Last May, PLOS announced a new option for authors to publish their peer review history, and the support from our communities has…
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Innovation Published Peer Review: 1 Year Across PLOSRead more
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Collaboration PLOS joins other publishers in an initiative and call to maximize the efficiency of peer review of COVID-19 researchRead more
PLOS is part of a group of publishers supporting a rapid review initiative for COVID-19 research. We are also co-signing an 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 Celebrating 6 Months of Published Peer Review at PLOSRead more
We recently passed our six-month anniversary of published peer review options at PLOS!!! Already you can read more than 800 PLOS…
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Innovation Community Comments and Peer Review: A preprint commenting pilot at PLOSÂRead 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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Open Science Opening Peer Review Options for Recognition, Credit, and AccountabilityRead more
This year’s Peer Review Week is all about Quality in Peer Review. When we talk about quality, it’s easy to focus on…
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Innovation Published Peer Review (community comments)Read more
In February, we asked researchers about the biggest change they hope to see in Open Science. Nearly 3,000 of you weighed in…
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Innovation PLOS Journals Now OPEN for Published Peer ReviewRead more
Starting today, ALL PLOS journals will offer authors the option to publish their peer review history alongside their accepted manuscript! We’ve…
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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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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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Open Science The potential butterfly effect of preregistered peer-reviewed researchRead more
Written by Lindsay Morton Preregistration is the practice of formally registering a study design before experimentation and data collection begin. When deposited in…
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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…