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What activities do you participate that help you feel most connected with others in your field?
-Subject/field-specific conferences
-Fully virtual conferences or meetups
-Live audio discussions (Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces)
-Social media groups or online forums (like subreddits)
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What is the top reason that you choose
#OpenScience
?
➡️ My work is accessible to anyone
➡️ My work will reach more people
➡️ I can increase trust by sharing methods, data
➡️ My work will reach my peers faster
If your top reason isn't listed, let us know in the replies!
Accessibility
587
Reach
183
Trust
205
Speed
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We cannot ignore the latest injustice -
#GeorgeFloyd
. Simply put,
#BlackLivesMatter
. We will be prioritizing our social media space for the
#BlackAndSTEM
voices to be heard. We’re here and we’re listening.
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Remember the good old days of last wk, when govt employee stating a scientific fact was unremarkable, nay expected?
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How "the Trump Administration’s War on Science" will undermine American innovation & national security
@nytimes
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#Preprints
have come to
@PLOS
!
Starting today, authors submitting to (most) PLOS journals have the choice of also posting as
@biorxivpreprint
. See the tweets above for just some of the reasons why we say "opt in".
#PowerToThePreprint
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Today, we’re pushing the boundaries of Open and launching published peer review history across all of our journals. We're excited to begin offering authors and reviewers more choices about how they publish!
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Exciting news rings in the weekend: The European Research Council announced that it will accept
#preprints
as evidence of an academic's work when applying for grants, giving even more
#powertothepreprint
than before:
@ERC_Research
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We are extremely excited to announce the imminent launch of 5 new journals, our first new launches in 14 years! These new journals are unified in addressing global health & environmental challenges through forums rooted in the full values of
#OpenScience
.
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What is your favorite way to find out about new research in your field? (If your favorite option isn't listed, let us know in the replies!)
#OpenScience
#ScienceTwitter
#SciComm
Social Media
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Podcasts
235
Collections
166
Email
221
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Just departed Nat Park Service director speaks out against Trump admin gag orders
@NatParkService
#StandUpforScience
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We are excited to take part in a new initiative that could significantly speed up peer review.
@ASAPbio_
and
@EMBOPress
have teamed up to launch Review Commons, a platform for rapid, objective, journal-independent peer reviews.
@verokiermer
has more on the Official PLOS blog.
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How has communication in science changed in your field in the past couple of years?
#ScienceTwitter
#OpenScience
#SciComm
Wider use of preprints
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Global research sharing
218
Increased collaboration
168
More global collaboration
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What tool is most important to you in ensuring you get credit for your work? If you use a different tool, let us know in the replies!
#FutureOfOpenScience
#OpenScience
ORCiD
631
CRediT
78
Google Scholar
731
Something else
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#Preprint
isn't a synonym for "first draft" or "low quality". In fact, we think scientists who post to a preprint server are taking
#peerreview
a step further by inviting MORE feedback from the community.
#PowerToThePreprint
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What’s the most important next step toward ensuring equity and inclusion in
#OpenScience
? If you have other ideas, please share them in the replies.
More OA journals
185
Increased Open practices
240
APC alternatives
213
Diverse editorial boards
181
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A
@PLOSONE
study shows that having more women in leadership roles in scientific societies may help ease gender disparities in
#STEM
. Read a
#ResearchNews
summary to learn the key findings and implications of this research
#WomenInSTEM
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Yesterday PLOS joined over 100 publications in an open letter committing to offer transparent peer review. Read more about our first steps toward transparency, credit, and peer review
@ASAPbio_
@wellcometrust
#HHMI
#PublishPeerReview
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How have
#OpenScience
practices helped you connect with your research community? Share more options in the replies!
#FutureOfOpenScience
1⃣ My work is more discoverable
2⃣ Faster sharing with peers
3⃣ More collaboration opportunities
4⃣ Connecting on a shared Open mission
More discoverable
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Faster sharing
76
More collaboration
89
Shared mission
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What increases your trust in published research? Do you feel more confident about the results of a study with...
#FutureOfOpenScience
Public data
602
Published methods
418
Published peer reviews
458
None of these
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The Need for Publicly Funded Science: Research not just something scientists do; it requires large infrastructure.
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Scientific impact is more than a statistic. What is the most important impact your work can have? Share more options in the replies!
> Increase public trust in science
> Influence public policy
> Improve public health outcomes
> Serve as a building block for future discoveries
Increase trust
169
Influence public policy
270
Educational improvements
153
Building block
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Op-Ed: Trump's anti-science budget will be a disaster for America's bottom line
@latimes
#MarchForScience
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Publishing an academic study is an achievement for researchers to be proud of, and it is important that the name on the paper reflects who the authors are. Read more about our policy change for published transgender authors.
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More ways to get credit = more reasons to review. Starting today, reviewers at PLOS can track their contributions and get credit for their work through
@ORCID_Org
. It’s as simple as register, connect and authorize.
#peerreview
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@FionaIngleby
@PLOS
regrets the tone, content and spirit of this review; your appeal is in process & we're reviewing the matter.
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One Small Step for
#Preprints
, One Giant Step for
#OpenScience
| Beginning May 1, authors submitting to PLOS have the option of posting their manuscript as a
@biorxivpreprint
#PowerToThePreprint
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Thank you
@NASAClimate
for your essential service to the scientific community and to the greater world.
#USofScience
#climatechange
#scicomm
Dec 2016's avg global temp was 3rd highest on record. Global avg atmospheric CO2 concentration was ~405 ppm.
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Knowing what doesn’t work is an important step toward discovering what does. We believe that publishing negative, null and replication studies increases efficiencies, reduces needless duplication and deadends, and accelerates scientific advancement.
#OpenScience
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New "How to get your article noticed AND advance the sci conversation" 5 tips for researchers
http://t.co/gUc2sZTwg0
http://t.co/NHoUSqcrbQ
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"In simple terms, unencumbered dissemination of scientific research depends on a fair Internet."
#netneutrality
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What areas of
#OpenScience
would you like to learn more about before pursuing? Let us know of other options in the replies!
Preprints
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Published peer review
168
Open data
228
Protocols/Methods
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PLOS firmly believes research should be judged on its own merits, not the journal it is published in
#citescore
#metrics
@PLOSALM
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#OpenScience
enables new communities to form around content and research practices.
Tag a fellow researcher in the replies to thank them for being a part of your research community!
#FutureOfOpenScience
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What is the most effective way Twitter and/or other social media outlets have helped you connect with your fellow researchers? Let us know of any other options in the replies!
Virtual meetups
222
Conference hashtags
173
Community hashtags
246
Twitter lists
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#NetNeutrality
matters to science. Still unsure as to why? Check out our post on
@PLOSBlogs
to learn why scientists (and the public) need an open Internet for global access to knowledge.
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We are thrilled to share the news that we are formally partnering with
@tccafrica
, a nonprofit trust committed to improving African researchers’ visibility and impact through training in scholarly communication.
#OpenScience
#OpenResearch
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In an effort to strengthen the integrity and reproducibility of our published articles
@plosone
and
@plosbiology
are now requiring raw blot and gel image data. Read more on the Official PLOS Blog.
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Today we're excited to announce a two-year agreement with
@UofCalifornia
that will make it easier and more affordable for UC researchers to publish in
#PLOS
journals.
@CalDigLib
#OpenAccess
#OpenScience
🔓 Details:
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Joining our highly experienced team of staff editors,
@npariente
officially came on board earlier this month as Editor-in-Chief and is eager to get started on the newest
@PLOSBiology
initiatives.
Hear more about her vision for the journal:
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“Science is not finished until it’s communicated.” Scientists studied journalists.... Whoa, meta
#SciComm
http://t.co/Eyq5b9hKO1
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.
@PLOS
stands up for science & we will be represented at the
#MarchForScience
in WA DC on 4/22
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How do you measure the reach of your research? (If your preferred answer isn’t listed, let us know what it is in the replies!)
Breadth of readership
433
Press coverage
114
Number of citations
1717
Social media shares
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Excited to announce that Yale University Library (
@YaleLibrary
) has signed two agreements that will allow
@Yale
-affiliated authors to publish in any PLOS journal without paying article processing charges.
#OpenAccess
#OpenScience
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Best is DeNiro says he listened to the scientific comm & realized showing the antivaxx film would be grave mistake
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Showing somebody directly what 500,000 neurons look like; Q&A w/
@GDunnArt
#neuroscientist
turned artist
@PLOSNeuro
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Today we launch 2 new
@PLOSONE
article types: Lab and Study Protocols! Developed in partnership with
@protocolsIO
, these article types are aimed at improving
#reproducibility
and transparency.
#PLOSProtocols
#OpenScience
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Not done yet...an alternative EPA
@UngaggedEPA
is born & acts to resist censorship of govt scientists
#USofScience
#standupforscience
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Scientists report in
@PLOSBiology
of revolutionary “dipstick” technology enables DNA and RNA purification from living organisms in under 30 seconds. Read an article summary in PLOS
#ResearchNews
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Proud to join a cohort of
#scholcomm
orgs to support proposed Administration policy that would enhance scientific discovery, American jobs, & our global competitiveness.
#OAintheUSA
➡️Read the letter:
🔁Please show support & RT
@WHOSTP
@realDonaldTrump
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🥊CRISPR/Cas9 vs
#malaria
🥊
We're betting on the new gene editing technology in this match. A new
@PLOSPathogens
study shows scientists can use
#CRISPR
to knockout development of plasmodium, the malaria parasite, in the carrier, the anopheles
#mosquito
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All
#OpenAccess
journals are not the same. Before choosing a publisher check "How Open Is It?"
http://t.co/RjPgdN9Mr4
http://t.co/mJ880YcvL8
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So far this is actual SF Bay Area
@NatlParkService
account; we support scientists &
#OpenAccess
to taxpayer supported scientific research
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"Hold up your signs!"
Enormous crowd of scientists & advocates at
#MarchForScienceSF
@ScienceMarchSF
#WhyWeMarch
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Have a question about completing a peer review? 🤔 Use our Peer Review Checklist to help you work through writing your review
#PeerReviewWeek18
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Good new for public health! "
@katerbland
: Robert De Niro says Tribeca will not screen VAXXED: "
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A study of more than half a million PLOS and BMC papers found that researchers who stored their data in a repository were associated with an average 25% increase in citations to their research papers
#OpenAccessWeek2019
@iainh_z
@figshare
@digitalsci
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We're thrilled to announce a
#PowerToThePreprint
💥 milestone: our 1000th preprint posted to
@biorxivpreprint
, 5 months after launching our transfer service. Thanks to all our preprinters!
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“Nobody will care abt science unless they care about the scientist" Connecting w yr audience via story
@PLOSSciComm
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Fun for fans of
#StarWarsTheLastJedi
& weary
#peerreviewers
: "If the Script for 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' Was Peer-Reviewed" | PLOS SciComm
@wjsullivan
@SciCommPLOS
#scicomm
#scied
#peerreview
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Thousands rally around the world for ‘March for Science’ – video
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A reviewer has two main jobs: 1) Determine whether the authors’ claims are supported 2) Help the journal editors make their decision
The new PLOS
#PeerReview
Center has all the tools & tips you need to help strengthen science in your field
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Analysis | Historians say the March for Science is 'pretty unprecedented'
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Great news out of
#ASCO16
: Biden to unveil launch of major,
#openaccess
database to advance cancer research
@VP
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PLOS now requires
@ORCID_Org
iDs when submitting a manuscript to improve author credit, learn more about our policy
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What’s the story on
#preprints
? Follow this thread each week to learn the ways preprints benefit scientists at every career stage, and help enrich the scientific enterprise in general
#PowerToThePreprint
💥
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Excited to debut a new logo and "look” for
#PLOS
!
The new visual brand represents our excitement & energy as we work with researchers around the world to build trust and break boundaries in
#OpenScience
. Learn more about the new look of
#PLOS
➡️
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Scientists, science societies organize to resist govt gag orders
#OnScienceBlogs
@PLOSBLOGS
@tamfecit
#USofScience
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Better materials deposition means more open, reproducible science. We encourage authors to deposit materials into repositories, like
@Addgene
, and use
#RRID
to make their materials easily citable. Authors
@JKamens
and
@ZebraElement
weigh in on
@PLOSBlogs
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Inviting researchers, sciwriters, citizenscientists & others interested in
#scicomm
to contribute to a new
@PLOS
blog
http://t.co/NhONNZiz9D
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The
@PLOSNeuro
team at
#PLOS
assembles at
#SFN15
. Look for their tweets & blog posts throughout the conference!
http://t.co/07PTyZ0xIY
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This spring, we asked scientists on Twitter to tell us what they see as the BIGGEST reason to make
#NegativeResults
,
#NullResults
, and
#ReplicationStudies
publicly available.
↙️ See what they had to say↘️
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We like preprints because they put your research first. Our journals make it easy for you to preprint by providing an opt-in to post a
@biorxivpreprint
during your PLOS submission. Join more than 1,300 papers in using this service!
#PowerToThePreprint
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To support increased sharing of open research methodologies — and in an exciting extension to our partnership with
@protocolsIO
— we are announcing two new peer-reviewed article types in
@PLOSONE
in 2021: Lab Protocols and Study Protocols.
#OpenScience
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@BadlandsPPS
not yet completely scrubbed of climate info; kudos to working scientists in the
@NPS
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Is Open Science inevitable? How will hurdles be scaled? Pitfalls addressed? Guest post on
@PLOSNeuro
: "Open science: Sharing is caring, but is privacy theft?" by David Mehler and Kevin Weiner | PLOS Neuroscience Community
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Happy
#oaweek2019
. This year's theme: “Open for whom?” Read on for why we think that question is so important. And...watch this space for other 'happenings' this week.
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Pleased to announce new
@PLOS
CEO is Alison Mudditt [
@alison_Mudditt
]; formerly Director
@UCPress
#OfficialPLOSblog
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What opportunities can publishers increase or improve to help connect researchers and research communities?
-Contributor resources (authors, reviewers, etc.)
-Featured article collections
-Digital communities (social media groups, forums, etc.)
-Broad publishing opportunities
Contributor resources
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Featured collections
44
Digital communities
90
Broad publishing oppts
56
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A scientist (
@MichaelEMann
) just spent 2 hours debating the biggest global warming deniers in Congress
#scicomm
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.
@PRI
interviews
@ignotofsky
,
author of "Women in Science", about the women whose innovations changed history
#STEM
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We are excited to announce two new journals coming soon to the PLOS portfolio: PLOS Complex Systems and PLOS Mental Health! These journals are rooted in the full values of
#OpenScience
to support rigor, reproducibility, and rapid dissemination of research in their fields. 🧵 1/4
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Read up for
#OAWeek2016
"Between Science’s Secretive, Elitist Past & Open, Accessible Future"
@Hildabast
@PLOSBLOGS
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A Brief Guide To Writing Your First Scientific Manuscript | PLOS
#SciComm
@wjsullivan
@SciCommPLOS
#scied
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Exciting new findings by
@JLOrtegaPriego
indicate research published in academic journals with
@Twitter
presence are more widely disseminated & receive a higher number of citations!
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.
@BillGates
: Foreign aid spending keeps Americans safe. For one thing, it helps prevent epidemics
#scicomm
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On double dipping: charging for the ability to read (via subs) & publish (APCs)
@hildabast
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J Ioannidis: 12 practices to help inc proportion of true research findings; in
@PLOSMedicine
http://t.co/tuf61wXZek
http://t.co/hh3a7uZ71l
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