Correction: The original version of this article incorrectly stated that Dennis Ventry Jr. was the Vice Chair of the Academic Senate University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication. In ...

SAN FRANCISCO —The Public Library of Science (PLOS) is pleased to announce a consortium agreement with Consorcio Colombia / Consortia facilitated by Accucoms, that allows joining member institutions ...

Michael Eisen's goal is to change the way scientific findings are disseminated. Most research papers today are locked behind paywalls, and access can cost hundreds of dollars per article. The general ...

The world’s largest scientific journal, the open-access giant PLOS ONE, is feeling some pullback. Last year the free site published 10 percent fewer papers than it did two years ago. Its impact factor ...

Scientists will have more opportunities to publish open-access papers this summer, when the Public Library of Science adds three new journals to its offerings, the editors of the organization’s ...

Financial analysis reveals reliance on philanthropy. The Public Library of Science (PLoS), the flagship publisher for the open-access publishing movement, faces a looming financial crisis. An analysis ...

Seven years ago, Michael Eisen, an assistant professor of genetics and development at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, proposed a program to link experimental data from his lab to relevant ...

SAN FRANCISCO —The Public Library of Science (PLOS) is pleased to announce a consortium agreement with Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) that allows member institutions to participate in PLOS’ ...