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Open Access Week 2017 – Open in Order to…

As a proud co-founder of Open Access Week, we hope you will join us in celebrating progress and promoting awareness to help make Open Access – the founding principle of PLOS – the new norm in scholarship and research globally. This year’s theme is “Open in Order to…” and invites the community to focus on what openness enables.

Since PLOS’ beginning, we’ve been open in order to accelerate progress in science and medicine through publishing, advocacy and innovation to benefit the research community and beyond. PLOS is open in order to ensure that: research outcomes are discoverable, accessible and available for discussion; science communication is constructive, transparent and verifiable; and publishing advances reproducibility, transparency and accountability.

Join PLOS in an Open Access Week Event (and find other events near you):

  • Wed 10/25 5:30–8:00 pm PDT Open House & Poetry Slam at PLOS – Please join us at the PLOS office for refreshments, office tours to see how we work and an Open Mic Poetry Slam with guests invited to share poems, songs, or free verse on the OA Week theme: “Open in order to….” We’ll have fun prizes for all who choose to share!
  • Wed 10/25–Fri 10/27 FORCE 2017 | Changing the CultureAlison Mudditt, PLOS Chief Executive Officer and Emma Ganley, PLOS Biology Chief Editor will be in Berlin at this conference that brings together a diverse group of people interested in changing the way in which scholarly and scientific information is communicated and shared

Explore PLOS Journals – which have now published more than 200,000 research articles:

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Be Open in Order to:

Get involved:

  • Learn about FASTR – As Open Access takes center stage with the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act in Congress, PLOS reaffirms its commitment to and support of Open Access
  • Join the conversation with PLOS Science Wednesdays 1:00 pm EDT – the Ask Me Anything (AMA) series with PLOS authors on redditscience

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Have a great Open Access Week!

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