We’re happy to announce that the source code for the Aperta submission system can now be found on GitHub. Aperta has been developed…
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In the News Aperta Source Code is Now Available
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In the News Display without Delay: Search, Browse & Cite PLOS Articles with Quick Abstracts from Google Scholar
Working off your mobile device? No problem. We just made it easier to use your phone to find and scan PLOS articles…
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Innovation Unrestricted Text and Data Mining with allofPLOS
Content mining, machine learning, text and data mining (TDM) and data analytics all refer to the process of obtaining information through machine-read…
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Innovation PLOS Channels Provide Opportunity for Discovery, Exploration and Contextual Insights
Last month, the new PLOS Cholera Channel joined existing Veterans Disability & Rehabilitation Research, Tuberculosis and Open Source Toolkit Channels in providing…
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In the News The Best of Both Worlds: Preprints and Journals
Update December 5, 2016: PLOS Genetics now has in place a new initiative to use preprint servers for identifying and soliciting manuscripts. Please…
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Open Access Behind the Scenes at PhyloPic
Open science is about more than just tossing some publications and data notebooks into the digital ether. It’s all about communication–so, at…
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Dinosaurs The Curse of the Horned Dinosaur Egg
Horned dinosaurs (ceratopsians) just can’t catch a break when it comes to their fossilized eggs. The first purported examples turned up in…
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Open Access PLoS Journals – measuring impact where it matters
In 2009, in this online world, how do most scientists and medics find the articles they need to read? The answer for…
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Technology Unique Author Identification
I recently gave a brief presentation at the yearly CrossRef member meeting on unique author identification in scientific publishing. I had gathered…