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Sustainable Sanitation Solutions: Addressing SDG 6 Water and Sanitation Goals

Every day, 2 billion people worldwide lack access to safely managed sanitation facilities at home. This stark reality represents one of the most pressing yet unaddressed challenges of our time, affecting not just individual health but entire communities’ economic and social development.  Sanitation research sits at the intersection of public health, engineering, and social science, offering evidence-based […]

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 VeriXiv, our in-house editorial team will invite experts from your field to review the paper before it is published on Gates Open Research. So, what should you do once […]

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 […]

Open Data 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 Gates Open Research. What is a data availability statement? A data availability statement […]

Preprint and VeriXiv myths – part two

Earlier this year, we put together a list of common myths about preprinting in our blog post “Preprint and VeriXiv myths – part one”. In the following blog post, we continue to address some additional misconceptions surrounding VeriXiv, Author Eligibility, and the Peer Review process. Can only Gates Foundation-funded researchers publish on VeriXiv, and will […]

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 this blog post, we examine the barriers to reproducibility and offer insight into making your work as reproducible as possible.

How to prepare your research for submission on VeriXiv

VeriXiv is a preprint server exclusively for Gates Foundation-funded authors, supporting them in complying with the updated 2025 Gates Foundation Open Access policy. In this blog, we discuss the considerations you should make when submitting your work as a preprint to VeriXiv. Authorship and author affiliation Authors must be formally affiliated with an accredited institution […]

5 Benefits of Publishing with Gates Open Research

Integrity, quality, and transparency are at the forefront of modern scientific research. Using F1000’s unique publishing model, Gates Open Research can uphold these principles. In this blog, you will discover what sets us apart from traditional publishing venues and dive into the benefits of publishing on Gates Open Research.  What can be published on Gates […]