Online Open Peer-Review Journals Growing

The Public Library of Science (PLoS), a not-for-profit organization based in San Francisco, publishes peer-reviewed, open access scientific and medical journals (PLoS Biology, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Computational Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Clinical Trials,PLoS Clinical Trials, PLoS ONE, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases) that include original research as well as timely feature articles. All PLoS articles are immediately freely accessible online, are deposited in the free public archive PubMed Central, and can be redistributed and reused according to the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. Research articles are accessible at no cost, but authors are charged to publish in the online journal. After research is published, colleagues can rate the work based on quality, originality and other factors. Comments cannot be posted anonymously, and reviewers cannot alter the paper, which becomes part of the public record and is archived.