Internet search services provider Google Inc., US, has reportedly partnered with open access publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS), US, to launch an experimental website. The website will look to speed up scientific discovery by allowing researchers to immediately share their findings and ideas about the H1N1 virus with the world's scientific and medical communities.
Harold Varmus, PLoS' chairman, announced the project on Google's official blog, saying a small research community would run the website on Google's Knol online encyclopedia and the research articles would be vetted by expert moderators. The site already features new findings from some outstanding influenza researchers.
The four articles already published on ‘PLoS Currents: Influenza’ cover subjects including the transmission of the virus in the tropics and vaccination strategies. Submissions to PLoS Currents are not peer-reviewed in detail, so the results and conclusions must be regarded as preliminary, according to the organisation.
Google already operates a site called Google Flu Trends that uses search terms the company deems ‘good indicators of flu activity’ to estimate flu activity faster than traditional systems. According to Varmus, PLoS will likely expand the project.
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