands of hours co-ordinating the process of peer review, to ensure and improve the quality of the scientific literature we publish and in doing so, advance discovery. We support our Editors in Chief, Editorial Board Members, Section Editors, peer reviewers and authors by providing guidance and systems to enable them to improve manuscripts. Furthermore, we’re trialing innovative new practices through small-scale pilots, while also exploring grander ideas such as the potential role of Artificial Intelligence.
But as it’s so integral to what we do and the service ...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 14, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Steven Inchcoombe Tags: Open Access Publishing Uncategorized open peer review peer review week Source Type: blogs
Peer Review Week 2017 quiz
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Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 12, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Open Access Publishing peer review peer review week Source Type: blogs
Peer Review Week 2017 quiz
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Your score:
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Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 12, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Open Access Publishing peer review peer review week Source Type: blogs
BMC “Research in Progress” photo competition – 10 days to go
We’ve received some fantastic entries so far but it’s not too late if you’re yet to enter your photos.
Anyone interested in research and photography can enter from anywhere in the world.
The overall winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of £250 (~ €300/$325), while the runner-up will receive £100 (~€125/$150).
Winning images will also be promoted on the BMC website and our promotional materials.
We are looking for inspiring photographs that reflect innovation, curiosity and integrity in the following categories relating to research:
People at work
Close-ups of eq...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 8, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Open Access Publishing Source Type: blogs
BMC “Research in Progress” photo competition – 10 days to go
We’ve received some fantastic entries so far but it’s not too late if you’re yet to enter your photos.
Anyone interested in research and photography can enter from anywhere in the world.
The overall winner of the competition will receive a cash prize of £250 (~ €300/$325), while the runner-up will receive £100 (~€125/$150).
Winning images will also be promoted on the BMC website and our promotional materials.
We are looking for inspiring photographs that reflect innovation, curiosity and integrity in the following categories relating to research:
People at work
Close-ups of eq...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 8, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Davy Falkner Tags: Open Access Publishing Source Type: blogs
Fishy fossils and lemur survival: cases studies in data curation
The research published in Nature represents a significant advance in our understanding of fish evolution; and the research in BMC Ecology provides evidence for the influence of hormones on survival rates of primates.
These two articles highlight the diverse needs of data publishing and curation support, from multi-gigabyte computed tomography (CT) images, in the Nature article, to Excel spreadsheets for Dr Josué Hasina Rakotoniaina’s experiments involving mouse lemurs.
For researchers that opt to use the Data Support Services, Research Data Editors will carry out a range of checks and enhancements on their metadata (inf...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - September 1, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: Iain Hrynaszkiewicz Tags: Biology Open Access Publishing BMC Ecology Data Support Services FigShare Nature Source Type: blogs
