By Jack Nash
18 December 2025
Open Research practices that prioritise openness and transparency are becoming increasingly common in academic publishing. Traditional peer review often happens behind closed doors, but new models are making reviewer names, reports, and research data available to everyone. The shift to open data can help address concerns about the reproducibility of research. When more of the publishing […]
By Jack Nash
05 November 2025
At HRB Open Research, all research outputs deserve proper recognition. That’s why HRB Open Research publishes many diverse article types, from traditional Research Articles to less common formats such as Software Tool Articles, Data Notes, and beyond. In this blog, we outline what a Software Tool Article is and how publishing one could increase recognition and improve the visibility and impact of your research. What are Software Tool […]
By Jack Nash
14 October 2025
Every year, 29 million consultations occur in general practice across Ireland, highlighting primary care’s crucial role in delivering easily accessible healthcare. General practice is a prime example of community-based primary care and is often the first stop for many patients seeking healthcare. In this blog post, we will discuss the importance of primary care research […]
By Jack Nash
10 October 2025
Over recent years, many researchers have alluded to a ‘reproducibility crisis’, where many studies are difficult or impossible to reproduce. So, how can researchers make their work more reproducible? We’ve covered some methods in a previous blog post; however, the diverse article types available to authors publishing on HRB Open Research also offer a solution […]
By Jack Nash
31 July 2025
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. […]
By Jack Nash
09 July 2025
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 […]
By Jack Nash
05 June 2025
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. […]
By Jack Nash
30 April 2025
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 […]