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Our expert editorial boards collaborate with reviewers to provide accurate assessment that readers can trust. Authors have a choice of journals, publishing outputs, and tools to open their science to new audiences and get credit. We collaborate to make science, and the process of publishing science, fair, equitable, and accessible for the whole community.
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PLOS is Open so that everyone can read, share, and reuse the research we publish. Underlying our commitment to Open Science is our data availability policy which ensures every piece of your research is accessible and replicable. We also go beyond that, empowering authors to preregister their research, and publish protocols, negative and null results, and more.
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With trainig in molecular biology, Ines joined PLOS Biology in 2008 and enjoys publishing stories that advance science. Learn about her career as an editor and advice for early career researchers new to publishing.
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Entomological research in the 21st century benefits from interdisciplinary connections, including from the application of a range of methods from molecular biology to computer science. Publishing in open access journals with a wide readership can foster those connections. Importantly, it also allows cross disciplinary teams to disseminate collaborative research to researchers in their various relevant domains.
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How can we increase adoption of open research practices?
Researchers are satisfied with their ability to share their own research data but may struggle with accessing other researchers’ data. Therefore, to increase data sharing in a findable and accessible way, PLOS will focus on better integrating existing data repositories and promoting their benefits rather than creating new solutions.
Imagining a transformed scientific publication landscape
Open Science is not a finish line, but rather a means to an end. An underlying goal behind the movement towards Open Science is to conduct and publish more reliable and thoroughly reported research.
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Here, PLOS ONE Staff Editors from the different subject teams reflect on the past year choosing some of their favorite research. From research on plastic pollution to improving prognosis predictions for patients with cancer, we hope that these selections will have something of interest for everyone.
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- What do you think is the best way to ensure reproducibility for future generations of researchers?