PLoS ONE recently published articlesThis week – 19th-23rd October 2009 – is the Open Access week around the world – fitting nicely with the 5th birthday of PLoS Medicine. And when I say ‘around the world’ I really mean it. Just check out all the global events happening this week.
The OA Week is co-organized by Open Access Directory, [...]
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We’re always happy to learn about scientists who have added value in different ways to PLoS articles because it illustrates the power of open access. We call this “creative re-use” and it can only really flourish when entire articles (not just abstracts) are freely accessible online with no permission required to use them in any way desired.
Imagine [...]
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Every Friday on this blog, my colleague Bex Walton, does an excellent round up of the week’s media coverage of stories that originated with a PLoS ONE research article. It’s a significant task for her to keep up with the number and breadth of coverage, plus she (along with Jen Laloup) is also a pivotal [...]
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Adam Ratner, MD is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology at Columbia University. He is one of the first people to join the Editorial Board at PLoS ONE and is now our Section Editor for Infectious Diseases. We talked over Skype about medicine, Open Access, PLoS and the world of scientific publishing.
BZ: I’d like [...]
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Tom Tregenza is a Royal Society Research Fellow at the Centre for Ecology & Conservation at the University of Exeter’s Cornwall campus. He recently became the Section Editor for Evolution at PLoS ONE and in this capacity he has already handled 82 manuscripts. We talked over Skype last week about his science and about the [...]
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The Open Access world has seen a few red letter days over the past few weeks.
Yesterday, Lund University announced that they have established an OA publication fund and set up a relationship with PLoS. Below is an excerpt from their Press Release:
In accordance with its commitment to ensure public availability of its research output, the [...]
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