PLOS has posted a report, along with accompanying data, on qualitative research about how researchers assess credibility and impact of research in different contexts…
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Assessment Impact AND credibility matter when researchers evaluate research
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Alt-Metrics Engaging with article metrics: own your impact narrative
PLOS empowers researchers to engage with a variety of accessible altmetrics, and signals of rigorous research practice, to more effectively showcase articles' strengths…
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Assessment How do researchers evaluate research?
PLOS has received a grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study how researchers evaluate both the credibility and impact of…
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Assessment Improving Research Assessment in the Triage Phase of Review
Authors: Helen Sitar is the community coordinator for DORA and a Science Policy Programme Officer at EMBO and Anna Hatch is DORA’s…
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Advocacy PLOS Collaborates on Recommendations to Improve Transparency for Author Contributions
In a new report, a group convened by the US National Academy of Sciences and including a dozen journal editors reflects on…
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Assessment PLOS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Enter Agreement to Enable Preprint Posting on bioRxiv
Editor’s Note: This press release also appears on the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Newsstand. Public Library of Science (PLOS) and Cold Spring…
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Assessment To Sign or Not to Sign: A Slice of Transparency in Peer Review
Scientists depend on the proper evaluation of research that creates the foundation for future work, and the public expects curated scientific content…
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Advocacy Getting the Impact Factor Genie Back in the Box
On occasion The Official PLOS Blog presents Thought Leadership interviews with scientists leading the way on issues integral to the transformation of…
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Assessment A Sincere Thank You from PLOS
2017 marks the third year that PLOS formally acknowledges our community of reviewers and editors with a public thank you published as…
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Assessment Author Credit: PLOS and CRediT Update
Our January update on author credit focused on how PLOS was moving forward with the use of ORCID identifiers (iDs) for researcher…
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Assessment Measuring Up: Impact Factors Do Not Reflect Article Citation Rates
This special blog post is co-authored by PLOS Executive Editor Véronique Kiermer, Université de Montréal Associate Professor of Information Science Vincent…