At the COASP meeting this September in Estonia there promises to be a fascinating series of talks on an approach to scholarly…
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PLOS ONE Open-access megajournals – find out more in EstoniaRead more
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Publishing Videos on open-access publishingRead more
I recently attended the annual Academic Publishing in Europe (APE) conference in Berlin. This is a two-day meeting that attracts publishers, librarians…
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Publishing PLoS Author Surveys 2010Read more
In 2010, PLoS conducted our second comprehensive survey of authors – those whose work was either published or rejected in 2009. As…
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In the News PLoS ONE: Editors, contents and goalsRead more
Recently, Kent Anderson posted some misleading comments about PLoS ONE on the Scholarly Kitchen, a blog site established by the Society for…
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In the News Public Access to Research – Take Action Now!Read more
The following call to action was issued by SPARC to support the passage of the Federal Research Public Access Act. Please join…
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In the News PLoS ONE indexed by Web of ScienceRead more
Today we learned that by the end of this week PLoS ONE (in keeping with all other PLoS journals) will be indexed…
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Open Access PLoS Author Surveys 2009 – Summary PresentationRead more
Earlier this year, PLoS sent out a series of surveys to authors whose work was considered by our journals in 2008. We…
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In the News Presentations from the first OASPA ConferenceRead more
From September 14-16, 2009, the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA) held its inaugural conference in Lund, Sweden. The talks from the…
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Publishing Article-level metrics at PLoS – addition of usage dataRead more
As part of our ongoing article-level metrics program, we’re delighted to announce that all seven PLoS journals will now provide online usage…
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Open Access PLoS Journals – measuring impact where it mattersRead more
In 2009, in this online world, how do most scientists and medics find the articles they need to read? The answer for…
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Publishing Article redesign on PLoS JournalsRead more
Some new features have just been added to the articles in the PLoS Journals (all except PLoS Biology which will be added…
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Open Access Max Planck Society covers publication fees for PLoS journalsRead more
PLoS and the Max Planck Society (MPS) have recently established an agreement whereby open access publication fees in PLoS journals will be…