One Small Step for Preprints, One Giant Step Forward for Open Scientific Communications

Thanks to our recent partnership with bioRxiv, PLOS authors will have the choice of posting their submitted manuscript on the bioRxiv preprint server on May 1st. Preprints enable authors to accelerate the dissemination of their

Reproducibility and Recognition: One year later

This blog is authored by PLOS staff with contributions by Lenny Teytelman, protocols.io CEO. For many scientists, there is a common frustration with methods sections of research papers that lack sufficient details, which are necessary

Display without Delay: Search, Browse & Cite PLOS Articles with Quick Abstracts from Google Scholar

0000-0002-8715-2896 Working off your mobile device? No problem. We just made it easier to use your phone to find and scan PLOS articles. If you’re someone who’s out in the field more than in the

PLOS Extends a Profound Thank You

0000-0002-8715-2896 To all our Reviewers, Guest Editors and Editorial Board members, thank you! 2018 marks the fourth year that we formally and publicly acknowledge our community of reviewers and editors for sustaining public access to

Rare Disease Day Spotlight on PLOS Authors: Open Data Repositories in Practice

0000-0002-8715-2896 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

Protocols.io Tools for PLOS Authors: Reproducibility and Recognition

Protocol.io_opt2-690x3200000-0002-8715-2896Source: Protocols.io Tools for PLOS Authors: Reproducibility and Recognition Solutions to the challenges of reproducibility in experimental science should be as diverse as the challenges themselves. Inconsistent reagents, barriers to the open sharing of supporting

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Stand Up for Science

Open-Science-blog-post-image0000-0002-8715-2896Source: Stand Up for Science “You look at science (or at least talk of it) as some sort of demoralizing invention of man, something apart from real life, and which must be cautiously guarded and

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Ten Years of Advancing Science as ONE

waves-circles-545135_960_720_690x3200000-0002-8715-2896Source: Ten Years of Advancing Science as ONE This special blog post in celebration of the journal’s tenth anniversary is authored by Joerg Heber, PLOS ONE Editor-in-Chief. Ten years ago on this day, PLOS ONE

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PLOS appoints Dr. Joerg Heber Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE

45c6cd5668839d0af93a0a0fc89e4368_400x4000000-0002-8715-2896Source: PLOS appoints Dr. Joerg Heber Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE PLOS announced today that after an extensive search, Dr. Joerg Heber has been appointed Editor-in-Chief of PLOS ONE. Heber will be responsible for setting the

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PLOS Supports Early Career Researchers with Travel Award and Broader Initiative

Source: PLOS Supports Early Career Researchers with Travel Award and Broader Initiative PLOS supports the growth of Early Career Researchers (ECRs) as they build skills in science communication, become champions of Open Science and develop

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