Diverse perspectives on science and medicine
We are teaming up with PREreview during Open Access week to bring together scientists from around the world to discuss and review an actual preprint…live-streamed! We have now selected a manuscript for each discipline and
Note: This post was written by Robin Champieux, Research Engagement and Open Science Librarian at OHSU. Robin is the co-founder of the Metrics Toolkit and Awesome Foundation Libraries Chapter. Her work and research is focused on
Note: This post was written in collaboration with the PREreview team (Monica Granados, Samantha Hindle, Daniela Saderi) We are teaming up with PREreview during Open Access week to bring together scientists from around the world
A group of national funders, joined by the European Commission and the European Research Council, have announced plans to make Open Access publishing mandatory for recipients of their agencies’ research funding. Marc Schitlz, the President
One year ago, PLOS launched its Channels program, providing central hubs for specific research communities. Channels are resources for scientists, making it easy to keep up to date with developments in a particular area of
0000-0001-7318-5892Content mining, machine learning, text and data mining (TDM) and data analytics all refer to the process of obtaining information through machine-read material. Faster than a human possibly could, machine-learning approaches can analyze data, metadata
In 2003, PLOS published its first research article and this month we’re proud to announce that we have now published more than 200,000 research articles across our seven Open Access journals. It has been an
February 17, 2017 Editor’s Note: For a nonpartisan assessment of Why Scientists Must Also Be Advocates and suggestions for what you can do now to connect to the public, listen to a podcast with Mary
0000-0001-7318-5892The Lasker Awards recognize the contributions of scientists, physicians and public servants who have made major advances in the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of human disease. Each year since 1945, dedicated scientists benefit from
The following is a joint funder/journal statement released today on Data Sharing in Public Health Emergencies. To learn about the special PLOS Zika virus publishing initiative, please read this Speaking of Medicine post. The arguments for
