Peer Review Week has come and gone, but our work is not yet over. A few weeks ago, we organized a webinar…
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Interview Peer Review Week research integrity webinar: Your questions answered
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Open Access Open Access Is Essential for Low-Income Countries
PLOS Note: we use this blog, on occasion, to highlight authors and their research. Today, we are shining a spotlight on this…
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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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Open Access Open Response to “Economic impact of UKRI open access policy” report
PLOS generally refutes the assertion that OA via the UKRI policy is economically damaging, regarding the FTI Consulting report: “Economic assessment of the impact of the new Open Access policy…
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Advocacy Scientists are flawed, stressed, inspired, kind… we are human
This post was written by Alexia A., Hannah Dee, Karel Green, Alison Young and Yolanda Ohene from Scientists are Humans and Rebecca…
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Publishing Bats, mummies, and cows in costume: PLOS research making headlines in October!
Though Halloween is behind us, we’re always in the spirit for good science here at PLOS—and our most-talked-about October articles prove it…
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Publishing Crushing bites, crushing politics, and the other “Twitter”
Extinct giant short-faced kangaroos had massive jaws and cheekbones, enabling a powerful bite that could have crushed tree branches, describes a new…
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In the News Busting gender stereotypes, the insect apocalypse, and more PLOS research making August headlines!
Bioluminescent flashes drive schooling behavior in flashlight fish, reveals a new PLOS ONE study. While nighttime fish schooling is rarely observed (likely because…
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PLOS ONE Birds, bees, Beethoven–and other PLOS research making June headlines!
New research from PLOS ONE shows that flowers near managed hives may be one of the sources of virus transmission from infected…
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In the News Spreading the Word: PLOS Advances Research Through Media Partnerships
Last year, PLOS helped more than 2,300 articles receive media coverage in high-profile outlets including The New York Times, the BBC, National…