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Has Covid-19 Changed Researcher Behaviour?
We hope that the scale and reach of the Covid-19 pandemic will realise sustained change in the research culture, with openness and collaboration firmly embedded.
Raincloud Plots: a Multi-Platform Tool For Robust Data Visualization
Raincloud Plots: a Multi-Platform Tool For Robust Data Visualization
These “raincloud plots” can visualize raw data, probability density, and key summary statistics such as median, mean, and relevant confidence intervals in an appealing and flexible format with minimal redundancy.
Guidance for Research Organisations on How to Implement Responsible and Fair Approaches for Research Assessment
Guidance for Research Organisations on How to Implement Responsible and Fair Approaches for Research Assessment
Information for Wellcome-funded organisations on how to implement responsible and fair approaches for research assessment that meet the expectations set out in Wellcome's open access policy 2021.
Value People As Well As Papers to Improve Research Culture
As scientists, we try to make sure our research is rigorous so that we can avoid costly errors. We should take the same approach to tackle issues in research culture, says Professor Christopher Jackson.
Sharing Research Data and Findings Relevant to the Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Outbreak
Sharing Research Data and Findings Relevant to the Novel Coronavirus (nCoV) Outbreak
A call on researchers, journals and funders to ensure that research findings and data relevant to this outbreak are shared rapidly and openly to inform the public health response and help save lives.
Wellcome Open Research: a Summary of Year 3
Analysis of publishing activity on the Wellcome Open Research platform and preview of some of the activities planned for 2020.
What Researchers Think About the Culture They Work In: Quantitative Dataset
What Researchers Think About the Culture They Work In: Quantitative Dataset
Here we present an anonymized version of the dataset that we collected in the quantitative phase of Wellcome's research on research culture. Additionally, we present a document detailing how the data was transformed to protect anonymity. We also present a flowchart that indicates how participants were guided to answer questions in the survey.
Guidance for Research Organisations on How to Implement the Principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment | Wellcome
Guidance for Research Organisations on How to Implement the Principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment | Wellcome
Draft guidance for Wellcome-funded organisations on how to implement the core principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
Mosaic to Close After Five Years of Award-winning Long-form Journalism
Mosaic, Wellcome's digital platform for long-form journalism, is closing on 10 December 2019.
7 Things Manifesto Writers Should Know About Science | Wellcome
A UK election has been called for the 12 December. That means the scramble is on for the political parties to pull together a manifesto that will capture the imagination and lead to votes.
Wellcome Global Monitor 2018
The world's largest study into how people around the world think and feel about science and major health challenges.
Open Research Fund | Wellcome
Enabling researchers to develop and test innovative ways of making health research open, accessible and reusable.
Open Access and Plan S: How Wellcome is Tackling Four Key Concerns | Wellcome
Open Access and Plan S: How Wellcome is Tackling Four Key Concerns | Wellcome
There has been a fair amount of reactions to the changes being made to Wellcome's open access policy to ensure that no research is behind a paywall. This is how Wellcome are working to address them.
Researchers Can Now Transfer Wellcome Grants Outside the UK
Alyson Fox, the Director of Grants at Wellcome, explains why they're changing their policy on transferring grants to ensure research can thrive in the UK, EU and beyond.
New Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes to Help Unlock the Value of Research
New Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes to Help Unlock the Value of Research
Data re-use can generate new insights that in turn lead to vital health benefits. To stimulate and celebrate the innovative re-use of data, the Wellcome Trust today launched the Wellcome Data Re-use Prizes.
Open Research Fund: Applications Submitted
For the first time, the Wellcome Trust is publishing received project proposals, and will be adding funding decisions end of October.
How We Judge Research Outputs When Making Funding Decisions
Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, and Jim Smith, Director of Science, discuss the steps Wellcome is taking to fulfil the principles of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).
Wellcome Director's Update: Taking Risks on Bold Ideas
Today we're announcing a GBP250m not-for-profit fund. Director Jeremy Farrar explains how the new Wellcome Leap Fund will accelerate discovery and innovation.
New Fund to Support Groundbreaking Open Research
Wellcome new Open Research Fund supports innovative approaches that enable data, code or other research outputs to be discovered, accessed and reused.
Wellcome Is Going to Review Its Open Access Policy
Given significant changes in publishing research article over the past dozen or so years, the Wellcome Trust thinks the time is right to look again at its OA policy.
Wellcome Explains the Benefits of Developing an Open and Global Grant Identifier
Wellcome, in partnership with Crossref and several research funders including the NIH and the MRC, are looking to pilot an initiative in which new grants would be assigned an open, global and interoperable grant identifier.
Wellcome Open Research: First Year in Numbers
Michael Markie, Publisher at F1000, and Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome, highlight Wellcome Open Research’s achievements in its first year of publishing.
An Analysis of the First 100 Articles Published on Wellcome Open Research
An Analysis of the First 100 Articles Published on Wellcome Open Research
An overview of the type of research that has been published since launch of Wellcome Open Research.
Wellcome’s New Policy on Sharing Research Data
What it means for researchers.
Wellcome Open Research Author Survey Results
Author survey shows that publication speed and the ability to share a variety of research outputs are the primary reasons why authors publish on the Wellcome Open Research publishing platform.
Charity Open Access Fund spend 2015-2016
Wellcome Trust annual analysis of the Charity Open Access Fund spend.
