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Today, PLOS joins a list of endorsers of the Position Statement on Open Access coordinated by Open Pharma, a group of pharmaceutical clients, publishers, patients, academics, regulators, editors, non-pharmaceutical funders, and societies. PLOS is a
Note: This blog was written by PLOS’ Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Publisher, Open Research Open science should be boosted in 2020 as the number of journals with research data policies increases as a result of collective action
Bidding farewell to the decade afforded us a wonderfully surprising trip down memory lane. Researching our milestones, top blogs and best tweets, showed us just how far we’ve come since we launched our first journal,
This post is a request for comments on the preprint Data Repository Selection: Criteria That Matter via this online form on behalf of the authors of the preprint (full list available there). Background At PLOS
Today a group of editorial leaders from several publishers, including PLOS, have co-published an Editorial highlighting concerns about the “Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science” rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This comes
Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Publisher, Open Research, PLOS Note: the following perspective was published as part of Digital Science’s annual survey and report, The State of Open Data 2019 , to coincide with global celebrations around Open Access Week.
Around the world tomorrow groups from all sectors will be celebrating Open Data Day – an annual event that highlights the benefits of open data and encourages the adoption of open data policies in
Sometimes the best part of reading a scientific paper is an unexpected moment of recognition — not in the science, but in the humanity of the scientists. It’s reassuring in a way to find small
Science increasingly involves collaborative research groups, program partnerships and shared learnings to encourage transparency, reproducibility and a responsible transition to a more open way of doing science. Open Science policies and best practices are currently
0000-0001-7318-5892 Editor’s Note: See related items in PLOS Biology and The Official PLOS Blog. “Scientists can do much more with their own data if things are shared publicly and shared publicly quickly in order to
