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One Million Page Views 13 Aug 2013 | 10:16 pm
We want to draw your attention to a blog post that was published this morning on PLOS Biologue by Phil Bourne, Founding Editor in Chief for PLOS Computational Biology. It’s about the success of the T...
PLOS Research and Blog Series Help Refocus The Climate Change Conversation on Science 30 Jul 2013 | 12:25 am
PLOS is pleased to announce the upcoming release of “The Ecological Impact of Climate Change,” a curated collection of 16 research articles, accompanied by a related series of blog posts on our PLOS ...
PLOS Appoints Richard Hewitt as Chief Financial Officer 17 Jul 2013 | 03:07 am
PLOS is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chief Financial Officer. Following a thorough and intensive search, PLOS has named Richard Hewitt as CFO, effective August 7, 2013. Prior to joinin...
Measuring Article Impact – Introducing ALM Reports 26 Jun 2013 | 10:15 pm
PLOS is a leader in transforming research communication through Open Access and we are also committed to improving the evaluation of research through Article Level Metrics (ALM) that measure impact at...
Call to Action—Support Publicly Funded Research in California 20 Jun 2013 | 08:16 pm
On May 30th, the California State Assembly successfully passed the California Taxpayer Access to Publicly Funded Research Act (AB 609). The vote tally was 71-7. The wide margin was aided by Open Acce...
PLOS ONE – Measuring Article Impact 18 Jun 2013 | 11:28 pm
A common misconception of PLOS ONE is that just because we don’t consider perceived impact or novelty when deciding what to publish, it means we don’t care about the impact of articles we publish. We ...
Thank You 16 Jun 2013 | 10:28 pm
The 27 sponsors of the Accelerating Science Award Program (ASAP) would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who submitted a nomination for the award. The breadth of potential winners is tr...
Nomination Deadline is June 15 (12:00am PST)—The Accelerating Science Award Program 11 Jun 2013 | 08:54 pm
There is less than a week for ASAP program award nominations. This is an opportunity to showcase significant examples of Open Access reuse and to bestow $30,000 to three winners who will be recognize...
PLOS Statement on CHORUS 7 Jun 2013 | 12:07 am
A group of largely subscription-based publishers has introduced a proposal that would reduce the US government’s efforts to provide access to federally funded research. The proposal, called CHORUS, is...
Nomination Deadline is Approaching—The Accelerating Science Award Program 3 Jun 2013 | 10:39 pm
There is less than two weeks for ASAP program award nominations. This is an opportunity to showcase significant examples of Open Access reuse and to bestow $30,000 to three winners who will be recogn...
