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In support of International Data Week, Hollydawn Murray introduces our newly overhauled data guidelines, part of HRB Open Research’s effort to help researchers maximise the potential of their data by best enabling reuse.

Declan Devane talks about Registered Reports and how this two-stage approach can reduce publication bias, while increasing transparency and reproducibility

Our peer review model gives early career researchers the credit they deserve   Co-reviewing is a useful way to learn about peer review, however, not…

In this Q&A, we ask Mohamad Saab, University College Cork, about his systematic review published on HRB Open Research (Version 2 now available), discussing the rise of testicular disorders in Ireland, interventions to help promote awareness and he shares his thoughts on open peer review.  

Patrice James, a Clinical Research Support Officer at University College Cork, talks about her study protocol on fluoride and oral health. In this guest blog, Patrice talks about evaluating the impact of policy changes regarding water fluoridation in Ireland on children’s teeth and the benefits of open peer review.

Éidín Ní Shé, a Research Fellow at University College Dublin, is a co-author on three articles published on HRB Open Research. She is in the lead author of the first article to pass peer review on HRB Open Research. In this guest blog, Éidín tells us how she found the publication process and why it is relevant to her work in public patient involvement in health research.

Today marks the launch of HRB Open Research with the publication of its first eight articles. Patricia Clarke, Programme Manager at HRB, gives us a rundown on some of these articles and what to expect next from HRB Open Research.