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2006
Rejecting
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E Marder: Current Biology 2006 Feb 7 16(3):R70. "..
. 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 ." 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 "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." "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 "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." "Sussing Out the Search Engines"
by ML Baker
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eWEEK: January 20, 2005 "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...." 2004
The Secret of (Almost) Original Thinking
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Next Wave: Science magazine 19 Sept 2003 "...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..." Public peer review - An alternative
to impact factors
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Current Science 2004 87(4):419-420 "...an
invaluable source of information for all those who want to keep abreast of scientific
literature."
(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 "Provides
scientists with a continuously updated insider's guide to the most important papers
within any given field of research." "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" "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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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 "BMC
sells very attractive add-ons to the free literature, such as the Faculty of 1000
recommendation service" Journal of Biology
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Journal of Biology, 1:3 18 June 2002 "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." Access
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Access, 1 Number 41, June 2002 "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" UKSG Serial News
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UKSG Serial News, Number 16, 28 May 2002 "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" Nieuwsbrief
Universiteitsbibliotheek
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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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ELSO Gazette, Number 9, March 2002 "The
service [Faculty of 1000] is especially useful for those who want to keep
up with developments outside their field." Serials
Faculty of 1000: A way of identifying what are currently considered the most
interesting research articles in biology
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Serials, volume 15, no 1, March
2002 "The service is dynamic, updated every day,
but also keeps an archive of all listings, fully accessible and searchable for
subscribers."
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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