Our journals which are selective for novelty — PLOS Biology, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases…
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Publishing The importance of being second – PLOS-wide editionRead more
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News From Open Access to Open Science, PLOS Biology is Leading ChangeRead more
From its launch in 2003, PLOS Biology quickly established itself as PLOS’ flagship journal in the life sciences–a model of Open…
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Innovation Peer Review in Service of Open ScienceRead more
When we think about Open Science, sharing a diverse array of research products—such as data, code, methods, reagents—immediately comes to mind. More…
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Innovation Community Comments and Peer Review: A preprint commenting pilot at PLOSRead more
Researchers have told us that posting manuscripts as preprints before—or at the same time as—submitting them to a journal is a…
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Innovation Journals test the Materials Design Analysis Reporting (MDAR) checklistRead more
We are pleased to share results from a pilot with 13 journals that tested the Materials Design Analysis Reporting (MDAR) checklist, a…
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Innovation Partnering to streamline reviewRead more
I’m happy to announce PLOS’ participation in a new service, Review Commons, that will provide a platform for rapid, objective, journal-independent…
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Journal enhancements Towards minimal reporting standards for life scientistsRead more
A group of journal editors and experts in reproducibility and transparent reporting are putting together a framework for minimal reporting standards in…
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Innovation Transparency, credit, and peer reviewRead more
Yesterday I signed an open letter on behalf of all PLOS journals, alongside 20 other editors representing over 100 publications, to…
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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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Innovation Channel Your Community’s ResearchRead more
At PLOS, we aim to support academic communities in communicating their research in open and accessible ways. The first of the PLOS…
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Assessment Measuring Up: Impact Factors Do Not Reflect Article Citation RatesRead more
This special blog post is co-authored by PLOS Executive Editor Véronique Kiermer, Université de Montréal Associate Professor of Information Science Vincent…
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