Sustainable Earth – science, policy, society
Today, BMC launches its new journal, Sustainable Earth. Peter Newman, the Editor-in-Chief of the journal, talks about the need for a new publication… Read more »
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Pangolins: the World’s Cutest Creature You’ve Never Heard Of
Curious and cute, pangolins are among the strangest of mammals. Here we discuss new research, recently published in BMC Genomics, that reshapes our… Read more »
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BMC “Research in Progress” photo competition: the winning images
Today we announce the winning entries of our BMC “Research in progress” photography competition. In this blog you can see the… Read more »
Get credit for your data – BMC Research Notes launches data notes
Earlier this year BMC Research Notes was re-structured with a focus on short note articles. Now we are launching data notes, short… Read more »
World Heart Day 2017: At the heart of health!
The fight against cardiovascular disease goes global this World Heart Day, 29th September 2017!
What does transparency in peer review mean to you?
As part of this year’s peer review week celebrations, Alice Meadows (ORCID) chaired a panel debate with Irene Hames (Peer review… Read more »
Long live the bats
Why do bats live so much longer than other small, high energy mammals? I recently attended the Society for Molecular Biology and… Read more »
Peer Review Week 2017: Transparency in Review, and other innovations
At Springer Nature every week is Peer Review Week. Each week our dedicated in-house editorial staff spend thousands of hours… Read more »
Peer Review Week 2017 quiz
Peer Review Week is an annual event that celebrates the vital role that good peer review plays in maintaining scientific quality.… Read more »
BMC “Research in Progress” photo competition – 10 days to go
There are only 10 days left to submit your entries to the BMC “Research in Progress” photography competition. The deadline for… Read more »