 F1000 Specialists receive in-kind rewards from F1000 in exchange for being a local representative and contact for one or more F1000 services at their organization.Faculty of 1000 was founded in 2000 by publishing entrepreneur Vitek Tracz, founder of the BioMed Central and "Current Opinion" journals.The company was part of the Science Navigation Group, which also owns Web of Stories, until its acquisition by Taylor & Francis Group in January 2020.