Ashley Farley
@openaccessmaven.bsky.social
Open Access Advocate & Librarian - Senior Officer of Knowledge & Research Services at the Gates Foundation- Opinions & endorsements are my own
And by heated convos I am referring to the fact that when we launched Gates Open Research almost a decade ago researchers thought that preprinting and open peer review was wild. Now perceptions have really shifted. Authors that embraced a new model have made it much easier for others to follow
July 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And by heated convos I am referring to the fact that when we launched Gates Open Research almost a decade ago researchers thought that preprinting and open peer review was wild. Now perceptions have really shifted. Authors that embraced a new model have made it much easier for others to follow
Time through peer review may be something to look into. With the F1000 model you have to find peer reviewers who agree to be named & the peer review report to be published. F1000 doesn't seem to struggle any more than other publishers to find peer reviewers as far as I know but something to consider
July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Time through peer review may be something to look into. With the F1000 model you have to find peer reviewers who agree to be named & the peer review report to be published. F1000 doesn't seem to struggle any more than other publishers to find peer reviewers as far as I know but something to consider
Now for the MDPI of it all - I think there is a couple things at play here:
1. MPDI aggressive marketing & supplements
2. Speed - while F1000 is fast in some respects if you are getting to an index article MDPI may be faster
3. Maybe easier time through peer review
1. MPDI aggressive marketing & supplements
2. Speed - while F1000 is fast in some respects if you are getting to an index article MDPI may be faster
3. Maybe easier time through peer review
July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Now for the MDPI of it all - I think there is a couple things at play here:
1. MPDI aggressive marketing & supplements
2. Speed - while F1000 is fast in some respects if you are getting to an index article MDPI may be faster
3. Maybe easier time through peer review
1. MPDI aggressive marketing & supplements
2. Speed - while F1000 is fast in some respects if you are getting to an index article MDPI may be faster
3. Maybe easier time through peer review
Readership and discoverability are still an issue. It's something we've been slowly working on over the years. It's hard when there is so much noise. Authors of course want their papers read & trusted known venues will provide that. I do wish there was more creativity in solutions for this issue.
July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Readership and discoverability are still an issue. It's something we've been slowly working on over the years. It's hard when there is so much noise. Authors of course want their papers read & trusted known venues will provide that. I do wish there was more creativity in solutions for this issue.
Great piece! I think there are a lot of interesting things to unpack here. In my general experience with Gates Open Research authors are reluctant to any change - even if positive. If they think their colleagues expect them to publish in X,Y,Z they will continue to do so.
July 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Great piece! I think there are a lot of interesting things to unpack here. In my general experience with Gates Open Research authors are reluctant to any change - even if positive. If they think their colleagues expect them to publish in X,Y,Z they will continue to do so.
Agreed. F1000 & Gates - we made the trek around to grantee groups that would listen. There were heated conversations. I do think it was fundamental to uptake. I'd still like to see much more use but the two limiting factors have been - lack of impact factor & indexing limitations.
July 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Agreed. F1000 & Gates - we made the trek around to grantee groups that would listen. There were heated conversations. I do think it was fundamental to uptake. I'd still like to see much more use but the two limiting factors have been - lack of impact factor & indexing limitations.