Csurridge@plos.org PLoS Enlivening Scientific Culture Dr Chris Surridge Managing Editor, PLoS ONE...

Post on 01-Jan-2016

214 views 0 download

Transcript of Csurridge@plos.org PLoS Enlivening Scientific Culture Dr Chris Surridge Managing Editor, PLoS ONE...

csurridge@plos.org

PLoS Enlivening Scientific Culture

Dr Chris Surridge

Managing Editor, PLoS ONE

Public Library of Science

csurridge@plos.org

Public Library of Science

Committed to making the World’s scientific and medical

literature a public resource

csurridge@plos.org

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

csurridge@plos.org

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

csurridge@plos.org

What Open Access is Not

A business model

A scheme for Peer Review

Free Access

csurridge@plos.org

What do journals do?

Validation

Selection

Statusing

csurridge@plos.org

What do journals do?

Selection

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

What do journals do?

Validation

csurridge@plos.org

Traditional Peer Review

csurridge@plos.org

Preprint Server

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Open Peer Review

csurridge@plos.org

Open Peer Review

csurridge@plos.org

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/

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Comments

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Comments• Referee’s Reports

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions

−Formal

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions

−Formal−Less Formal

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions

−Formal−Less Formal−Journal Clubs

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions•Annotations

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Comments•Referee’s Reports•Academic Editors•Discussions•Annotations•Trackbacks

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Rating

PLoS

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Other Views

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

PLoS Hubs•Clinical Trials

Other Views

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Library Blogs

http://wulibraries.typepad.com/bionews/2007/10/biology-researc.html

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

Use and Reuse

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

csurridge@plos.org

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/

csurridge@plos.org

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

csurridge@plos.org

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/