HRB Open Research Blog

Translating primary care research into improved community health outcomes

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 […]

Article type spotlight: Study Protocols and Registered Reports

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 […]

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.