Since their inception, PLOS journals have requested that authors make their data available for others to access. To help make this policy more integral to the publishing process and data access more transparent for authors and readers, PLOS has revised its Data Policy and implemented an integrated approach for authors, from explaining data availability at submission to publishing a data availability statement at publication.
The new PLOS Data Policy is in effect as of March 1, 2014. Read more about what this means and see the policy itself in this cross-PLOS Editorial from Theo Bloom and colleagues.
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Editorial
Data Access for the Open Access Literature: PLOS's Data Policy
PLOS Medicine: published February 25, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001607
Essays
Molecular Diagnostics for Gonorrhoea: Implications for Antimicrobial Resistance and the Threat of Untreatable Gonorrhoea
PLOS Medicine: published February 4, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001598
Physicians as Fundraisers: Medical Philanthropy and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
PLOS Medicine: published February 11, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001600
Policy Forum
Living Systematic Reviews: An Emerging Opportunity to Narrow the Evidence-Practice Gap
PLOS Medicine: published February 18, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001603
Research Articles
Effect of an Educational Toolkit on Quality of Care: A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial
PLOS Medicine: published February 4, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001588
Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and All-Cause Mortality: A Decade-Long Historical Cohort Study
PLOS Medicine: published February 4, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001599
Long-Term Survival and Dialysis Dependency Following Acute Kidney Injury in Intensive Care: Extended Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial
PLOS Medicine: published February 11, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001601
Patterns of Obesity Development before the Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes: The Whitehall II Cohort Study
PLOS Medicine: published February 11, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001602
Quantitative Measurement of Melanoma Spread in Sentinel Lymph Nodes and Survival
PLOS Medicine: published February 18, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001604
Biomarker Profiling by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for the Prediction of All-Cause Mortality: An Observational Study of 17,345 Persons
PLOS Medicine: published February 25, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001606
Effect of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene on the Prevention of Trachoma: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
PLOS Medicine: published February 25, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001605
Incident HIV during Pregnancy and Postpartum and Risk of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
PLOS Medicine: published February 25, 2014 | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001608