Update December 5, 2016: PLOS Genetics now has in place a new initiative to use preprint servers for identifying and soliciting manuscripts. Please…
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In the News The Best of Both Worlds: Preprints and Journals
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Assessment Influential Work from PLOS Authors Garners Lasker Awards
The Lasker Awards recognize the contributions of scientists, physicians and public servants who have made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment…
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Assessment Author Credit: PLOS and CRediT Update
Our January update on author credit focused on how PLOS was moving forward with the use of ORCID identifiers (iDs) for researcher…
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Assessment Measuring Up: Impact Factors Do Not Reflect Article Citation Rates
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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In the News Easing Discovery: A New Website for PLOS
PLOS has a history of moving forward on initiatives designed to benefit diverse stakeholders, from authors, reviewers, editors and librarians to policy…
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In the News PLOS Supports Early Career Researchers with Travel Award and Broader Initiative
PLOS supports the growth of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) as they build skills in science communication, become champions of Open Science and…
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In the News Placing Authors at the Center of the Scientific Endeavor
PLOS is developing a new submission system to enhance the publishing experience for our community of editors, authors and reviewers. Why…
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In the News Wikipedia Year of Science: An Open Opportunity for Participation
Publishers of peer-reviewed Open Access journals such as PLOS are driven by the realization that, because taxpayers fund the overwhelming majority of…
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In the News Where Next for PLOS: Working Together to Make Waves in Scientific Communication
What began as a ripple with the goal to make research accessible and free has propagated into over 157 funder and 500…
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In the News Collaboration with IBM Watson Supports the Value Add of Open Access
In this massively data rich world, the equilibrium between information and knowledge has increasingly shifted from knowledge toward information. Advanced text and…
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In the News PLOS 2015 Reviewer Thank You
2016 is shaping up to be a notable year for PLOS; it’s the organization’s 15th Anniversary of its founding as a nonprofit and…
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In the News Statement on Data Sharing in Public Health Emergencies
The following is a joint funder/journal statement released today on Data Sharing in Public Health Emergencies. To learn about the special PLOS Zika…