title: F1000 Research first articles appear online link: /f1000-research-first-articles-appear-online/ creator: matt description: post_id: 186 post_date: 2012-07-16 10:41:48 post_date_gmt: 2012-07-16 15:41:48 comment_status: open post_name: f1000-research-first-articles-appear-online status: publish post_type: post
Faculty of 1000 Research recently announced they were almost ready to publish their first articles, and they weren't kidding. Today marks the publication of its first three papers. Of particular interest to me is a simple benchmark of most modern NGS aligners, with a focus on predictive power to sensitively detect clinically relevant mutations in the BRCA1 gene. Also of interest is an analysis of publicly available methods to interpret direct-to-consumer SNP array data (think 23andMe) and exome sequence from a two-generation pedigree. One disappointing note - the widget F1000 is using for data viewing is silently blocked behind the firewall where I work. EDIT: the admin for the widget has contacted me, and says they will be working to fix the blocking issue. I think it's great that F1000 Research is trying to integrate data access into the journal articles.