“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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Advocacy Retrospection and Direction: A Q&A with Peter WalterRead more
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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 Unique Opportunity for Communication of Cell Motility Research: ASCB Celldance VideosRead more
Cell biology research relies heavily on all types of microscopy to capture – for visualization and analysis – cell structures, cell movements…
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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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Innovation Unrestricted Text and Data Mining with allofPLOSRead more
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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Open Science Anytime You’re in Listening Mode: PLOScast Two-year AnniversaryRead more
In today’s fast-paced world with its onslaught of environmental, societal and political challenges, science-related podcasts can provide an interesting, educational and even…
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Innovation PLOS Channels Provide Opportunity for Discovery, Exploration and Contextual InsightsRead more
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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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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Advocacy Lasker Award for Public Service Honors Planned Parenthood Federation of AmericaRead more
“It is the commitment and impact [of the organization] that is the key concern.” —Alfred Sommer, Chair of the Jury, 2017 Lasker~Bloomberg…
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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…
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Assessment To Sign or Not to Sign: A Slice of Transparency in Peer ReviewRead more
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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Assessment Tensions in Scientific Culture Contribute to Reproducibility ChallengesRead more
“Once a system is running a certain way it’s hard to change course.”—Richard Harris, award-winning science correspondent for National Public Radio Scientists…