Note: this post was written by Sara Rouhi, Director of Strategic Partnerships for PLOS, and was originally published on NISO’s Homepage. NISO recently…
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Open Access “To preprint or not to preprint?” What’s the opportunity cost of early, non-peer-reviewed publicly available research?
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PLOS ONE A peek into the PLOS ONE review process
AuthorEmily Chenette, Editor-in-Chief, PLOS ONE When PLOS ONE launched nearly 15 years ago, it was the very first multidisciplinary journal that aimed…
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In the News Review Commons is now LIVE
ASAPbio and EMBO Press just launched Review Commons, a platform for high-quality, journal-independent peer review of manuscripts in the life sciences before…
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Innovation Partnering to streamline review
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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Innovation You’ve completed your review – now get credit with ORCID
For more than five years, PLOS authors have used ORCID to make their professional lives easier. Now reviewers at PLOS can take…
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Updated version of the “How Equitable Is It?” tool for assessing equity in scholarly communication models
Note: PLOS, cOAlition S and Jisc issued the following press release on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 [Strasbourg, 14 May 2025] The “How…
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Assessment Why we need to go ‘beyond the article’ to transform research
Over the course of 18 months, we are working on an ambitious new project to Redefine Publishing. Working with stakeholders from across…
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Scholarly publishing PLOS statement on recent US Executive Orders and scientific integrity
Since its founding over twenty five years ago PLOS has been dedicated to advancing open science, ensuring that knowledge is accessible to…
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Open Access PLOS Price Transparency Update 2024
We’re pleased to once again share our annual reporting from the Plan S Journal Comparison Service to give our community insight into…
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In the News PLOS receives $3.3M grant to support Open Access publishing & business model transformation
Note: PLOS issued the following press release on Tuesday, December 10. PLOS has been awarded a $3.3million grant from the Bill &…
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Peer Review Week Policy-based approaches to combat large-scale integrity threats
Author: Renee Hoch, Managing Editor, PLOS Publication Ethics Team The publishing industry and research communities are grappling with numerous large-scale integrity threats…
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In the News New tool to assess equity in scholarly communication models
Note: PLOS, Jisc and cOAlition S issued the following press release on Wednesday, September 18. A new online tool designed to assess…