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Here are two Q&As with authors about their timely articles looking at the experiences of vulnerable populations and the changes that need to be made to healthcare to help these groups during the crisis and after.

The HRB have created a new Coronavirus collection on their publishing platform. This provides a venue for rapid dissemination of the latest COVID-19 research, by HRB funded researchers and will house research produced from Ireland’s Rapid Response Research and Innovation funding programme.

A group of clinicians and academics came together with a commitment to working on and improving Inclusion Health. Julie Broderick and Clíona Ní Cheallaigh tell us more about this unique initiative as they go into detail about the steps they and their team are taking to update the undergraduate curriculum, so that it addresses the complex societal challenges in health education.

Look how we’ve grown! For our 2nd birthday, we’re sharing our highlights and thinking about how the community are moving with the times and choosing to publish openly.

Ekaterina Loskutova & James Loughman, Technological University Dublin, Ireland, discuss their research on lutein & zeaxanthin, & the possible influence these carotenoids have on children’s brain development.

As the year draws to a close, Charlie Vickers, Senior Editorial Assistant, shares noteworthy moments from 2019. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all our authors and reviewers who have contributed to HRB Open Research’s success. We wish you all the best for the holiday season and a Happy New Year! So, without further ado, here are the year’s highlights.

Irish research is making an important contribution nationally and internationally in maternal and child health. In this Q&A with the collection advisor, Marita Hennessy, NUI Galway, she explains why the ‘Maternal and Child Health’ collection was created and the benefit of bringing together research from a range of disciplines to improve maternal and child health.

‘A much-needed scoping review that is highly relevant given the changes in healthcare’ is how reviewers have described Attracta Lafferty et al.’s scoping review protocol published on HRB Open Research. Here, Attracta discusses the protocol that sets out to map the evidence on family carers who are balancing the demands of care giving and paid work, and the rigor of registered reports. 

We’re setting the record straight on open research and open peer review by debunking the myths surrounding them. Putting you at ease about publishing your work on this platform created to benefit you the researcher. Read through our five myth busters to set aside your fears and find out the truths about open access and open peer review.

In this blog, Molly Cranston; Senior Associate Editor at F1000 and Jonathan Threlfall; Editorial Data Lead and Senior Assistant Editor at F1000, discuss the policies and guidelines…