Fostering a culture of innovation to accelerate the reach of knowledge, and put it into the hands of those who will shape the future.
F1000 is an open research publisher and services provider that enables researchers, funders, research institutions, societies, and associations to accelerate the reach of knowledge.
At F1000, we believe that innovation and openness are essential to putting research into the hands of those that will shape the future. As part of Taylor & Francis Group, we are driven by our shared aim of facilitating discovery and allowing users to access relevant research quickly and easily, wherever they are.
The problems that the world faces today demand a different approach to convert research into solutions, quickly. Our unique open research publishing model responds to these pressing needs by prioritizing transparency, reproducibility, and editorial rigor.
About F1000
Our unique publishing model
The F1000 publishing model combines the speed of preprints with the benefits of full publication.
Authors are given autonomy throughout the entire publishing process, from what they choose to
publish to which experts should be invited to review.
We believe that all valid research deserves publication, which is why we welcome a wide range of article types, confirmatory and negative results, and null studies. We accept articles based on research quality not research novelty.
The F1000 publishing model enables publication of diverse research outputs in just five steps:
Data preparation
Article submission
Publication
Open peer review and user commenting
Article revision
Our story so far
2002
Vitek Tracz founds F1000 as Faculty of 1000, a reference to the group of 1000 biomedical researchers whose recommendations were used to identify papers of note.
2010
F1000 launches F1000Posters to enable researchers to share their conference posters and slides openly and freely.
2013
F1000 launches the open research publishing platform, F1000Research, and the industry’s first mandatory open data policy.
2015
F1000Research pioneers the use of ‘living and interactive figures’ embedded within research articles.
2016
F1000 embarks on a new partnership with Wellcome to create Wellcome Open Research, using the same open publishing model as F1000Research.
2017
F1000 partners with the Gates Foundation to create Gates Open Research, an open research publishing venue for Gates-funded researchers.
2018
F1000 partners with the Health Research Board in Ireland to create HRB Open Research, an open research publishing venue for HRB-funded researchers.
2020
F1000 joins Taylor & Francis Group, united by the shared aim of facilitating discovery and allowing users to access relevant research quickly and easily, wherever they are.
2021
F1000 partners with the European Commission to create Open Research Europe, for the publication of research stemming from Horizon 2020 funding across all subject areas.
2021
F1000 brings its open research publishing model to China, creating the world’s first publishing venues dedicated to digital twin technologies and collaborative robots.
2024
F1000 collaborates with the Gates Foundation to launch VeriXiv – a verified preprint Platform.
Explore our publishing venues
Choosing where to publish your research is an important decision. Our publishing venues offer researchers from all disciplines the opportunity to publish a variety of research outputs, enabling credit for every part of a research project.
Discover ways to partner with F1000
F1000 works directly with funders, research institutions, and organizations to create open research publishing solutions for research communities. See how your organization can reach your open research goals with F1000.