By Jack Nash
07 December 2020
As Editorial Assistants, our peer reviewers will often say to us “I won’t review the Study Protocol, but I will review the results”, which made us wonder why Study Protocols are disregarded by some? In this blog post, Charlie Vickers, Senior Editorial Assistant, explains why Study Protocols are important – not only for science in general, but as part of the HRB Open Research model too.
By Guest Author
10 November 2020
Mental health is a growing public health concern in Ireland, where 18.5% of the Irish population reported having a mental health illness, such as depression, anxiety and bipolar disorder. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) is the most common treatment to help people struggling with mental health and mood disorders. However, CBT is not always the preferred […]
By Guest Author
15 October 2020
The Health Research Board (HRB) has been at the forefront of public and patient involvement (PPI) in health research in Ireland. We are delighted to announce the launch of the PPI Collection on HRB Open Research Platform. In this blog, we hear from the collection advisors, Éidín Ní Shé, School of Population Health, University of New South Wales, and Avril Keenan, Health Research Charities Ireland, who tell us why this collection is so important and how they anticipate that these papers will be a source of guidance and inspiration to many others.
By Guest Author
12 October 2020
The loss of a baby at any stage of pregnancy can have a devastating impact on a woman, her partner, and their family. If this loss occurs several times, the experience can often be intensified and prolonged. In this blog, Marita Hennessy, Rebecca Dennehy & Rachel Rice discuss the work and research that is being carried out to evaluate services for those who experience recurrent miscarriage in the Republic of Ireland.
By Jack Nash
24 September 2020
In our second blog post for Peer Review Week, the Peer Review Team talk about how we build trust between our authors, reviewers and the wider research community, discussing our author-led process, which means no editorial bias, and going through the revision and response process here at HRB Open Research.
By Jack Nash
22 September 2020
As this week (21st-25th September) marks Peer Review Week, the Peer Review Team delve into the meaning of this year’s theme of ‘Trust in Peer Review’ and explore how our transparent peer review process is ideally suited to building trust.
By Guest Author
10 September 2020
Today marks the launch of the new TILDA gateway highlighting HRB-funded outputs that have been published on HRB Open Research, either from TILDA researchers or based on analysis of TILDA data. In this blog, Gateway Advisors Rose Anne Kenny and Paul O’Mahoney of TILDA discuss the uniqueness of these longitudinal studies and TILDA’s commitment to open access.
By Guest Author
07 August 2020
In this blog, Nerilee Ceatha, an alternate funded SPHeRE scholar with University College Dublin (UCD), discusses the teams’ Study Protocol, published by HRB Open Research, for a scoping review with the potential to inform research, policy and practice with relevance for LGBTI+ youth, their families, communities and the professionals who work with them.
