7 posts
By Jack Nash
24 March 2026
At Gates Open Research, all research outputs deserve proper recognition. That’s why Gates Open Research publishes a diverse range of 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 […]
By Jack Nash
03 December 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 Gates Open Research also offer a solution […]
By Jack Nash
24 January 2025
Research projects are often long, complex, and made up of several detailed steps involving data collection, investigation, analysis, report writing, and more. And yet, only a snapshot of this work makes it into the final Research Article. By publishing every output of a research project as a standalone article type, you can get full credit […]
By Jack Nash
18 October 2023
With just a couple of months left in 2023 to publish your work, we introduce Gates-funded researchers to Gates Open Research, its benefits, and how authors can publish their latest work today to tell the full story of their research.
By Jack Nash
30 May 2023
We explore why it’s important to broaden the scope of publishable work for authors, and how researchers can maximize their research outputs through publishing diverse article types.
By Jack Nash
31 July 2022
Gates Open Research enables a greater potential impact and recognition for work by accepting a broad range of outputs, from traditional Research Articles to non-traditional article types such as Data Notes, Method Articles, and more. In this blog, we explore them all!
By Name Surname
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 Gates Open Research model too.