Note: The Copyright Clearance Center issued the following press release on their site earlier today The Public Library of Science (PLOS) announced…
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Collaboration PLOS Adopts Copyright Clearance Center’s RightsLink® for Scientific Communications to Manage New Community Action Publishing ModelRead more
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In the News PLOS and the Big Ten Academic Alliance Announce Publishing DealRead more
The Big Ten Academic Alliance (BTAA) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced an agreement for BTAA members to participate…
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post PLOS and the Canadian Research Knowledge Network Announce Community Action Publishing DealRead more
SAN FRANCISCO, CA and OTTAWA, ON — The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced…
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Innovation Imagining a Transformed Scientific Publication LandscapeRead more
Open Science is not a finish line, but rather a means to an end. An underlying goal behind the movement towards Open…
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Collaboration Reimagine Biomedical Research for a Healthier Future: Essay ChallengeRead more
The Health Research Alliance (HRA) and the Public Library of Science (PLOS) have partnered to launch the Reimagine Biomedical Research for a Healthier Future Essay Challenge…
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Collaboration Show your work. Peer-Reviewed ProtocolsRead more
To support increased sharing of open research methodologies -- and in an exciting extension to our partnership with protocols.io -- we are announcing two new peer-reviewed article types in PLOS ONE in…
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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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Open Science PLOS and Transparency (including Plan S Price & Service Transparency Framework)Read more
Summary As a non-profit, mission-driven organization PLOS abides by our commitment to transparency. We openly share information and context about our finances…
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Rethinking Research Assessment Series Rethinking Research Assessment:Addressing Institutional Biases in Review, Promotion, and Tenure Decision-Making (part IV)Read more
Authors: Ruth Schmidt is an Associate Professor at IIT’s Institute of Design and Anna Hatch is the program director for DORA. PLOS…
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In the News New APC-free Open Access agreements test alternative funding modelsRead more
The following press release was issued on Wednesday, October 14th at 12:01 Pacific. SAN FRANCISCO — Jisc, the digital solutions provider for…
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Open Science Community Comments Continued: An update on the preprint commenting pilot at PLOSRead more
Around 11 months ago we announced our year-long preprint commenting pilot to connect bioRxiv comments on preprints that are under consideration at…
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Implementing name changes for published transgender authorsRead more
At PLOS we are committed to addressing the needs of all research communities to improve diversity, equity and inclusion. One of the…