This blog post was prepared by PLOS One Senior Editor Joanna Tindall. The Anthropocene is a geological epoch defined by human actions…

September 2026 — Learn about a new partnership between PLOS, The National Science Library, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

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This report is an output of PLOS’s Redefining Publishing program, supported by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program explores how scholarly…

Author: Renee Hoch, Head of Publication Ethics, PLOS Artificial intelligence (AI) is having an outsized influence on many industries, including scholarly publishing…

PLOS explores innovative publishing models to enhance open science, focusing on broader recognition of diverse research outputs and sustainable participation beyond traditional article-centric…

Explore the benefits and practices of open peer review, including publishing peer review history and enhancing scientific transparency for authors, reviewers, and readers.

PLOS explores innovative publishing models to enhance open science, focusing on broader recognition of diverse research outputs and sustainable participation beyond traditional article-centric…

We are pleased to announce that PLOS and The Water Institute at UNC are again partnering to publish a special collection of…

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We describe and name a new species of African monkey, Colobus congoensis sp. nov. (Primates, Cercopithecidae), from the interfluve region of the Lomami and Congo (Lualaba) Rivers in east-central…

On May 29 2026, the Office of Management and Budget published a proposed rule change that would fundamentally alter how federal research funding is allocated in the US. The proposed changes have significant consequences for open science, public access and the integrity of the research record.

We are delighted to introduce Laura García Portela (Erasmus University of Rotterdam) as an Academic Editor in PLOS Climate‘s Philosophy and Ethics section…

This blog was written by Daniel Parkes, Associate Editor in PLOS One. The ocean is a huge carbon sink, storing 30% of…

Explore innovative publishing models that support open science, enhance research transparency, and foster global collaboration in the evolving landscape of scholarly communication.

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We are officially on LinkedIn! 🎉 At PLOS Global Public Health, we support a mission to make work of the highest methodological and ethical rigor openly available to the researchers, policy experts, a...