Micro Reports – One year on
Last year, Molecular Brain became the first BMC journal to introduce Micro Reports, an innovative way to quickly share research which would otherwise go unpublished as a full research paper.
Micro Reports are short research summaries of up to 1200 words, ideal for publishing negative results, reproduced studies, smaller data sets which are still important but would not warrant a full research article, and brand new findings which should enter the public domain as soon as possible.
Since the launch of this new article type, the journal has received 58 Micro Report submissions, with 24 publications to date.
We’ve highlight...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - October 18, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Amy Joint Tags: Biology Open Access Publishing Molecular Brain neuroscience SfN19 Source Type: blogs
Gut Pathogens celebrates its 10th anniversary
Gut Pathogens was founded in 2009 as a journal focusing on enteric infections and aimed at an audience in the Global South and middle income countries. The focus of the first articles remained directed at virulence, epidemiology and genomics of classical pathogens. However, soon after the developments in the field of probiotics turned the journal into a preferred venue for research on this topic.
Furthermore, parallel developments in genomics of bacteria resulted in an increase of short articles documenting bacterial genomics, and this led us to create a new short article type called Genome Announcements. Soon after, the s...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - June 26, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Niyaz Ahmed Tags: Biology Developing World Health Medicine bacterial genomics enteric infections gastroenterology gut gut pathogens gut-brain axis microbiome Source Type: blogs
Mycology research on the front line of environmental and health challenges
Mycology crucially contributes to our understanding of the threat fungi present for humans, plants and animals, as well as their role in ecology and environment diversity. David Hawksworth, Editor-in-Chief, and Wieland Meyer, President of the International Mycological Association, tell us more about the journal IMA Fungus, now publishing with BMC.
What makes this journal unique?
David: It is the official journal of the International Mycological Association providing, in addition to original research papers regarded as of wide interest to mycologists, reports and news or concerning activities of the IMA and member organiza...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - June 7, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Roberto Garbero Tags: Biology Health Open Access Publishing biotechnology ecology fungi IMA Fungus mycology Source Type: blogs
Enriching the neuroscience data commons: An interview with the Editors-in-Chief of NeuroCommons
NeuroCommons is a new Open Access journal published with BMC that welcomes submissions from across the full breadth of the neurosciences. Today the journal is launching a call for papers to invite submissions that demonstrate why data sharing matters and show how data reuse is leading to new scientific insights. Read more about the new series and how to submit here.
What is the intent of the Commons and how does NeuroCommons fit in?
The concept of the Commons relates to a set of resources shared by a community or the public. In our field, anytime someone makes their data, analyses code, protocols, workflows or related reso...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 29, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Thomas Appleyard Tags: Biology Open Access Publishing Technology data Data sharing NeuroCommons Q&A Source Type: blogs
The greatest scientists are artists too
Albrecht Dürer, considered the greatest German artist of the Northern Renaissance, produced masterpieces that had an enduring influence on natural sciences for centuries.
Among the others, a woodcut of a rhinoceros that remained the animal’s ‘official’ scientific image until the 1700s; the first known pictorial representation of a syphilitic man; an astonishing terrestrial map of the eastern hemisphere in perspective; and woodcuts of the northern and southern skies shown as polar projections. His influence as a visual artist on science is profound because he “helped visualize changing conceptions of the universeâ€...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 23, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Roberto Garbero Tags: Biology Health Publishing art citizen science history of science mental health Source Type: blogs
Power to the people …
The event was put on by colleagues from INVOLVE, Centre for Public Engagement, Kingston University and St George’s, University of London and University College London Centre for Co-production in Health Research. We were supported by Academic Health Sciences Network for Kent, Surrey and Sussex and National Institute for Health Research Design Service London.
We are grateful to our speakers, attendees and followers on Twitter for making the day a successful one.
The sharing of power is the key principle in co-producing research and this is reflected in guidance co-produced by INVOLVE and colleagues from National Institute ...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - May 1, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Gary Hickey Tags: Medicine Publishing Co-production in research Research Involvement and Engagement Source Type: blogs
The gender balancing act
International Women’s Day is connected to over a century of feminist protest, action, and activism. From women’s right to vote to anti-war, and anti-Imperialist action, women have mobilized in different contexts with calls for inclusion and representation.
Let’s make sure women and girls can shape the policies, services and infrastructure that impact all our lives. And let’s support women and girls who are breaking down barriers to create a better world for everyone.
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres
In 1975, March 8th was designated as International Women’s Day by the United Nations (UN). Since that time,...
Source: BioMed Central Blog - March 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: Jamie Lundine, Dr. Karen Lawford & Yvonne James Tags: Uncategorized International Women's Day Source Type: blogs
