Why "We the People" should support open access
Guest blog post by Dr Bill (Craig) Hooker, Associate Editor of BMC Research Notes and open science enthusiast, and strong supporter of the access2research initiative Sign the Petition! I don’t suppose...
View ArticleHow do we standardize peer review of bioinformatics software?
The 20th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB), an international meeting positioned at the intersection of computer science and biology, took place in Long...
View ArticleHelp put the open in Open Data and Open Bibliography
Legal restrictions and uncertainties surrounding scientific data are a barrier to efficient data sharing and reuse, and ultimately the pace of research. Copyright in particular is problematic for data....
View ArticleSystematic Reviews joins Threaded Publications initiative
Authors of study protocols in Systematic Reviews are now entitled to a 20% discount on the article processing charge (APC) for publication of the results of the same systematic review in the journal....
View ArticleEncouraging data developments on the BMC series
The BMC series biology journals have joined BMC Research Notes in encouraging all authors of original research-based articles to publish supporting data permanently online and include an ‘Availability...
View ArticleHow far have we got with public disclosure of trial data?
BioMed Central in collaboration with an Ottawa-based researcher has received the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) research grant for a timely project which aims to facilitate wider sharing of...
View ArticleCurrent Controlled Trials and DOIs – another important step towards Threaded...
The introduction of digital object identifiers (DOIs) to all ISRCTN records in the Current Controlled Trials database, announced today, is an essential part of achieving the aims of the Threaded...
View ArticleJournal of Medical Case Reports celebrates launch of Cases Database
To celebrate the launch of Cases Database, BioMed Central is offering a discounted article processing charge to Journal of Medical Case Reports authors, and expanding the scope of its Case Report of...
View ArticleVersion control for scientific research
Guest blog post from Dr Karthik Ram (KR) and Dr C. Titus Brown (CTB) who have been working with BioMed Central on our recently announced collaboration with the social coding repository, GitHub. We live...
View ArticleSocial coding and scholarly communication – open for collaboration
Innovation in how social online tools and their features develop is frequently defined and driven by the network’s users. A collaboration between BioMed Central, some of our authors and editors, and...
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