Open access (OA) publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) has announced that its peer-reviewed online publication PLoS ONE has been presented with the 2009 award for Publishing Innovation during the 2009 annual awards of the Association of Learning and Professional Society Publishing. This award is made annually in recognition of a truly innovative approach to any aspect of publication.
Applications were judged on their originality and innovative qualities, together with their utility, benefit to their community and long term prospects. Any area of innovation is eligible.
The innovations that PLoS ONE has implemented have ranged from their innovative editorial criteria. All submissions are judged based purely on whether they deserve to join the scientific literature, and not on some subjective measure of 'impact' or 'quality; their innovative features and functionality (such as Commenting, Note Making and Rating functionalities); their innovative outreach to the community (via, for example, their blog, twitter stream, facebook page, FriendFeed presence and employment of an online discussion expert); and their continuing innovation (for example, their article-level metrics programme).
PLoS ONE is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access, online publication. The journal features reports of original research from all disciplines within science and medicine. By not excluding papers on the basis of subject area, PLoS ONE facilitates the discovery of the connections between papers whether within or between disciplines.
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