HRB Open Research Blog

Data Sharing Made Simple: How to Prepare Your Research Data for Reuse

Open data is a key component of open science practices, and making your data available for others to reuse can increase the validity, reproducibility, and impact of your research. In the following blog post, we outline the benefits of data reuse and offer insight into the best practices for sharing your data with other researchers. […]

Open Data Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Open Data can be confusing, but it doesn’t have to be! In this blog post, we’ll cover some of the frequently asked questions our team receives about Open Data to help you prepare the underlying data before you submit your Article to HRB Open Research. What is a data availability statement? A data availability statement […]

Tips for integrating peer reviewer feedback to your research

Peer review is important for academic publishing, helping to maintain quality and trust in research. After your manuscript passes our editorial checks and is published on HRB Open Research, our in-house Editorial team will invite experts from your field to carefully review the paper before it receives the ‘approved’ peer review status on the Platform. […]

How to write a constructive peer review report

Peer review is an integral part of scholarly communication and academic publishing. It’s also an opportunity to provide valuable and constructive feedback to authors, helping them improve their manuscripts and to verify the quality of their research. However, writing peer review reports can be challenging, as there is no one-size-fits-all approach, and some research papers […]

Overcoming the reproducibility crisis – how to make your work more reproducible

Reproducibility is important as it shows that research results are reliable, not random or biased. In a previous blog post, we discussed the benefits of reproducibility in open research. However, many researchers find it challenging to make their work reproducible. In this blog post, we examine the barriers to reproducibility and offer insight into making […]

Enhancing research communication: writing for non-academic stakeholders

One of the primary goals of research is to extend its impact beyond academia, influencing global policies, enhancing patient care, and contributing to public health. To amplify this impact, authors must be able to communicate research effectively to non-academic stakeholders.

Discover the strategies researchers can employ to master the art of communicating research effectively and convey their work to diverse audiences.

Data-sharing success stories from HRB-funded researchers

The open data movement is rapidly gaining momentum, with many governments and international organisations worldwide announcing open data initiatives and policies that support data reuse. The Health Research Board and HRB Open Research advocate their own Open Data Policy, encouraging researchers to make data as open as possible and as closed as necessary. We highlight […]

The importance of reproducibility in Open Research

Reproducibility can demonstrate that research results are not due to bias or chance, which is vital for accurate and reliable results. It refers to the degree to which other researchers can achieve the same results using the same dataset and analysis as the original research. Research is reproducible when other researchers can achieve the results […]