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PLoS Enlivening Scientific Culture

PLoS Enlivening Scientific Culture. Dr Chris Surridge Managing Editor, PLoS ONE Public Library of Science. Public Library of Science Committed to making the World’s scientific and medical literature a public resource. Public Library of Science 2003 PLoS Biology 2004 PLoS Medicine

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PLoS Enlivening Scientific Culture

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  1. PLoS Enlivening Scientific Culture Dr Chris Surridge Managing Editor, PLoS ONE Public Library of Science

  2. Public Library of Science Committed to making the World’s scientific and medical literature a public resource

  3. Public Library of Science • 2003 PLoS Biology • 2004 PLoS Medicine • 2005 PLoS Computational Biology • 2005 PLoS Genetics • 2005 PLoS Pathogens • 2006 PLoS Clinical Trials • 2006 PLoS ONE • 2007 PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

  4. What is open access? • Free, immediate access online • Unrestricted distribution and re-use • Author retains rights to attribution • Papers are deposited in a public online archive such as PubMed Central • Bethesda Principles, April 2003

  5. What Open Access is Not • A business model • A scheme for Peer Review • Free Access

  6. What do journals do? • Validation • Selection • Statusing

  7. What do journals do? • Selection

  8. What do journals do? • Validation

  9. Traditional Peer Review

  10. Preprint Server

  11. Open Peer Review

  12. Open Peer Review

  13. http://www.plosone.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

  14. PLoS • Comments

  15. PLoS • Comments • Referee’s Reports

  16. PLoS • Comments • Referee’s Reports • Academic Editors

  17. PLoS • Comments • Referee’s Reports • Academic Editors • Discussions • Formal

  18. PLoS • Comments • Referee’s Reports • Academic Editors • Discussions • Formal • Less Formal

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