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Committed to making the world’s
scientific and medical literature
a public resource
Mark Patterson, Director of Publishing
OASPA Webinar: Oct 20, 2009
• PLoS background• Open-Access publishing at PLoS• Future perspectives
Outline
PLoS Founded October, 2000
Harold VarmusPLoS Co-founder and Chairman of the BoardPresident and CEO of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Patrick O. BrownPLoS Co-founder and Board MemberHoward Hughes Medical Institute & Stanford University School of Medicine
Michael B. EisenPLoS Co-founder and Board MemberLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory & University of California at Berkeley
• Largest non-profit, open-access publisher
• Based in San Francisco and Cambridge, UK (~80 staff)
• Publish seven journals• Use publication fee business model
PLoS in 2009
PLoS BiologyOctober, 2003
• Professional editors• Highly selective• $2900 publication fee
PLoS MedicineOctober, 2004
PLoS Community Journals
June-September, 2005 October, 2007
• Community-run, by leading researchers
• Focus on specific topic• Scalable financial model
($2250 publication fee)
PLoS ONEDecember, 2006
• Peer review judges scientific rigour– peer reviewers do not ask how important the
work is
• Assessment after publication– article-level metrics
• Inclusive scope– all science and medicine
• Cost-effective– $1350 publication fee covers all costs
PLoS Progress Report, June 2009
PLoS Progress Report, June 2009
• Open source publishing platform– addition of web2.0 features
• Article-level metrics– improved research assessment
• New publication channels– PLoS Currents Influenza (www.ploscurrents.org)
Innovation at PLoS
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• Build on success of publication fee model– Funders and Institutions are getting involved
• Most OA journals are new– face the challenges of any new journal
• Transition from subscription-based publishing to OA– more success stories needed
• New approaches for scholarly communication– PLoS ONE, PLoS Currents
Challenges and opportunities for OA publishing