We are pleased to share results from a pilot with 13 journals that tested the Materials Design Analysis Reporting (MDAR) checklist, a…
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Innovation Journals test the Materials Design Analysis Reporting (MDAR) checklist
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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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Publishing Get to Know an Academic Editor: Dr. Shubhabrata Mukherjee
We are attending the American Society of Human Genetics conference in Houston, Texas from October 15-19. Stop by booth #1047 and meet…
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Preprints Trends in Preprints
Ever since our partnership with bioRxiv started in May 2018, we’ve been collecting data on submissions that choose to be posted…
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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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Innovation Partnering to streamline review
I’m happy to announce PLOS’ participation in a new service, Review Commons, that will provide a platform for rapid, objective, journal-independent…
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Open Science Peer Review Week: It’s a wrap!!!
#PeerRevWk19 was full of fruitful conversations about quality from many organizations. We are grateful for being part of this engaged community. Below…
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Open Science Opening Peer Review Options for Recognition, Credit, and Accountability
This year’s Peer Review Week is all about Quality in Peer Review. When we talk about quality, it’s easy to focus on…
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In the News PLOS, Center for Open Science, and Flu Lab collaborate to Open Influenza Research
The last influenza (flu) pandemic declared by the World Health Organization was as recent as 2009. And, even though this was 10…
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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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Publishing Get to Know an Academic Editor: Yasuko Bando
NOTE: This week PLOS is attending the European Society of Cardiology Congress in Paris, France. Stop by booth B550 to say hello…
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In the News medRxiv to PLOS: Direct preprint transfers
Authors with preprints on the new health sciences preprint server medRxiv now have the option to transfer their manuscripts for publication consideration…