PLoS (stands for the Public Library of Science) is a non profit publisher and advocacy organization on a mission to lead a transformation in research communication. From its start, PLoS has engaged in debate about science and medicine. Beginning with the launch of our main blog, plos.org, back in 2006, PLoS quickly realized how informal communication can catch readers’ attention. PLoS ONE then launched their journal blog, everyONE in March 2009. Two months later, the editors of PLoS Medicine started Speaking of Medicine to interact with those interested in global health.
The PLoS blogs network has been set up to bring a select group of independent science and medicine bloggers together with the editors and staff who run our blogs. Our independent network is made up of writers who love science and medicine, and scientists and physicians that love to write. Here, you’ll find an equal mix of blogs from journalists and researchers tackling diverse issues in science and medicine. The shared mission of our contributors is to promote greater understanding of breakthrough science for a variety of reader types, including policy makers, the academic science community, researchers, medical and mental health practitioners, journalists and the general public.
PLoS Blogs Interim Community Manager is Victoria Costello. She is an Emmy Award winning science writer, book author and blogger, and a social media strategist specializing in nonprofit science and health communication. Costello currently serves as the interface between the PLoS community of external bloggers and the seven PLoS open access scientific journals and journal-affiliated community blogs. She manages editorial flow for the external PLoS blogs and receives proposals for guest blog posts and new blogs from scientists and science writers. Victoria Costello can be contacted by email at: blogs@plos.org.
Here are the details of our network:
- Our Blog network is 100% ad-free
- All material is posted to the blog under the Creative Commons Open Access License (CCAL 3.0 Commercial)
“With a Creative Commons license, you keep your copyright but allow people to copy and distribute your work provided they give you credit.”
- There are three very distinct types of blogs on the PLoS Blogs network: the official PLoS blog, the PLoS journal blogs (collectively known as The PLoS Blogs), and blogs from the independent network (a.k.a. The PLoS Blogosphere)
- The official PLoS blog: This content is produced, edited, and/or maintained by PLoS staff.
- The journal blogs: This content is produced, edited, and/or maintained by PLoS journal staff: The current journal blogs are Speaking of Medicine (PLoS Medicine’s blog) and everyONE (PLoS ONE’s blog).
- Our independent network of bloggers (The PLoS Blogosphere): This content is produced, edited, and/or maintained by the authors.
- All of the content in The PLoS Blogosphere came from the minds of the authors. PLoS does not screen, edit, or otherwise meddle with content on the these blogs in any way. Our bloggers and our users are held to exactly the same standards, and the community guidelines apply to everyone that uses our site. If a blogger has posted content that you believe violates our site abuse policy, please contact PLoS here.
- Bloggers monitor their own comment threads: All comments will be reviewed by the author of the blog where you leave your thoughts. Just follow our simple community guidelines and we’ll all get along just fine.
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