PLOS Biology in the media – May post-info This year is flying by, and May was another bumper month at PLOS Biology. In May we’ve covered all things hair, mind-controlled avatar races, and plantCategory Archives: open access
PLOS Biology in the media – May
PLOS Biology in the media – May post-info This year is flying by, and May was another bumper month at PLOS Biology. In May we’ve covered all things hair, mind-controlled avatar races, and plantPosted by in Biology, Biotechnology, Blog, ecology, environment, featured, genetics, immunology, neuroscience, open access, plant biology, plos biology, Research
Winners of the 2018 PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize
Winners of the 2018 PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize post-info It’s time to celebrate the best of PLOS Computational Biology! In 2017 PLOS Computational Biology launched the “PLOS Computational Biology Research Prize” programI went to an open science hackathon and all I got was a tshirt… and hope for the future
Last week I participated in the 2-day eLife Innovation Sprint. I knew the event was aimed at bringing together ‘computer people’ (programmers, designers, developers) and ‘science people’ (researchers, communicators, publishers) in order to createPLOS Announces Prize to Celebrate the First Year of Channels
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 areaPosted by in awards, featured, innovation, open access, PLOS Channels, Publishing, science communication
Nominations open for the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2018
Nominations open for the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2018 post-info We’re delighted to announce the opening of nominations for the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2018! To mark its launch, we asked Rainer Roehe,Posted by in announcement, community, featured, genetics, open access, PLoS Genetics, Research, Research Prize
PLOS Biology in the media – April
post-info April was a truly diverse month at PLOS Biology. This month we are talking about gravity-defying fungi, representation of endangered species in the media, gender gaps and information gaps in scientific research and whyPosted by in Biology, careers, conservation, data, Debate, ecology, environment, featured, genetics, open access, plant biology, plos biology, Research
Power to the Preprint
Preprints are here!!! Starting today authors submitting their manuscript to most PLOS journals* can also choose to post their article on bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s preprint server for the life sciences. This isPosted by in featured, In the News, innovation, open access, open science, Publishing
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 theirPosted by in bioRxiv, featured, innovation, open access, PLoS, preprints, Publishing, science communication
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 necessaryPosted by in community, featured, open access, open science, Publishing, scicomm
A Reality Check on Author Access to Open Access Publishing
0000-0002-8715-2896 Technically, the “most journals don’t charge authors” statement could well be true. Most open access journals may not charge authors. The source that’s used to support the claim is generally DOAJ –Posted by in featured, journals, open access, science communication