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Editorial
. 2018 Oct 15;16(10):e3000049.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000049. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Fifteen years in, what next for PLOS Biology?

PLOS Biology Staff Editors
Editorial

Fifteen years in, what next for PLOS Biology?

PLOS Biology Staff Editors. PLoS Biol. .

Abstract

As we celebrate our anniversary, the PLOS Biology editors discuss recent initiatives taken by the journal (meta-research, complementary research policy, preprint posting, short reports, methods and resources, data policy, protocols.io) and look ahead to the next fifteen years.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors are current paid employees of the Public Library of Science.

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Fig 1. PLOS Biology celebrates fifteen exciting years.
As we celebrate our anniversary, we recap here recent initiatives taken by the journal (Meta-Research, Short Reports, Methods and Resources, complementary research policy, preprint posting, data policy, protocols.io) and although we cannot predict the future, we look ahead to the next fifteen years.
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