PLOS, a pioneer in the field of open-access scientific publishing, is taking significant strides to provide researchers with accessible and community-driven preprint options across various research domains. Their commitment to facilitating preprint posting reflects their belief that empowering authors to control the dissemination of their scientific findings results in faster and broader knowledge sharing. Moreover, this approach contributes to an enhanced, more resilient, and more inclusive scientific record that benefits the entire research community.
Earlier this year, PLOS made substantial headway in expanding preprint accessibility by collaborating with EarthArXiv, a platform specializing in earth and planetary science. This partnership has enabled authors submitting their work to any of PLOS's three earth science-related journals to easily forward their manuscripts to EarthArXiv with just a few clicks. The response has been overwhelmingly positive.
In the realm of PLOS Climate, a remarkable 33% of published authors who submitted their work after the partnership's initiation opted to post a preprint using this integrated feature. For authors contributing to PLOS Water, the figure was even more impressive, with 47% choosing to utilize the preprint option. In just six months since the integration's launch, EarthArXiv preprints associated with PLOS submissions have garnered over 7,100 views and 3,900 downloads on the platform. These achievements build on PLOS's longstanding collaborations with other preprint servers such as bioRxiv and medRxiv.
The future looks promising as preprint posting rates are expected to continue their upward trajectory. For further insights into the innovative work emerging from PLOS's latest journals and the seamless preprint integration with EarthArXiv, readers are encouraged to explore an exclusive interview with PLOS Water authors Jared Siegel, Aimee Fullerton, Alyssa FitzGerald, Damon Holzer, and Chris Jordan on the Latitude blog.
PLOS's commitment to advancing open science and fostering collaboration among researchers highlights the organization's dedication to pushing the boundaries of scientific knowledge dissemination.
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