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 researchRead more
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Alt-Metrics Engaging with article metrics: own your impact narrativeRead more
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?Read more
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 ReviewRead more
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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Assessment PLOS Extends a Profound Thank YouRead more
To all our Reviewers, Guest Editors and Editorial Board members, thank you! 2018 marks the fourth year that we formally and publicly…
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Advocacy PLOS Collaborates on Recommendations to Improve Transparency for Author ContributionsRead more
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 bioRxivRead more
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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Advocacy Retrospection and Direction: A Q&A with Peter WalterRead more
“In our panel it is the stated and adhered to policy that we will not consider where a paper is published. Rather…
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Assessment Transformational Work Over a Career: Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for PLOS AuthorsRead more
How do you measure lifetime achievement? It’s not by assessing individual works but by consideration and evaluation of consistent contributions to a…
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Advocacy Advancing Evaluation: Moving Forward with DORARead more
“The declaration itself remains unchanged, but our aim is to spread the word much more effectively—about DORA and, especially, about the good…
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Assessment Cross-Journal Initiative Helps Manuscripts Take FlightRead more
All properly executed science deserves to be published as quickly as possible. One common frustration of scientists related to publication speed is…
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Assessment Fundamentals of Cell Growth Regulation, HPV Vaccine Development and Planned Parenthood Reap 2017 Lasker AwardsRead more
Each year, the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation recognizes research excellence with a set of three awards given for major advances in…