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Editorial
. 2010 May 25;7(5):e1000282.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000282.

Journals, academics, and pandemics

PLoS Medicine Editors
Editorial

Journals, academics, and pandemics

PLoS Medicine Editors. PLoS Med. .

Abstract

In the wake of the SARS epidemic and the H1N1 pandemic, the PLoS Medicine editors ask whether journal publishing is an efficient enough mechanism for information sharing.

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The authors' individual competing interests are at http://www.plosmedicine.org/static/editorsInterests.action. PLoS is funded partly through manuscript publication charges, but the PLoS Medicine Editors are paid a fixed salary (their salary is not linked to the number of papers published in the journal).

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