What type of journals has PLoS launched and what are its future plans?
The first monthly issue of PLoS Biology was published in October 2003 and the first monthly issue of PLoS Medicine was published in October 2004. These journals are broad in their scope and publish papers that provide significant advances that will drive their respective fields forward. In 2005, PLoS launched several community journals that focus on specific fields within biology and medicine—PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, and PLoS Pathogens. In May 2006, PLoS launched PLoS Clinical Trials, a journal devoted to clinical trial results across all of healthcare. A new community based online forum for the publication of all good science entitled PLoS ONE will also debut in 2006.
The first monthly issue of PLoS Biology was published in October 2003 and the first monthly issue of PLoS Medicine was published in October 2004. These journals are broad in their scope and publish papers that provide significant advances that will drive their respective fields forward. In 2005, PLoS launched several community journals that focus on specific fields within biology and medicine—PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, and PLoS Pathogens. In December 2006, PLoS launched PLoS ONE, a peer-reviewed scientific journal for the swift publication of original research in all areas of science and medicine. And in October 2007, PLoS launched its fourth community-run journal, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.
