23 members of the Association of Medical Research Charities (AMRC) are working in collaboration to develop and launch a joint publication platform, AMRC Open Research. By removing traditional barriers and delays to publication, the new platform will help the charities maximise the value of the donations they receive by making it possible for every output from the research they fund to be rapidly and openly shared.
AMRC Open Research will use services developed by F1000 and a publication process first used on F1000Research. This process has since been adopted by many leading research funders and institutions around the world including Wellcome, the Gates Foundation and the African Academy of Sciences, who have recently launched their own platforms.
AMRC Open Research will provide a new publication option for researchers funded by the participating charities that gives them increased control over the process. As long as the researchers meet eligibility criteria, no editorial decisions are made based on the topic, perceived impact or outcome of their articles. This enables them to openly and immediately share all results from their charity funded research with the scientific community and beyond. Once published, articles will undergo invited open peer review by experts in the respective field.
By making articles available in a matter of days, rather than the typical months or years that traditional publishing can take, and by including access to the raw data, AMRC Open Research will help accelerate understanding of conditions and diseases that affect so many lives.
All articles on AMRC Open Research will be published as open access enabling anyone to see the results of the research, including those living with or affected by the conditions being researched, the charities' wider communities and the public. The expert peer review reports will also be posted alongside the articles, helping everyone understand the merit of the published work about health conditions and diseases.
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