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PLoS Enlivening Scientific Culture
Dr Chris Surridge
Managing Editor, PLoS ONE
Public Library of Science
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Public Library of Science
Committed to making the World’s scientific and medical
literature a public resource
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Public Library of Science
2003 PLoS Biology2004 PLoS Medicine2005 PLoS Computational Biology2005 PLoS Genetics2005 PLoS Pathogens2006 PLoS Clinical Trials2006 PLoS ONE2007 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
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What is open access?
Free, immediate access onlineUnrestricted distribution and re-use Author retains rights to attributionPapers are deposited in a public
online archive such as PubMed Central
Bethesda Principles, April 2003
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What Open Access is Not
A business model
A scheme for Peer Review
Free Access
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What do journals do?
Validation
Selection
Statusing
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What do journals do?
Selection
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What do journals do?
Validation
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Traditional Peer Review
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Preprint Server
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Open Peer Review
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Open Peer Review
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Open Accessthe right to read, copy, distribute and share
Inclusive scopea publication for the whole of science
High Capacityno length or volume restrictions
Peer-reviewedobjectively focusing on technical quality
Streamlined Productionacceptance to publication in as little as 3 weeks
Encouraging discussion and debatecommunity comment and annotation
http://www.plosone.org/
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Comments
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Comments• Referee’s Reports
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Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors
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Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions
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Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions
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Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions
−Formal−Less Formal−Journal Clubs
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Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions•Annotations
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Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions•Annotations•Trackbacks
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Rating
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
Other Views
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PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
PLoS Hubs•Clinical Trials
Other Views
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Library Blogs
http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2007/10/biology-researc.html
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Use and Reuse
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SubmissionsFirst submissions: 1st August 2006Submissions so far: 2,596
Published papersLaunched 16th December 2006Published to date: 1,114
Editorial Board420 individuals~70% acceptance rate
Streamlined ProductionAverage acceptance to publication: 19 days
Encouraging discussion and debate~ 130 post publication comments posted per month> 1 per article on average
http://www.plosone.org/
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Testimonial
I have been looking over the PLoS site, what can be attached, how it prints, how it reads on-line, how it cites, how it allows flexible organization and headings.
It's so f-king nice, I don't think I will ever leave!
Prof. Paul Sereno, 1 November 2007
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Open Accessthe right to read, copy, distribute and share
Inclusive scopea publication for the whole of science
High Capacityno length or volume restrictions
Peer-reviewedobjectively focusing on technical quality
Streamlined Productionacceptance to publication in as little as 3 weeks
Encouraging discussion and debatecommunity comment and annotation
http://www.plosone.org/