At PLOS, we are working to extend simple, free, and community-driven preprint options to each of the diverse research communities we serve…
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Open Science PLOS earth science authors choose preprints
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Open Science The Fully OA group respond to the House Appropriations Committee
Note: PLOS is one of eight signatories on this letter. It was sent to Congress last week and posted publicly today (August…
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Open Science What Comes Next?
So where do we go from here? What’s required of publishers to accelerate the transition to Open Science and change the landscape…
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Open Code How does Open Science practice differ between research disciplines?
Written by Lauren Cadwallader and Lindsay Morton Different research communities have different priorities, needs, norms, and challenges in communicating their research—it’s no…
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Open Access Open Science is better science
At the heart of the Open Science movement is the conviction that Open Science is better science. More rigorous. More inclusive. More…
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Open Code Why quantifying Openness matters
Written by Iain Hrynaszkiewicz PLOS’ mission is to transform research communication for the good of science and society. We believe that Open…
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Open Data Extending Accessible Data to more articles, repositories, and outputs
Written by Iain Hrynaszkiewicz In March 2022, with support from the Wellcome Trust, we launched an experimental “Accessible Data” feature designed to…
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Open Code A first look at Open Science Indicators for articles published in 2023
Written by Lauren Cadwallader, Lindsay Morton, and Iain Hrynaszkiewicz This week, PLOS shares the latest update to our Open Science Indicators (OSIs)…
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Open Science Open Science takes people willing to disrupt the system to move it forward
Note: This blog is derived from remarks that I gave earlier this year at the UN Open Science Conference (fast forward to…
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Open Data I dream of data: How to prepare and share research data to meet increasing institutional, funder, and journal requirements
Written by Lindsay Morton Data sharing has long been a hallmark of high-quality reproducible research. Now, Open Data is becoming the norm…
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Open Access PLOS response to the National Institutes of Health Request for Information
Note: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently requested feedback on its planned implementation of the White House Office of Science and…
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Open Access Trends in preprint, data, and code sharing, 2019-2022
Written by Lauren Cadwallader, Lindsay Morton, and Iain Hrynaszkiewicz PLOS recently introduced Open Science Indicators (OSIs), a large public dataset identifying and…