In the weeks since announcing our expanded partnership with medRxiv, we’ve received lots of thoughtful questions from our authors, editors, and the…
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Open Science The state of preprints at PLOS
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Open Access PLOS response to the Wissenschaftsrat (German Science Council) statement on Open Access
At PLOS we warmly welcome the Jan 24, 2022 statement from the Wissenschaftsrat advocating that Open Access should become the default for scientific publications, but encourage further support of the…
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Climate Change PLOS Climate Editor-in-Chief Emma Archer answers your questions
Ahead of the publication of PLOS Climate’s first articles, Editor-in-Chief Emma Archer answers a selection of questions submitted by you. Tell us…
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Academic Contributions Authors aren’t the only ones: Acknowledging peer reviewers
Written by Lindsay Morton In this third and final entry in our three-part series on academic credit, we turn our attention to…
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In the News PLOS Digital Health publishes first papers
Note: PLOS published the following press release on January 18, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO — The Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced…
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Academic Contributions What author order can (and cannot) tell us: Understanding contributorship
Written by Lindsay Morton Welcome back to the second in our three-part series on academic credit. In this post, we focus on…
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Global Research Author Q&A: PLOS Global Public Health
To celebrate the launch of PLOS Global Public Health, we spoke with authors of our first published articles to find out a little…
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Academic Contributions Developing a fair and accurate picture of academic contributions
Written by Lindsay Morton In the sciences, credit counts. As a research scientist, your personal record directly determines your future opportunities in…
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Open Science One (more) small step for preprints, one giant leap for rapid and responsible sharing of health research at PLOS
New opportunities to preprint with PLOS and medRxiv Note: This blog was updated on March 7 2022 to reflect the addition of…
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In the News PLOS and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Extend Partnership to Accelerate Preprint Sharing in Medicine
Note: PLOS published the following press release on January 6, 2022 SAN FRANCISCO — The Public Library of Science (PLOS) and Cold…
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Innovation Open Access Doesn’t Need APCs Part 1: Charting a new course with Community Action Publishing
Community Action Publishing at PLOS makes highly-selective Open Access publishing more sustainable while making publication free for authors. …