This month's editorial, written by Virginia Barbour, who is stepping down as PLOS Medicine's Chief Editor, reflects on the importance of medical journals being disruptive. She highlights some of the papers that have contributed to that disruption and notes some key issues for medical journals to address in the future, including open access and journals’ relationships with the pharmaceutical industry.
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Editorial
How to Stir Up Trouble…while Riding a Rollercoaster
PLOS Medicine: published September 24, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001520
Essay
Translating Cochrane Reviews to Ensure that Healthcare Decision-Making is Informed by High-Quality Research Evidence
PLOS Medicine: published September 17, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001516
Perspectives
Preconception Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: New Opportunities and a New Metric
PLOS Medicine: published September 3, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001507
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Health Workforce Brain Drain: From Denouncing the Challenge to Solving the Problem
PLOS Medicine: published September 17, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001514
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Health in Action
Feasibility of Mass Vaccination Campaign with Oral Cholera Vaccines in Response to an Outbreak in Guinea
PLOS Medicine: published September 10, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001512
Policy Forum
Postmarket Surveillance of Medical Devices: A Comparison of Strategies in the US, EU, Japan, and China
PLOS Medicine: published September 24, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001519
Guidelines and Guidance
Setting Research Priorities for Preconception Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Aiming to Reduce Maternal and Child Mortality and Morbidity
PLOS Medicine: published September 3, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001508
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Research Articles
Association of the ANRS-12126 Male Circumcision Project with HIV Levels among Men in a South African Township: Evaluation of Effectiveness using Cross-sectional Surveys
PLOS Medicine: published September 3, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001509
Risk Factors and Outcomes for Late Presentation for HIV-Positive Persons in Europe: Results from the Collaboration of Observational HIV Epidemiological Research Europe Study (COHERE)
PLOS Medicine: published September 3, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001510
Transnational Tobacco Company Interests in Smokeless Tobacco in Europe: Analysis of Internal Industry Documents and Contemporary Industry Materials
PLOS Medicine: published September 10, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001506
Adherence to Antiretroviral Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention: A Substudy Cohort within a Clinical Trial of Serodiscordant Couples in East Africa
PLOS Medicine: published September 10, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001511
Physician Emigration from Sub-Saharan Africa to the United States: Analysis of the 2011 AMA Physician Masterfile
PLOS Medicine: published September 17, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001513
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Current and Former Smoking and Risk for Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
PLOS Medicine: published September 17, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001515
Serotype-Specific Changes in Invasive Pneumococcal Disease after Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine Introduction: A Pooled Analysis of Multiple Surveillance Sites
PLOS Medicine: published September 24, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001517
Acupuncture and Counselling for Depression in Primary Care: A Randomised Controlled Trial
PLOS Medicine: published September 24, 2013 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001518