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PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy and practice.
Now open for submissions: PLOS Aging and Health is a new open access selective journal that publishes transformative work from across the spectrum of aging research.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oQ9ywq
#AgingResearch #OpenScience #CallForPapers
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oQ9ywq
#AgingResearch #OpenScience #CallForPapers
November 13, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Now open for submissions: PLOS Aging and Health is a new open access selective journal that publishes transformative work from across the spectrum of aging research.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oQ9ywq
#AgingResearch #OpenScience #CallForPapers
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oQ9ywq
#AgingResearch #OpenScience #CallForPapers
Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Now open for submissions: PLOS Ecosystems is a multidisciplinary, open access journal bringing together research relevant to addressing the challenges facing our terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, and nature's contributions to people.
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
Submit and learn more: plos.io/4oYuRvR
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📣 We are thrilled to welcome our new co-Editor-in-Chief, Prof Manuela de Allegri, to the PLOS GPH family! She joins founding Editor-in-Chief Catherine Kyobutungi as we advance our mission to amplify diverse voices and drive evidence-based action for health equity worldwide.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:04 PM
📣 We are thrilled to welcome our new co-Editor-in-Chief, Prof Manuela de Allegri, to the PLOS GPH family! She joins founding Editor-in-Chief Catherine Kyobutungi as we advance our mission to amplify diverse voices and drive evidence-based action for health equity worldwide.
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Congratulations to @upascual.bsky.social, Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, on receiving a European Research Council Synergy Grant! 👏
This prestigious grant will support collaborative research into nature–society interactions in mountain socioecological systems.
This prestigious grant will support collaborative research into nature–society interactions in mountain socioecological systems.
Rob Marchant, Laura Pereira, Unai Pascual, and Thomas Hickler will use their ERC Synergy Grant to understand how nature and societies interact in and beyond mountain socioecological systems ⛰️
@rob-marchant.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @upascual.bsky.social
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#ERCSyG
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November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Congratulations to @upascual.bsky.social, Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, on receiving a European Research Council Synergy Grant! 👏
This prestigious grant will support collaborative research into nature–society interactions in mountain socioecological systems.
This prestigious grant will support collaborative research into nature–society interactions in mountain socioecological systems.
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UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester!
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
October 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
UK Reproducibility Network is having a conference, July 2026 in Manchester!
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
Please register your interest: www.ukrn.org/conference/
Bringing together researchers, institutions and research stakeholders from the UK and beyond to drive collaborative change within the UK #research sector.
There is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
October 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
There is still time to register for our next Open 2.0 webinar exploring how #OpenScience monitoring helps track and understand open science in practice.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CET
📝 plos.io/3WnuNJM
🤝 Speakers: @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
We need an economic shift that broadens participation in open science. Hear what libraries, funders, and institutions globally about how we move beyond the APC.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/4o1Q08q plos.io/4o1Q08q
🔗 Read more: plos.io/4o1Q08q plos.io/4o1Q08q
Validating how we can redefine open science business models
Discover how PLOS is redefining open science business models beyond APCs—building equitable, transparent, and sustainable publishing for all.
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October 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We need an economic shift that broadens participation in open science. Hear what libraries, funders, and institutions globally about how we move beyond the APC.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/4o1Q08q plos.io/4o1Q08q
🔗 Read more: plos.io/4o1Q08q plos.io/4o1Q08q
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Meet Catherine Kyobutungi (@ckyobutungi.bsky.social), Co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Global Public Health, and discover a journal redefining #GlobalHealth research through equity, inclusion, and collaboration - and why it matters now more than ever.
📽️ Watch the interview: plos.io/4osstx3
📽️ Watch the interview: plos.io/4osstx3
October 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Meet Catherine Kyobutungi (@ckyobutungi.bsky.social), Co-Editor-in-Chief of PLOS Global Public Health, and discover a journal redefining #GlobalHealth research through equity, inclusion, and collaboration - and why it matters now more than ever.
📽️ Watch the interview: plos.io/4osstx3
📽️ Watch the interview: plos.io/4osstx3
In this new Editorial, PLOS Medicine Executive Editor, Helen Lumbard, and Senior Editor, Front Section, Daniel Routledge urge the scientific community to confront research fraud and paper mills head-on by creating stronger systems for data sharing and transparency. Learn more plos.io/4nDKQ2c.
Open science and transparency are our strongest tools in the fight against fraudulent publishing activities
PLOS Medicine Executive Editor, Helen Lumbard, and Senior Editor, Front Section, Daniel Routledge, call for the scientific community to tackle research fraud and paper mills head on by creating robust systems of data sharing and transparency.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
In this new Editorial, PLOS Medicine Executive Editor, Helen Lumbard, and Senior Editor, Front Section, Daniel Routledge urge the scientific community to confront research fraud and paper mills head-on by creating stronger systems for data sharing and transparency. Learn more plos.io/4nDKQ2c.
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This #WorldMentalHealthDay we focus on service access in times of crisis.
We highlight content from our journal and across @plos.org (@plosglobalpublichealth.org and PLOS Medicine), which aims to improve well-being in the face of mass trauma
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/10/w...
We highlight content from our journal and across @plos.org (@plosglobalpublichealth.org and PLOS Medicine), which aims to improve well-being in the face of mass trauma
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/10/w...
World Mental Health Day 2025: Access to Mental Health in Catastrophes and Emergencies - Speaking of Medicine and Health
This year, the theme for World Mental Health Day is ‘access to services – mental health in catastrophes and emergencies’. Supporting those…
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October 10, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This #WorldMentalHealthDay we focus on service access in times of crisis.
We highlight content from our journal and across @plos.org (@plosglobalpublichealth.org and PLOS Medicine), which aims to improve well-being in the face of mass trauma
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/10/w...
We highlight content from our journal and across @plos.org (@plosglobalpublichealth.org and PLOS Medicine), which aims to improve well-being in the face of mass trauma
speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2025/10/10/w...
What can real-world examples teach us about tracking the progress of #OpenScience? Join us for the next webinar in our Open 2.0 series.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU
Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU
Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
October 8, 2025 at 4:45 PM
What can real-world examples teach us about tracking the progress of #OpenScience? Join us for the next webinar in our Open 2.0 series.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU
Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU
Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.
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🌊 🪩 It brings me great pleasure to announce that yesterday I started as co-Editor-in-Chief at @plos.org Water! 🌊 🪩
A bit about my vision for the journal here: latitude.plos.org/2025/10/sera...
Please reach out with ideas, suggestions, & even (esp?) constructive criticism. 🧡 💛 💚 🩵 💙 💜 ❤️🩹 More soon!
A bit about my vision for the journal here: latitude.plos.org/2025/10/sera...
Please reach out with ideas, suggestions, & even (esp?) constructive criticism. 🧡 💛 💚 🩵 💙 💜 ❤️🩹 More soon!
Sera Young joins PLOS Water as co-Editor-in-Chief - Latitude
We are delighted to welcome Professor Sera Young to PLOS Water as co-Editor-in-Chief! Sera is a professor of anthropology at Northwestern University…
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October 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
🌊 🪩 It brings me great pleasure to announce that yesterday I started as co-Editor-in-Chief at @plos.org Water! 🌊 🪩
A bit about my vision for the journal here: latitude.plos.org/2025/10/sera...
Please reach out with ideas, suggestions, & even (esp?) constructive criticism. 🧡 💛 💚 🩵 💙 💜 ❤️🩹 More soon!
A bit about my vision for the journal here: latitude.plos.org/2025/10/sera...
Please reach out with ideas, suggestions, & even (esp?) constructive criticism. 🧡 💛 💚 🩵 💙 💜 ❤️🩹 More soon!
Director of Open Research Solutions, @iainhz.bsky.social, shares updates from our Redefining Publishing initiative, exploring how we can redesign publishing to better support #OpenScience and reform #ResearchAssessment ⬇️
Redefining publishing: why we’re moving beyond the article
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The current publishing system doesn’t reflect how science is done – or how it should be assessed, writes Iain Hrynaszkiewicz of @plos.org
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The current publishing system doesn’t reflect how science is done – or how it should be assessed, writes Iain Hrynaszkiewicz of @plos.org
Redefining publishing: why we're moving beyond the article - Research Information
The current publishing system doesn’t reflect how science is done – or how it should be assessed, writes Iain Hrynaszkiewicz
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October 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Director of Open Research Solutions, @iainhz.bsky.social, shares updates from our Redefining Publishing initiative, exploring how we can redesign publishing to better support #OpenScience and reform #ResearchAssessment ⬇️
When public health decisions affect vulnerable communities, research has a role to play.
Evidence-based insights can help illuminate the impact, inform inclusive responses, and support those facing barriers to care, especially LGBTQ+ youth.
🔗 plos.io/3WeJMpg
Evidence-based insights can help illuminate the impact, inform inclusive responses, and support those facing barriers to care, especially LGBTQ+ youth.
🔗 plos.io/3WeJMpg
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - The Official PLOS Blog
In a recent post on Scholarly Kitchen, three writers shared personal stories expressing concern over the White House’s decision to eliminate federal…
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October 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
When public health decisions affect vulnerable communities, research has a role to play.
Evidence-based insights can help illuminate the impact, inform inclusive responses, and support those facing barriers to care, especially LGBTQ+ youth.
🔗 plos.io/3WeJMpg
Evidence-based insights can help illuminate the impact, inform inclusive responses, and support those facing barriers to care, especially LGBTQ+ youth.
🔗 plos.io/3WeJMpg
We have partnered with the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which shares our collective vision to make publishing more accessible, and providing #OpenScience opportunities for researchers in #India.
🔗 plos.io/42jVqCL
🔗 plos.io/42jVqCL
PLOS announces a new publishing agreement in India - The Official PLOS Blog
Note: PLOS issued the following press release on September 30, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO, CA —The Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced…
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September 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We have partnered with the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which shares our collective vision to make publishing more accessible, and providing #OpenScience opportunities for researchers in #India.
🔗 plos.io/42jVqCL
🔗 plos.io/42jVqCL
PLOS is exploring how research publishing can be a lever for systemic change, moving away from a broken research assessment system to one that recognizes every contribution to #openscience – before and after the article.
🔗 Read “Validating how we can go beyond the article”:
🔗 Read “Validating how we can go beyond the article”:
Validating how we can go beyond the article
Discover how PLOS is reimagining research publishing beyond the article, advancing open science, reforming assessment, and driving systemic change.
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September 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
PLOS is exploring how research publishing can be a lever for systemic change, moving away from a broken research assessment system to one that recognizes every contribution to #openscience – before and after the article.
🔗 Read “Validating how we can go beyond the article”:
🔗 Read “Validating how we can go beyond the article”:
As #PeerReviewWeek draws to a close, and we would like to say thank you to our peer reviewers 🤝
Your time, expertise, and thoughtful feedback help keep PLOS research rigorous, open, and trustworthy.
Your time, expertise, and thoughtful feedback help keep PLOS research rigorous, open, and trustworthy.
September 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
As #PeerReviewWeek draws to a close, and we would like to say thank you to our peer reviewers 🤝
Your time, expertise, and thoughtful feedback help keep PLOS research rigorous, open, and trustworthy.
Your time, expertise, and thoughtful feedback help keep PLOS research rigorous, open, and trustworthy.
The rise of AI is reshaping how we think, write, and review science. This #PeerReviewWeek, we’re asking how do we preserve trust and transparency in a system that’s rapidly evolving?
🔗 Read our latest blog: plos.io/46d8BI9
@peerreviewweek.bsky.social
#OpenScience #PRW2025
🔗 Read our latest blog: plos.io/46d8BI9
@peerreviewweek.bsky.social
#OpenScience #PRW2025
September 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
The rise of AI is reshaping how we think, write, and review science. This #PeerReviewWeek, we’re asking how do we preserve trust and transparency in a system that’s rapidly evolving?
🔗 Read our latest blog: plos.io/46d8BI9
@peerreviewweek.bsky.social
#OpenScience #PRW2025
🔗 Read our latest blog: plos.io/46d8BI9
@peerreviewweek.bsky.social
#OpenScience #PRW2025
We have submitted a response to the National Institutes of Health's Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs. We believe that equitable access to publishing is essential to advancing open science.
🔗 Read our full response here: plos.io/4n9MEzF
🔗 Read our full response here: plos.io/4n9MEzF
September 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
We have submitted a response to the National Institutes of Health's Request for Information on Maximizing Research Funds by Limiting Allowable Publishing Costs. We believe that equitable access to publishing is essential to advancing open science.
🔗 Read our full response here: plos.io/4n9MEzF
🔗 Read our full response here: plos.io/4n9MEzF
In a newly released arXiv preprint, we explore how open science practice like sharing data, code and preprints relate to citation impact in French-authored research over a 3-year period.
Thanks to @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social for highlighting its national importance.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/3Vmykrj
Thanks to @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social for highlighting its national importance.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/3Vmykrj
September 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In a newly released arXiv preprint, we explore how open science practice like sharing data, code and preprints relate to citation impact in French-authored research over a 3-year period.
Thanks to @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social for highlighting its national importance.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/3Vmykrj
Thanks to @ouvrirlascience.bsky.social for highlighting its national importance.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/3Vmykrj
This year’s #PeerReviewWeek theme “Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era” asks how tech is reshaping research.
PLOS CEO, Alison Mudditt, shares her take on AI, open science, and the future of research integrity in this interview with @authorsalliance.bsky.social.
📖 plos.io/3K9UXwF
PLOS CEO, Alison Mudditt, shares her take on AI, open science, and the future of research integrity in this interview with @authorsalliance.bsky.social.
📖 plos.io/3K9UXwF
AI, Open Science, and the Future of Research Integrity: An Interview with Alison Mudditt of PLOS
Below is an interview with Alison Mudditt, CEO of PLOS (Public Library of Science) discussing the impact of AI on publishing operations, research integrity, and sustainable open science. Dave:…
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September 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This year’s #PeerReviewWeek theme “Rethinking Peer Review in the AI Era” asks how tech is reshaping research.
PLOS CEO, Alison Mudditt, shares her take on AI, open science, and the future of research integrity in this interview with @authorsalliance.bsky.social.
📖 plos.io/3K9UXwF
PLOS CEO, Alison Mudditt, shares her take on AI, open science, and the future of research integrity in this interview with @authorsalliance.bsky.social.
📖 plos.io/3K9UXwF
Next week is #PeerReviewWeek! Today, we take a look back at our long-standing commitment to open peer review and a new initiative that brings open peer review to preprints for authors submitting to PLOS Global Public Health.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/3HQYOy7
🔗 Read more: plos.io/3HQYOy7
September 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Next week is #PeerReviewWeek! Today, we take a look back at our long-standing commitment to open peer review and a new initiative that brings open peer review to preprints for authors submitting to PLOS Global Public Health.
🔗 Read more: plos.io/3HQYOy7
🔗 Read more: plos.io/3HQYOy7
We have updated our editorial policy for retrospective health database studies to strengthen scientific rigor and editorial integrity.
🔗 Read more here: plos.io/4g8Jbi8
🔗 Read more here: plos.io/4g8Jbi8
Updates to PLOS retrospective health database editorial policy - The Official PLOS Blog
Learn more about PLOS revised editorial guidelines for research using publicly accessible health and social science databases.
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September 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We have updated our editorial policy for retrospective health database studies to strengthen scientific rigor and editorial integrity.
🔗 Read more here: plos.io/4g8Jbi8
🔗 Read more here: plos.io/4g8Jbi8
A new arXiv preprint from Iain Hrynaszkiewicz and Lauren Cadwallader at PLOS with Prof Giovanni Colavizza, explores links between open science practices and citation impact across over 576,000 publications.
🔗 Read the full preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2508.20747
#OpenScience #OSI #Preprints
🔗 Read the full preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2508.20747
#OpenScience #OSI #Preprints
An analysis of the effects of open science indicators on citations in the French Open Science Monitor
This study investigates the correlation of citation impact with various open science indicators (OSI) within the French Open Science Monitor (FOSM), a dataset comprising approximately 900,000 publicat...
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September 3, 2025 at 3:44 PM
A new arXiv preprint from Iain Hrynaszkiewicz and Lauren Cadwallader at PLOS with Prof Giovanni Colavizza, explores links between open science practices and citation impact across over 576,000 publications.
🔗 Read the full preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2508.20747
#OpenScience #OSI #Preprints
🔗 Read the full preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2508.20747
#OpenScience #OSI #Preprints
Join PLOS Computational Biology editors Ben Hall & Anna Niarakis for a hands-on @eventswcs.bsky.social workshop, exploring how biological networks can drive innovation in research and healthcare.
🗓️ 7-12 Dec 2025
💸 Bursaries available - apply by 2 Sept.
📩 Find out more: bit.ly/43wAhoR
🗓️ 7-12 Dec 2025
💸 Bursaries available - apply by 2 Sept.
📩 Find out more: bit.ly/43wAhoR
Learn computational approaches to leverage biological networks for solving #biomedical disease challenges, at #ComputationalBiology25 course.
🗓️ Course dates: 7-12 December 2025
💸 Bursary support available
Apply by 25 August 📩
📎 Find out more about sessions and instructors: bit.ly/4knNAi6
🗓️ Course dates: 7-12 December 2025
💸 Bursary support available
Apply by 25 August 📩
📎 Find out more about sessions and instructors: bit.ly/4knNAi6
August 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Join PLOS Computational Biology editors Ben Hall & Anna Niarakis for a hands-on @eventswcs.bsky.social workshop, exploring how biological networks can drive innovation in research and healthcare.
🗓️ 7-12 Dec 2025
💸 Bursaries available - apply by 2 Sept.
📩 Find out more: bit.ly/43wAhoR
🗓️ 7-12 Dec 2025
💸 Bursaries available - apply by 2 Sept.
📩 Find out more: bit.ly/43wAhoR