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2008
"Reviewing Peer Review" by Bruce Alberts, Brooks Hanson and Katrina L Kelner
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Science: July 4, 2008 (Vol. 321, no. 5885, p. 15) DOI: 10.1126/science.1162115
"Efforts like the Faculty of 1000, where experts scan a large set of biology journals and select the best contributions wherever published, can be very helpful. Such efforts can reduce the pressures that many group leaders feel from young scientists, who often place undue emphasis on publishing in a few high-profile journals--where the criteria used for evaluation may not match their research, no matter how valuable the contribution.""
"100th PLoS ONE article evaluated at Faculty of 1000 Biology" by Niyaz Ahmed
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'Support Open Access with dignity and determination' --- Blog of Niyaz Ahmed - Pathobiologist, Veterinarian, and Section Editor of PLoS ONE: July 17, 2008.
"...for a broad based and high volume journal..., the F1000 evaluations constitute important quality indexes for individual articles...This is especially relevant when a much debated bibliometric index such as the 'impact factor' is becoming increasingly irrelevant."
2006
Rejecting arrogance
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Current Biology
2006 Feb 7 16(3):R70.
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... the success of 'Faculty of 1000'... argues that there are successful models for the field to communicate value [of a paper] other than through the rejection rate of the journal in which a paper is published .
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2005
"Open Access in Social and Cultural Science: Innovative Moves to Enhance Access, Inclusion and Impact in Scholarly Communication" by Chris Armbruster
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Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
: November 15, 2005
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Faculty of 1000 highlights important contributions to knowledge and outlines their relevance...Continuously, [providing] readers with a rapidly evolving insider’s evaluation of new research. The merit of the individual paper counts.
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"Impact Factors Run Into Competition: Researchers look for other ways to evaluate a paper's importance" by Richard Monastersky
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
: October 14, 2005
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As the disenchantment over impact factors grows, some new tools are emerging that will help scientists and administrators evaluate colleagues and their research. Faculty of 1000...uses a stable of hand-picked specialists to rate new biology papers.
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"Sussing Out the Search Engines" by ML Baker
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eWEEK
: January 20, 2005
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It's a good way to figure out what's new and exciting in a particular piece of research... The searches on the site are a good way to find articles that might have otherwise escaped notice....
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2004
The Secret of (Almost) Original Thinking
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Next Wave
: Science magazine 19 Sept 2003
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...time demands mean that postdocs can no longer fritter away half a day in the library scouring obscure journals as they used to as graduate students...A lot of this general fishing around can be made much easier with Web sites such as the Faculty of 1000...
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Public peer review - An alternative to impact factors
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Current Science
2004
87(4)
:419-420
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...an invaluable source of information for all those who want to keep abreast of scientific literature.
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(n.b. All Institutes in India are eligible for Free access to F1000 via Faculty member sponsorship:
more details.)
The Science Advisory Board
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Scientific & Medical Links
: The Faculty of 1000
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Provides scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the most important papers within any given field of research.
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"Changing Scientific Publishing" Science letter
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Science
13 August 2004, 305(5686):945-946
"Because this new online service [F1000] evaluates each paper solely on its merits, it is beginning to make the journal in which a paper appears much less relevant."
"Pictogram"
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Pictogram 1, Feb/Mar 2004: Interview with Wil Konings (in
Dutch, excerpt translated):
"Impact Factors and citations simply don't tell you everything. It is, of course, significant if your article is accepted by a journal with a certain reputation. That remains the case, but F1000 adds something to it: your article is selected and considered worthy of submitting a judgement by 'big-name' scientists. I know of a colleague from the USA who used his F1000 rating to underline the case for his promotion with the [University's] Governing Board."
2003
New Research Evaluation Tool for the CNRS
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Science magazine: Next Wave: European Science Bytes 1 August
2003
"Heads of research at CNRS will use Faculty of 1000 Biology as part of
EvalSciences,
an experimental service provided by
INIST, the highly specialised document centre of CNRS, which is currently available to
60 individuals at CNRS who evaluate research within the organisation."
"ALPSP Learned Publishing"
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Learned Publishing
Oct 2003, 16(4):249 -- 258 DOI: 10.1087/095315103322421982
"What's needed is the technology to manage the explosion of information. By being selective, one is better able to assemble the most significant information into knowledge."
"Improving science through online commentary"
Nature
Correspondence
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Nature
2003, 423 (6943): 918
"[Faculty of 1000 Biology provides] independent scientific assessment of published papers directly linked to PubMed"
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eMJA: Medical Journal of Australia
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eMJA
(2003 178 (6): 280-281)
"[An] initiative to highlight meritorious papers..."Faculty of 1000" (F1000) aims to identify the best papers in the basic biological sciences through the eyes of a "faculty" of over 1000 selected scientists who are experts in their fields. The experts also briefly explain their choices. We applaud this initiative."
"Bionieuws"
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Bionieuws
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Bionieuws 5
14 March 2003
"F1000 is a peer review system that lets experts pick out the best "cherries". Impact factors do indicate - as it were - on which trees most of the best cherries might be found, but a lot of them are still hidden from view. F1000 tries to bring all the cherries to the fore."
"Coolsites - Faculty of 1000"
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Emerald Abstracts
February 2003
"[Faculty of 1000] presents an interesting model...for deciding which are the most important academic publications. The site is well designed and fast."
"Getting Wired: Google's Biological Future?" by Glyn Moody
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Computer Weekly
16 January 2003 p.34
"A service that uses real people... is helping academics find data online"
2002
Internet Resources Newsletter
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Internet Resources Newsletter
October 2002
"All in all it [Faculty of 1000] is a wonderful idea, and so simple really, the best ideas often are"
FOS News
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FOS News
29 September 2002
"The judges were particularly impressed by the fact that eminent researchers in the biological sciences are selecting from current literature articles and posting brief commentaries to the web site. This is producing a kind of post publication review system, which is easy to use, up-to-date and customisable to suit personal research areas"
ALPSP website
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ALPSP website
September 2002
"BioMed Central's Faculty of 1000 won the award for Publishing Innovation"
The Technology Source
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The Technology Source, September 2002
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BMC sells very attractive add-ons to the free literature, such as the Faculty of 1000 recommendation service
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Journal of Biology
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Journal of Biology,
1
:3 18 June 2002
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One of BioMed Central's most alluring auxiliary services is Faculty of 1000, a recommendation service harnessing a network of disciplinary experts to recommend the best new work in a large number of biomedical specializations.
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Access
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Access,
1
Number 41, June 2002
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Faculty of 1000, the new online literature evaluation service published by BioMed Central, is planning to make itself freely available to institutions in the world's poorest countries through the World Health Organisation's Access to Research Initiative. Furthermore, the publisher will offer researchers involved with Faculty of 1000 the chance to nominate institutions in other developing countries for a sponsored free subscription
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UKSG Serial News
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UKSG Serial News, Number 16, 28 May 2002
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As a direct consequence of this arrangement, many thousands of researchers in developing countries will have access to Faculty of 1000 evaluations on the most important research papers published in the life sciences
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Nieuwsbrief Universiteitsbibliotheek
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(in Dutch)
Nieuwsbrief Universiteitsbibliotheek, number
16, 15 March 2002
"[Faculty of 1000 is]
conceptually a major step forward in the way scientific information is presented, with the potential of becoming the first real alternative to the flawed Impact Factor ratings. "
(translation)
ELSO Gazette
All change at BioMed Central as it introduces new services and charges
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(registration required)
ELSO Gazette, Number 9, March 2002
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The service
[Faculty of 1000]
is especially useful for those who want to keep up with developments outside their field.
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Serials
Faculty of 1000: A way of identifying what are currently considered the most interesting research articles in biology
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(subscription required)
Serials, volume 15, no 1, March
2002
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The service is dynamic, updated every day, but also keeps an archive of all listings, fully accessible and searchable for subscribers.
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Nature Medicine
Recommended reading?
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Nature Medicine January 2002, Vol 8 No.1
page 1
"The lists of faculty members reveal at a glance that each area is populated by some of the best
names in the field... It is the best means yet for younger researchers to learn what the senior investigators
in their field deem important"
One minor correction for the record: only 20% of evaluated articles were from Nature, Cell and Science rather than 30% as quoted. This figure has now fallen to 16%.
Chemical and Engineering News
A guide to digital literature
Chemical and Engineering News
7 January 2002, Vol 80 pp. 30-33
Interactive Media International: Digital Media in Context
The imi interview: Vitek Tracz, BioMed Central
Interactive Media International
January 2002
“We see the F1000 factor not so much as an alternative [to the impact factor] as an addition. I do think that in some way it’s going to be a better method because it gives a lot of information about why a paper is interesting.”
2001
Library Journal Online Databases: BioMed Central Meeting abstracts and Faculty of 1000
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Library Journal
15 December 2001
“The company is creating a unique service for research scientists that systematically highlights and evaluates the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences”
The Scientist
Watch for changes in 2002
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The Scientist
10 December 2001
“The first new content element to be added to The Scientist will be reviews of significant new research, as identified and ranked by the Faculty of 1000.”
Internet Resources Newsletter
Faculty of 1000
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Internet Resources Newsletter
December 2002
"A unique service for research scientists that systematically highlights and evaluates the most interesting papers published in the biological sciences, based on the recommendations of over 1000 leading researchers."
Trends in Ecology and Evolution
The Online service for keeping up with the biological literature
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Trends in Ecology & Evolution November
2001
“At last there is hope for those of us who feel overwhelmed with the explosion of scientific papers that are relevant to our teaching and research needs. A new online service called Faculty of 1000 (http://www.facultyof1000.com) draws on the expertise of over 1400 leading biologists in areas that range from evolution and biotechnology to genomics and plant–environment interactions.”
Chemical & Engineering News
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CONCENTRATES
Chemical & Engineering News 26 November
2001, page 23
Lisnews.com: Library and Information Science News
Faculty of 1000
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Lisnews.com
18 November 2001
The Charleston Advisor
BioMed Central launch next generation scientific literature recommendation service
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The Charleston Advisor
14 November 2001
The Chronicle of Higher Education
New Online Service Lets Biologists Vote on Most Important Articles
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
13 November 2001
“Faculty of 1000 is one of several new online services that are challenging the role of traditional academic journals”
ESBnotizie
Faculty of 1000
(in Italian)
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ESBnotizie
November 2001
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