Solutions to the challenges of reproducibility in experimental science should be as diverse as the challenges themselves. Inconsistent reagents, barriers to the…
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In the News Protocols.io Tools for PLOS Authors: Reproducibility and RecognitionRead more
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Assessment A Sincere Thank You from PLOSRead more
2017 marks the third year that PLOS formally acknowledges our community of reviewers and editors with a public thank you published as…
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In the News The Best of Both Worlds: Preprints and JournalsRead more
Update December 5, 2016: PLOS Genetics now has in place a new initiative to use preprint servers for identifying and soliciting manuscripts. Please…
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Open Access PLOS appoints Dr. Joerg Heber Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONERead more
PLOS announced today that after an extensive search, Dr. Joerg Heber has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE. Heber will be responsible…
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Assessment Author Credit: PLOS and CRediT UpdateRead more
Our January update on author credit focused on how PLOS was moving forward with the use of ORCID identifiers (iDs) for researcher…
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Assessment Measuring Up: Impact Factors Do Not Reflect Article Citation RatesRead more
This special blog post is co-authored by PLOS Executive Editor Véronique Kiermer, Université de Montréal Associate Professor of Information Science Vincent…
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Alt-Metrics Digital Identifiers Improve Recognition and Credit: ORCIDRead more
Connectivity and integrated data are moving ahead as the best minds in metadata, digital identifiers and networked discovery collaborate to ensure that…
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Publishing Research MattersRead more
Research Matters is a new article series in which active scientists speak directly about why basic research in their field matters. It…
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Publishing How Articles Get Noticed and Advance the Scientific ConversationRead more
By Victoria Costello, PLOS Senior Social Media & Community Editor The good news is you’ve published your manuscript! The bad news? With…
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Publishing Formatting Your Article for Submission: Updated figures, tables, new reference style and LaTex templateRead more
March 1, 2017 Editor’s Note: The Preflight Analysis and Conversion Engine (PACE) tool for figures is fully up and available for author’s…
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Dinosaurs Assembling the Aquilops PaperRead more
In my previous post, I introduced Aquilops, a new little dinosaur from ancient Montana, and talked about some of the science behind establishing…
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Publishing Announcing the PLOS Global Participation InitiativeRead more
PLOS is pleased to announce a program to increase the global participation of authors in open-access publishing. On September 4th, 2012, we…