Fungi are essential elements of all ecosystems and provide many important services, most notably decomposition. While the classic role of fungi is…
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Biology Slice of PLOS: A Fungus Among UsRead more
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Advocacy Double bill on citation metrics: A new alternative to the Impact Factor plus a handy guide to citation normalizationRead more
On Monday, PLOS Biology published two articles on citation metric-based evaluation of published research. In the first, a Meta-Research Article (a…
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Biology Gut Bacteria – The MovieRead more
The growing interest in the trillions of bacteria that live inside our guts is underlined by the >10,000 people who read…
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Announcement Why Your Research Matters!Read more
The landscape of science is always shifting and in the last ten years we’ve seen a significant change brought by revolutionary discoveries…
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Biology PLOS Biology is at FENS Forum 2016!Read more
The 10th FENS Forum of Neuroscience started on July 2nd, 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. PLOS Biology and the rest of the PLOS…
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Announcement PLOS Biology is at ASM Microbe 2016!Read more
This year’s American Society of Microbiology conference, ASM Microbe 2016, kicks off on June 16th, 2016 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. PLOS Biology…
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Announcement “Slice of PLOS” Grows WingsRead more
We hope that you’ve been enjoying our blog post series “Slices of PLOS.” These posts were designed to feature research articles…
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Announcement Aperta: Smoother Submission to PLOS BiologyRead more
UPDATE June 8, 2018: PLOS Biology uses the Editorial Manager submission system. Find out how to submit. Today, PLOS Biology blazes a new…
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Biology PLOS Biology is Experimental BiologyRead more
The Experimental Biology conference is underway in San Diego! PLOS is well represented at the conference, with editors and staff manning booth…
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Biology Slice of PLOS: 57 Varieties of TomatoRead more
This beautiful berry, domesticated in the Americas more than 2500 years ago, and introduced to the Old World in the 16th…
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Biology Slice of PLOS: Bacteria’s Social MediaRead more
Perhaps when you think of bacterial communities you think of a flask full of rapidly dividing E. coli. But in non-lab conditions…
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Biology PLOS Biology ICYMI: February’s FiveRead more
Welcome to the second edition of the ICYMI (In Case You Missed It) blog, where we highlight recent PLOS Biology articles that…