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Innovation Why engage with preprints?
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Open Science Odyssey 2030: the future of research and publishing
This post was collaboratively written by PLOS staff (Ines Alvarez-Garcia, Phil Mills and Iratxe Puebla). Note: Come to our free interactive event…
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Open Access Celebrate Open Data Day with Us!
Around the world tomorrow groups from all sectors will be celebrating Open Data Day – an annual event that highlights the…
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Open Science Opening up to new perspectives: an interview with Aileen Fyfe
Peer Review Week 2018 is all about diversity. To look at the changing scholarly landscape, we interviewed science publishing historian, Aileen Fyfe…
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Advocacy PLOS Collaborates on Recommendations to Improve Transparency for Author Contributions
In a new report, a group convened by the US National Academy of Sciences and including a dozen journal editors reflects on…
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Advocacy Retrospection and Direction: A Q&A with Peter Walter
“In our panel it is the stated and adhered to policy that we will not consider where a paper is published. Rather…
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Assessment Transformational Work Over a Career: Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for PLOS Authors
How do you measure lifetime achievement? It’s not by assessing individual works but by consideration and evaluation of consistent contributions to a…
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Open Science An Open Letter to the Community from PLOS CEO, Alison Mudditt
As the new PLOS CEO, I’ve spent my first months assessing the organization and planning for a thriving future. We are in…
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Advocacy Advancing Evaluation: Moving Forward with DORA
“The declaration itself remains unchanged, but our aim is to spread the word much more effectively—about DORA and, especially, about the good…
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Advocacy Lasker Award for Public Service Honors Planned Parenthood Federation of America
“It is the commitment and impact [of the organization] that is the key concern.” —Alfred Sommer, Chair of the Jury, 2017 Lasker~Bloomberg…
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Assessment Tensions in Scientific Culture Contribute to Reproducibility Challenges
“Once a system is running a certain way it’s hard to change course.”—Richard Harris, award-winning science correspondent for National Public Radio Scientists…
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Advocacy Immediate and Lasting Impact: Top Ten New Species of 2017
The unique morphology of the spiny ant, uncovered with the use of an advanced form of 3D microscopy known as 3D X-ray…