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Access Microbiology open research platform’s first Version of Record: an interview with the authors
November 30, 2022
Access Microbiology is an innovative sound science, open-research platform by the Microbiology Society. Today marks a major milestone for the platform with the first Version of Record published since the platform's launch in 2022.
Two of the paper’s authors, Stephen Garrett and Professor Tracy Palmer, share their thoughts on the new open platform and the process of publishing with Access Microbiology. -
ECM Forum Summer Conference 2022: Access Microbiology poster prize winners
September 13, 2022
The 2022 Early Career Microbiologists (ECM) Forum Summer Conference took place in July, returning to its in person annual meeting format in Sheffield following a two-year hiatus due to the global health crisis. At the meeting, we awarded two poster prizes, sponsored by our open research platform Access Microbiology.
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Together at the chalkface: the importance of publishing pedagogical research
August 19, 2022
In this blog we talk to Dr Mel Lacey, co-author of ‘A guide to pedagogical research for scientists from a biological sciences background’, published in Access Microbiology this week about why she believes the publishing of pedagogical research within the field of microbiology is so important.
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Most Promising Science Poster Prize 2022: Access Microbiology
July 18, 2022
Throughout Annual Conference 2022, delegates showcased excellent posters and exciting research. The Microbiology Society Journals ‘Most Promising Science’ prizes were awarded by Access Microbiology Editors. In this blog, we meet the winners to find out more about them and their research.
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Meet the new Access Microbiology Editors in Chief: Helina Marshall
November 4, 2021
With Access Microbiology currently undergoing an exciting transformation into an open research platform, the Microbiology Society has appointed two new Editors-in-Chief for the platform, Dr Georgios Efthimiou (University of Hull, UK) and Dr Helina Marshall (Queen’s University Belfast, UK). Both of these Society members have been involved since the conception of the journal, developing their editorial skills as Editor Mentees and eventually Editors handling a host of diverse papers across microbiology. They have been deeply involved all through our consultation process over the future direction of the new open research platform and are longstanding members of the Microbiology Society. We are excited to see what the future brings with them at the helm. We spoke to Helina about her career and aspirations for the platform.
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Meet the new Access Microbiology Editors in Chief: Dr Georgios Efthimiou
November 2, 2021
With Access Microbiology currently undergoing an exciting transformation into an open research platform, the Microbiology Society has appointed two new Editors-in-Chief for the platform, Dr Georgios Efthimiou (University of Hull, UK) and Dr Helina Marshall (Queen’s University Belfast, UK). Both of these Society members have been involved since the conception of the journal, developing their editorial skills as Editor Mentees and eventually Editors handling a host of diverse papers across microbiology. They have been deeply involved all through our consultation process over the future direction of the new open research platform and are longstanding members of the Microbiology Society. We are excited to see what the future brings with them at the helm. We spoke to Georgios about their career and aspirations for the platform.
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What is Open Data and how will the research community benefit from it on our open research platform?
September 1, 2021
The Microbiology Society’s sound science and open access journal, Access Microbiology, will be converting into an open research platform early next year and will include an Open Data policy. This blog gives some background on Open Data and describes the details and benefits of this policy for authors, researchers, and the wider community.
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Preprints, publications and publishing ethics
July 20, 2021
The Microbiology Society’s sound science and open access journal, Access Microbiology, will be converting into an open research platform early next year. This platform will include posting all article versions as preprints, with a transparent peer review process and acceptance required for full publication.
