Natural Sciences

Natural sciences comprises the branches of science which aim to describe and understand the fundamental processes and phenomena that define our natural world, including both life sciences and physical sciences.

All Research Articles

1,961-1,980 of 5,762 ARTICLES
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28439.1
Data Note metrics
CFM: a database of experimentally validated protocols for chemical compound-based direct reprogramming and transdifferentiation
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Erdem B. Dashinimaev; Stephanie M. Willerth
  • Funder
  • Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation
PUBLISHED 16 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.52192.1
Editorial metrics NOT PEER REVIEWED
Expanding the Chemical Information Science gateway
[version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]
PUBLISHED 16 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51164.1
Brief Report metrics
The feasibility of targeted test-trace-isolate for the control of SARS-CoV-2 variants
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Akira Endo; Tim C. D. Lucas
  • Funders
  • Drexel Endowment
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Open Philanthropy Project
  • Reid Hoffman Foundation
  • COVID-19 HPC consortium
PUBLISHED 16 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.38156.1
Research Article metrics
Improved chromosome-level genome assembly and annotation of the seagrass, Zostera marina (eelgrass)
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Jarkko Salojärvi; Vratislav Peska
  • Funder
  • the DOE-Joint Genome Institute, Berkeley, CA, USA
PUBLISHED 15 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27372.2
Brief Report metrics
Revised
Image analysis method for heterogeneity and porosity characterization of biomimetic hydrogels
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Miroslava Dušková-Smrčková; Susana Rocha
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 12 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.25484.2
Software Tool Article metrics
Revised
PUblications Metadata Augmentation (PUMA) pipeline
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Leslie McIntosh; Meena Khatwa
  • Funders
  • Economic and Social Research Council
  • National Institute for Health Research
  • H2020 Health
  • Medical Research Council
  • Wellcome Trust and MRC
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 12 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24250.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Bibliometric assessment and key messages of sporotrichosis research (1945-2018)
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved, 1 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Max Carlos Ramírez-Soto; Maria Simone Menezes Alencar; Daniel Zamith-Miranda
  • Funders
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico
  • Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior
  • Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia de Inovação em Doenças de Populações Negligenciadas
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 09 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27502.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Inter-site and interpersonal diversity of salivary and tongue microbiomes, and the effect of oral care tablets
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Takuichi Sato; Rohit Kunnath Menon; Priya Nimish Deo
  • Funder
  • Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 09 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.27062.2
Software Tool Article metrics
Revised
SAPHIR: a Shiny application to analyze tissue section images
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Mahmoud Ahmed; Seth Winfree
  • Funders
  • Agence Nationale de la Recherche
  • Aix-Marseille University
  • Fondation pour la Recherche Médicale
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 08 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51794.1
Research Article metrics
Summary of two questionnaires designed to understand the research climate for Bioimage Analysts in the UK between 2016-2019
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Julien Colombelli; Julia Fernandez-Rodriguez; Martin L. Jones
  • Funder
  • UKRI MRC
PUBLISHED 06 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26855.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
In vitro evaluation of the anti-diabetic potential of Helichrysum petiolare Hilliard & B.L. Burtt using HepG2 (C3A) and L6 cell lines
[version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Abimbola Oloye; Yihong Bao
  • Funders
  • The World Academy of Sciences
  • National Research Foundation
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 01 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.24818.3
Research Article metrics
Revised
β-lactamases (bla TEM, bla SHV, bla CTXM-1, bla VEB, bla OXA-1) and class C β-lactamases gene frequency in Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from various clinical specimens in Khartoum State, Sudan: a cross sectional study
[version 3; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Nobumichi Kobayashi; Muhammad Qasim
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 01 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28449.1
Opinion Article metrics
Recommendations for the FAIRification of genomic track metadata
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Max Haeussler; Granger Sutton
  • Funders
  • ELIXIR
  • ELIXIR Norway
  • ELIXIR Spain
  • INB
  • EMBL-EBI
PUBLISHED 01 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51357.1
Method Article metrics
COVID-19 and digital transformation: developing an open experimental testbed for sustainable and innovative environments using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps
[version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Peter Zeile; Tamás Molnár; Chrysostomos Stylios
  • Funder
  • TUM Publishing Fund for Open Access Publishing
PUBLISHED 01 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.29990.1
Systematic Review metrics
Organochlorine pesticide exposure and risk of prostate cancer development and progression: a systematic review
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved with reservations]
Peer Reviewers Matthew J Roberts; Pradeep Kumar Sharma
PUBLISHED 01 Apr 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28404.1
Research Article metrics RETRACTED
RETRACTED:  A low-cost in-house HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitor drug resistance test for resource-limited settings
[version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]
  • Funder
  • Interhealth Networks Africa
PUBLISHED 31 Mar 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26828.1
Research Article metrics
Attitudes of healthy volunteers to genetic testing in phase 1 clinical trials
[version 1; peer review: 2 approved]
Peer Reviewers Martin D. Lewis; Colleen Aldous
PUBLISHED 30 Mar 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.26722.3
Case Report metrics
Revised
Case Report: Thalamomesencephalic stroke in a patient with HIV
[version 3; peer review: 1 approved, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Jefferson V. Proano; Mao Liu
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 30 Mar 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.51213.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
MGMT promoter gene methylation and neurological scale improvement in glioma: a cohort study
[version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 1 not approved]
Peer Reviewers Young Zoon Kim; Ery Kus Dwianingsih
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 30 Mar 2021
https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.28318.2
Research Article metrics
Revised
Local adaptation in populations of Mycobacterium tuberculosis endemic to the Indian Ocean Rim
[version 2; peer review: 3 approved]
Peer Reviewers Tanvi Honap; Miguel Viveiros and João Perdigão; Ola B. Brynildsrud
  • Funders
  • Swiss National Science Foundation
  • European Research Council
LATEST VERSION PUBLISHED 29 Mar 2021
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