Repository: AMRC Open Research

URL: https://amrcopenresearch.org/
Full Name: AMRC Open Research
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Description: A platform for rapid author-led publication and open peer review of research funded by AMRC member charities
Accepted Content Types: All article types (primary and scecondary research), posters and slides, Preprints
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Contact: [email protected]
Disciplinary Scope: Broad life & biomedical research
Keywords: Broad Life, Life Sciences, biomedical, Medicine, F1000
Launch Date: 2019
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Platform: Custom F1000 software
Platform Languages: English
Record Count: Full text : 22
Repository Type: Disciplinary
Service Pricing: Yes : Author fee applies (min £120; max £800; £20 per poster, slide or document)
Status: Open
Terms of Use:
Last Update: 6/21/21
Accessibility of Conflict of Interest Procedures:
Business Model: Non Profit
Funding: Article processing charges
Objectives: The platform enables researchers to publish any research they wish to share, supporting reproducibility, transparency and impact. It uses an open research publishing model meaning publication within days of submission, followed by open invited peer review. Researchers are also able to publish supporting data enabling reanalyses, replication and reuse.
Countries: <a href="https://doapr.coar-repositories.org/countries/united-kingdom/">United Kingdom</a>
Owner Full Name: Association of Medical Research Charities
Owner Short Name: AMRC
Owner URL: https://www.amrc.org.uk/
Ownership Type: Funding organisation (funder); Membership organisation
Scientific Technical Committees: Yes : includes researchers.
User Committees:
Access to Content: Anyone may access full items free of charge
Access to Metadata: Anyone may access the metadata free of charge
Account Creation: Only needed for submission
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Functional Description: Yes via FAQ
Interoperability: No
Metadata Formats: No
Metadata Languages: English
Metadata Properties: Title, Identifier, Publication/deposition date, Author name(s), Abstract, Author affiliation(s), Funder acknowledgement(s), Subject category, Full-text content, Institution, Competing interests, Referee (name, affiliation, referee report), commenter (name, text, affiliation), study type, article type
Method for Reuse of Metadata: Available for free upon request
Open Source: No
Permission for Re-use of Metadata: Request to platform or author needed
Persistence of Content: Preprints permanently archived in Portico
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Functions:
Function Service Details
Bibliographic References Management Local function Yes : Sciwheel, EndNote, Ref. Manager, Bibtex, ProCite and Sente
Commenting/Annotation Local function Yes : Commenting (including annotation plug-ins)
Endorsement Local function Yes : Via Peer Review Process of the website
Indexing/Search Local function Yes : Google Scholar, Prepubmed, Europe PMC, SciLit
Indexing/Search Google Scholar
Indexing/Search Prepubmed
Indexing/Search Europe PMC
Indexing/Search Scilit
Metrics Local function Downloads, Views and Google Scholars Citations are visible to everyone
Metrics Altmetric
Peer Review Local function Yes : Peer review of articles published in AMRC Open Research takes place after publication; once the article is published, expert reviewers are formally invited to review. The peer review is administered on behalf of the authors by the editorial team, and authors are asked not to contact the reviewers directly.
Revision and Follow-up Local function Yes : On the website we can follow the worflow of the review of the article
Text Mining Local function Yes
Academic Applicant Only?: Yes
Accepted Content Formats: Word doc, RTF
Accepted Content Languages: English (articles); Accepts posters and slides in all languages (metadata and description must be in English)
Accepted Content Level: Research only
Accepted Supplementary Content: Supplementary data must be deposited in an approved repository and included in the article’s Data Availability section as “Extended data”. You can associate figures and tables to your article : All figures and tables must be cited and discussed in the article text, and their titles and legends should be provided in the revised/updated manuscript.
Associated Editor: No
Associated Journal: AMRC Open Research
Author PID: ORCID
Availability of Associated Content: If your article contains data or source code that has been deposited in a repository (e.g. GitHub, Zenodo, Figshare), please ensure the repository is up to date and reflects the revisions made in the new version of the article.
Journal Submission: Restricted - manuscript can only be published in journal linked to server
Licensing: Authors must use CC BY license
Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Content: Community moderation via commenting
Mechanisms to Report Concerns About Plagiarism: Community moderation via commenting
Moderation: Data is available (if applicable), Code is available (if applicable), All authors notified, One author affiliated with AMRC, Text overlap detection, Legal compliance, Ethical compliance
Peer Review Status Indication: Yes
Persistent Identifier: DOI, each version receives its own DOI and own non-DOI citable identifier
Remaining Indrawn Item: Basic information remains on a tombstone page
Text Embargo: No, only if the publisher imposes an embargo period
Time from Submission to Posting: Up to 1 week
Versioning Policy: Accepts new version. All version are archieved and visible for readers.
Who can Deposit?: Anyone can post on the platform. Only an account is required ( The creation of the account is free).
Withdrawal Authorisation: Platform
Withdrawal Policy: Yes. Contravention of copyright, plagiarism, false or inaccurate content, ethical and legal issues