Methods, models, mechanisms and metadata: introducing the Nanotoxicology collection at F1000Research [version 1; peer review: not peer reviewed]

Iseult Lynch, Penny Nymark, Philip Doganis, Mary Gulumian, Tae-Hyun Yoon, Diego S.T. Martinez, Antreas Afantitis

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Abstract

Nanotoxicology is a relatively new field of research concerning the study and application of nanomaterials to evaluate the potential for harmful effects in parallel with the development of applications. Nanotoxicology as a field spans materials synthesis and characterisation, assessment of fate and behaviour, exposure science, toxicology / ecotoxicology, molecular biology and toxicogenomics, epidemiology, safe and sustainable by design approaches, and chemoinformatics and nanoinformatics, thus requiring scientists to work collaboratively, often outside their core expertise area. This interdisciplinarity can lead to challenges in terms of interpretation and reporting, and calls for a platform for sharing of best-practice in nanotoxicology research. The F1000Research Nanotoxicology collection, introduced via this editorial, will provide a place to share accumulated best practice, via original research reports including no-effects studies, protocols and methods papers, software reports and living systematic reviews, which can be updated as new knowledge emerges or as the domain of applicability of the method, model or software is expanded. This editorial introduces the Nanotoxicology Collection in F1000Research. The aim of the collection is to provide an open access platform for nanotoxicology researchers, to support an improved culture of data sharing and documentation of evolving protocols, biological and computational models, software tools and datasets, that can be applied and built upon to develop predictive models and move towards in silico nanotoxicology and nanoinformatics. Submissions will be assessed for fit to the collection and subjected to the F1000Research open peer review process.
Original languageEnglish
Article number1196
Number of pages6
JournalF1000Research
Volume2021
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 24 Nov 2021

Keywords

  • Nanomaterials
  • nanosafety
  • exposure
  • toxicity
  • risk assessment
  • mode of action
  • toxicogenomics
  • bio-nano interface
  • nanoinformatics
  • FAIR data
  • standardisation
  • regulation
  • green and sustainable nanomaterials
  • safe-by-design
  • environmental fate and behaviour

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