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 PLOS response to the Wissenschaftsrat (German Science Council) statement on Open AccessRead more
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Academic Contributions Authors aren’t the only ones: Acknowledging peer reviewersRead more
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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Academic Contributions What author order can (and cannot) tell us: Understanding contributorshipRead more
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 HealthRead more
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 contributionsRead more
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 PLOSRead more
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 MedicineRead more
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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Meet the Editor Meet your PLOS Sustainability and Transformation Editor-in-ChiefRead more
Watch this video featuring Editor-in-Chief Lian Pin Koh as he describes the values, planned impact and future of PLOS Sustainability and Transformation…
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Collaboration Study finds COVID-19 research freely accessible, but research data sharing and preprinting are lowRead more
A report has been published that studies how well the commitments to the Wellcome-coordinated COVID-19 statement and the COVID-19 Rapid Review Initiative have been kept…
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Collaboration Scholarly Publishers Agree on Standards For Inclusion and DiversityRead more
As a signatory of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Joint Commitment for Action on Inclusion and Diversity in Publishing, PLOS is pleased to announce…