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PLOS @plos.org · 11h

What can real-world examples teach us about tracking the progress of #OpenScience? Join us for the next webinar in our Open 2.0 series.

📅 Oct 31, 2.30 PM CEST
📝 Register: plos.io/4o6uyhU

Featured speakers include @sabinaleonelli.bsky.social, @ismaelrafols.bsky.social and Antónia Correia.

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PLOS One @plosone.org · 8d

PLOS ONE Academic Editor, epidemiologist, and public health professional Dr. Zinia T. Nujum discusses this year’s #WorldRabiesDay theme “Act Now: You, Me, Community” in this recent EveryOne blog: plos.io/46upkGX

A Call to Action on World Rabies Day and Beyond - EveryONE

On World Rabies Day, PLOS One Academic Editor Dr. Zinia T. Nujum shares her perspectives on this year’s theme, “Act Now: You…

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PLOS @plos.org · 8d

We have partnered with the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, which shares our collective vision to make publishing more accessible, and providing #OpenScience opportunities for researchers in #India.

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PLOS announces a new publishing agreement in India - The Official PLOS Blog

Note: PLOS issued the following press release on September 30, 2025 SAN FRANCISCO, CA —The Public Library of Science (PLOS) today announced…

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Aug 22

In this study, researchers analyzed global time-series data from 11,777 stations measuring floating ocean plastics. Their findings call for urgent policy and standardized monitoring of plastic particles in our world's oceans. plos.io/3ZRrH08 #PlasticPollution #OpenData #OpenCode

A growing plastic smog, now estimated to be over 170 trillion plastic particles afloat in the world’s oceans—Urgent solutions required

As global awareness, science, and policy interventions for plastic escalate, institutions around the world are seeking preventative strategies. Central to this is the need for precise global time seri...

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Aug 18

This review highlights gaps in #HIV testing, treatment, and suppression, calling for equity-driven strategies to reach the 2030 target of ending #AIDS as a public health threat. plos.io/3HHIEqq

Achieving the 95 95 95 targets for all: A pathway to ending AIDS

In December 2020, UNAIDS released a new set of ambitious targets calling for 95% of all people living with HIV to know their HIV status, 95% of all people with diagnosed HIV infection to receive susta...

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Aug 12

Planning an online study? This article from researchers at @uwmadison.bsky.social and Kenyon College systematically compares five platforms (MTurk, Prolific, CloudResearch, Qualtrics, and SONA) and reports on data quality, participant attentiveness, and cost. Learn more at plos.io/45bZPJS

Data quality in online human-subjects research: Comparisons between MTurk, Prolific, CloudResearch, Qualtrics, and SONA

With the proliferation of online data collection in human-subjects research, concerns have been raised over the presence of inattentive survey participants and non-human respondents (bots). We compare...

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Aug 8

In this article, researchers present SRplot, a free easy-to-use web tool designed to make #DataVisualization and presentation easier, faster, and more appealing to a wider community of scientists, educators, and students. Learn more at plos.io/3HtNZBA.

SRplot: A free online platform for data visualization and graphing

Graphics are widely used to provide summarization of complex data in scientific publications. Although there are many tools available for drawing graphics, their use is limited by programming skills, ...

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Jul 22

Next month PLOS One Associate Editor, Joanna Tindall, will be attending ICSTA 2025 (17-19 August) in Paris and is looking forward to connecting with researchers from across the globe. If you’re attending, be sure to stop by and introduce yourself 🤝

Learn more about #ICSTA2025: icsta.net

7th International Conference on Statistics: Theory and Applications (ICSTA 2025)

This conference covers different topics such as Statistics, Big data, Statistical softwares, Medical statistics, Data mining and Data science.

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Jul 11

New in our Editor Spotlight series! PLOS ONE Academic Editor Taiyi He discusses the importance of regional population and green development research, his editorial approach to achieving a thorough peer review, and more. Learn more on the PLOS EveryONE Blog: plos.io/4nFrgDb

Editorial Spotlight: Taiyi He - EveryONE

Taiyi He is a PhD candidate in the major of demography at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. In the last five…

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Sarah Jose (JoseSci) @sarahjose.bsky.social · Jun 14

My first interview for the EveryONE blog for @plosone.org! Dr. Bouharroud specialises in plant stress and integrated pest management, so this might interest my planty friends! #plantscience #plantsci 🧪🌿🐞

PLOS One @plosone.org · Jun 13

In this Editor Spotlight, PLOS ONE Academic Editor Dr. Rachid Bouharroud shares insights from 15+ years in #Entomology, exciting new directions in biopesticide research, and his top three tips for early-career researchers. plos.io/3FWXJnc #ECR

Editorial Spotlight: Rachid Bouharroud - EveryONE

Dr. Rachid Bouharroud is an entomologist and head of the R&D unit at INRA-Agadir in Morocco, with over 15 years of experience…

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Annesha Sil @sillydrannesha.bsky.social · Jun 17

Exciting week in Bergen, Norway ahead representing PLOS and learning about the latest research in environmental economics and sustainability #EAERE2025 @eaere.bsky.social @plosclimate.org @plosone.org

PLOS One @plosone.org · Jun 17

Associate Editor Annesha Sil is at #EAERE2025 this week representing PLOS ONE, @plosclimate.org, and PLOS Water! If you're attending, feel free to connect about #EnvironmentalEconomics and #Sustainability research at PLOS. Learn more about #EAERE at eaere-conferences.org @eaere.bsky.social

Welcome to EAERE 2025!

30th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - Bergen, Norway, 16-19 June 2025

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Jun 17

Associate Editor Annesha Sil is at #EAERE2025 this week representing PLOS ONE, @plosclimate.org, and PLOS Water! If you're attending, feel free to connect about #EnvironmentalEconomics and #Sustainability research at PLOS. Learn more about #EAERE at eaere-conferences.org @eaere.bsky.social

Welcome to EAERE 2025!

30th Annual Conference of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists - Bergen, Norway, 16-19 June 2025

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fzamorapolo.bsky.social @fzamorapolo.bsky.social · Jun 12

In our article published in @plosone.org we propose a causal analysis applicable to the agri-food industry. doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Characterisation and causal model of the holistic dynamics of the integral sustainability of the agri-food system

The transformation of the food and industrial agricultural production system into adaptative and sustainable systems capable of being productive within social, environmental, and economic limits is a ...

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Jun 13

In this Editor Spotlight, PLOS ONE Academic Editor Dr. Rachid Bouharroud shares insights from 15+ years in #Entomology, exciting new directions in biopesticide research, and his top three tips for early-career researchers. plos.io/3FWXJnc #ECR

Editorial Spotlight: Rachid Bouharroud - EveryONE

Dr. Rachid Bouharroud is an entomologist and head of the R&D unit at INRA-Agadir in Morocco, with over 15 years of experience…

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Jun 6

Check out the PLOS ONE research highlighted in this recent @anthropology.net podcast. Access the original article at plos.io/3Fu2vIS.

Anthropology.net @anthropology.net · Jun 6

Over 3 million years, human culture didn’t just evolve—it was taught. New research tracks how early humans shared knowledge long before words, shaping tools, rituals, and societies. #HumanEvolution #Anthropology #Archaeology @plosone.org

How Early Humans Shaped Culture Through Teaching

A 3.3-million-year tale of human ingenuity reveals that our ancestors didn’t just make tools—they taught, learned, and passed knowledge forward with remarkable sophistication

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Yale Kavli Institute for Neuroscience @kavliatyale.bsky.social · Jun 5

In a new @plosone.org study, a @yale.edu team of researchers led by Laura Manuelidis, MD, developed the first cellular model of a latent Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease infection —similar to mad cow disease— revealing how specific conditions can switch the infection on and off.

Understanding How a Rare Brain Wasting Disease Hides in Neurons For Decades

A neuronal model of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease begins to reveal how latent infections activate and trigger neurological decline.

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PLOS One @plosone.org · Jun 4

Our Senior Editor Miquel Vall-llosera Camps is at One Ocean Science Congress this week in Nice, France! If you're attending, feel free to reach out, say hello, and ask questions about the journal or PLOS ONE research. Learn more about the conference at one-ocean-science-2025.org #OOSC.

Selfie of Miquel Vall-llosera Camps outside the Ocean Science Congress on a sunny day in Nice, France.

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PLOS One @plosone.org · May 27

In this Editor Spotlight, PLOS ONE editor Eleni Petkari shares her experience as a #MentalHealth researcher working across multiple countries, her role as an Academic Editor with the journal, and more. plos.io/44RCAFa

Editor Spotlight: Eleni Petkari - EveryONE

Eleni Petkari is an Associate Professor at the School of Psychology and Speech Therapy, at the University of Malaga, Spain. Of Greek…

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Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge @camzoology.bsky.social · May 16

📢New publication!

So much evidence, so little time: Could AI speed up decision-making in conservation?

Research by published today in @plosone.org suggests it might: bit.ly/4jYT0QP

@iccs.bsky.social @downingcollege.bsky.social @zoologymuseum.bsky.social @ai.cam.ac.uk #ShapingAIForEveryone

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PLOS One @plosone.org · May 12

In this Editor Spotlight, PLOS ONE editor Dr. Adrián Diaz-Faes shares his experience as a PLOS author, reviewer, and editor, his research interests, and advice to researchers on building their networks. plos.io/4dfS9J0

Editor Spotlight: Adrián Diaz-Faes - EveryONE

Dr. Adrián A. Díaz-Faes serves as a Tenured Scientist at INGENIO, a joint research institute of CSIC and the Technical University of…

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Carsten Schwemmer @cschwem2er.bsky.social · May 8

@plosone.org just published "From hashtags to ballots: Conceptualizing political influencers and evaluating their impact on election outcomes". 🥳

We analyze influencers' content and relevance to voting decisions in light of German federal elections.

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Livia Elisa Ortensi @leortensi.bsky.social · May 8

📢New paper announcement! Exploring support for medicalized female genital mutilation/cutting: A study on migrant women living in Italy written with P. Farina, D. Carrillo and E. Ripamonti is out on @plosone.org
doi.org/10.1371/jour... contributing to the debate on the medicalization of #FGM

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Dr Josep Vidal Alaball @jvalaball.bsky.social · May 7

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🎉 Just published in @plosone.org ! A randomized clinical trial shows immersive virtual reality reduces pain and anxiety during childhood vaccinations in primary care in Central Catalonia.
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Use of virtual reality in the reduction of pain after the administration of vaccines among children in primary care centers in Central Catalonia: Randomized clinical trial

Background Pain and anxiety caused by vaccination and other medical procedures in childhood can generate discomfort in both the patient and their parents. Virtual reality is a non-pharmacological dist...

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WelMig @welmigntnu.bsky.social · May 7

New publication from our #WelMig research group leader @robertoiacono.org in @plosone.org: "The Welfare versus Work Paradox". Link to the paper here: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

The Welfare versus Work Paradox

How can countries balance work incentives and access to welfare without violating the principle that work shall always be strictly preferred to welfare? In a context in which wages stagnate or drop, a...

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Alex Maile @anoplogaster.bsky.social · May 3

1/11 New #OpenAccess #anglerfish paper in @plosone.org! We combine genomic, mitochondrial, and morphological data to produce the most complete evolutionary hypothesis for anglerfishes! Includes new body shape, habitat analyses, and a new frogfish subfamily) 🦑
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A total-evidence phylogenetic approach to understanding the evolution, depth transitions, and body-shape changes in the anglerfishes and allies (Acanthuriformes: Lophioidei)

The anglerfishes and allies (Lophioidei) are a diverse group of fishes with over 400 carnivorous species that are renowned for their remarkable hunting behavior employing a modified first dorsal-fin s...

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