It is an exciting time in scientific publishing. Initiatives such as digital identifiers for authors through ORCID, more granular recognition of collaborative…
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Publishing Riding A Wave Towards Improved Truth in Science Communication
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In the News Easing Discovery: A New Website for PLOS
PLOS has a history of moving forward on initiatives designed to benefit diverse stakeholders, from authors, reviewers, editors and librarians to policy…
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In the News Placing Authors at the Center of the Scientific Endeavor
PLOS is developing a new submission system to enhance the publishing experience for our community of editors, authors and reviewers. Why…
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In the News Wikipedia Year of Science: An Open Opportunity for Participation
Publishers of peer-reviewed Open Access journals such as PLOS are driven by the realization that, because taxpayers fund the overwhelming majority of…
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In the News Where Next for PLOS: Working Together to Make Waves in Scientific Communication
What began as a ripple with the goal to make research accessible and free has propagated into over 157 funder and 500…
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In the News Collaboration with IBM Watson Supports the Value Add of Open Access
In this massively data rich world, the equilibrium between information and knowledge has increasingly shifted from knowledge toward information. Advanced text and…
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In the News PLOS 2015 Reviewer Thank You
2016 is shaping up to be a notable year for PLOS; it’s the organization’s 15th Anniversary of its founding as a nonprofit and…
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Assessment A Proactive Approach to Reproducibility with Evidence-Based Research on Research
Discovery and reproducibility are cornerstones of the scientific enterprise. Without one, the other is hindered; new work is built on the foundation…
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Assessment The Future of Science Communication
As a participant in OpenCon 2015, a conference geared towards Early Career Researchers in all disciplines, PLOS had the opportunity to hear…
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Innovation Four PLOS authors receive 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences
Publishing in Open Access journals is not only ethically rewarding, it also can be financially rewarding. Through the Breakthrough Prize – initiated…
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Alt-Metrics Digital Identifiers Improve Recognition and Credit: ORCID
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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Open Access Collaboration with Microsoft Extends Article Visibility and Lifecycle
As part of ongoing efforts to improve discovery, reuse and impact of PLOS content, articles published by PLOS and available in PDF…