Think. Check. Submit. A helpful checklist for researchers
Recent years have seen an increase in new publishing services and outlets, in response to huge growth in the volume of research output. At the same time we hear… Read more »
Ruth Francis
Head of Communications, Open Access and UK at Springer Science+Business Media
Ruth Francis is Manager, Policy & External Relations at Springer Nature.
She was previously Head of Communication for Open Access and the UK at Springer Science+Business Media.
Ruth has coordinated and spoken on panels on subjects ranging from science communication, evaluation of campaigns, and evidence based policy making. She has written for Nature, and appeared on the Guardian Science Podcast.
She has worked at Nature Publishing Group, as Head of Press, as a press officer at King's College London and at Cancer Research UK.
She was previously Head of Communication for Open Access and the UK at Springer Science+Business Media.
Ruth has coordinated and spoken on panels on subjects ranging from science communication, evaluation of campaigns, and evidence based policy making. She has written for Nature, and appeared on the Guardian Science Podcast.
She has worked at Nature Publishing Group, as Head of Press, as a press officer at King's College London and at Cancer Research UK.
Latest posts by Ruth Francis (see all)
- Think. Check. Submit. A helpful checklist for researchers - 1st October 2015
- Mitochondrial replacement IVF: evolving attitudes to embryo research - 4th February 2015
- The Jolie effect – increasing options for patients - 19th September 2014
Mitochondrial replacement IVF: evolving attitudes to embryo research
Reflecting on the UK Parliament’s debate and decision on mitochondrial replacement IVF
The Jolie effect – increasing options for patients
Celebrity endorsements for campaigns are so common they can feel meaningless – see the ‘stars’ who added their Yes or No in the run up to the Scottish… Read more »
The gatekeepers of the future
The world around us has transformed dramatically in the last 20 years, and the world of science is being shaped by technology. Crowdsourcing and citizen science… Read more »
BioMed Central rolls up its sleeves for citizen science
Posted on behalf of Shreeya Nanda, Deputy Editor for Biology and Medicine, BioMed Central At this year’s BMC Day, the once-yearly company bonding event, we… Read more »
Guest blog – Galaxy Zoo: exploring the universe from the comfort of your sofa
Last month, staff at BioMed Central took a day off from publishing science, to get involved in doing some! One of several citizen science projects engaged in… Read more »
In support of progress towards clinical trial transparency
As the draft of the new EU Clinical Trials Regulation is poised to enter Triologue discussions, BioMed Central has thrown its support behind the AllTrials… Read more »
Highlighting the best open access research: BioMed Central’s 8th Annual Research Awards
“Winning the BioMed Central Research Awards 2011 gave our article a boost… a little over a year after the paper was published, it had been viewed almost… Read more »
Day 2 – 5th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing
A round-up of the twitter discussion for September 19th 2013 at the 5th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, held in Riga, Latvia.
5th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing
A round-up of the twitter discussion for September 18th 2013 at the 5th Conference on Open Access Scholarly Publishing, held in Riga, Latvia.