Journal Guide

Gates Open Research publishes scholarly articles reporting any basic scientific, translational, applied and clinical research (including quantitative and qualitative studies) that has been funded (or co-funded) by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Gates Open Research is a publishing platform owned by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and uses technology and editorial services provided by F1000. Each publication must have at least one author who has been, or still is, a recipient of a Gates Foundation grant.

The fully open access platform enables authors to control the publication process themselves: submitted articles and their accompanying source data are published after a rapid set of objective checks, ensuring that basic scholarly publication policies and standards are adhered to. The published articles then undergo invited and open peer review (referee names and the referee report are published alongside the article). Authors can revise and update their articles when and how they wish. Articles that reach an adequate level of positive formal peer review will be indexed in PubMed and elsewhere.

See the Article Guidelines for information about preparing different article types. 

HRB Open Research provides all HRB-funded researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing. All articles benefit from immediate publication, transparent refereeing and the inclusion of all source data.

HRB Open Research publishes scholarly articles reporting any basic scientific, translational, applied and clinical research (including quantitative and qualitative studies) in any of the areas funded (or co-funded) by the Health Research Board.

Submission to HRB Open Research is open to all HRB-grantholders or people working on a HRB-funded/co-funded grant on or since 1 January 2017. Publications from this group of researchers may include research outputs that were not directly funded as part of a HRB grant.

NIHR Open Research provides all NIHR-funded researchers with a place to publish any results they think are worth sharing. All articles benefit from rapid Open Access publication, transparent peer review and editorial guidance on making all source data openly available.

Each publication must have at least one author who has been, or still is, a recipient of a Wellcome grant.

Wellcome Open Research provides all Wellcome researchers with a place to rapidly publish any results they think are worth sharing. All articles benefit from immediate publication, transparent refereeing and the inclusion of all source data.

Wellcome Open Research is an Open Research platform: all articles are published open access; the publishing and peer-review processes are fully transparent; and authors are asked to include detailed descriptions of methods and to provide full and easy access to source data underlying the results to improve reproducibility.