Commitment to Capacity
PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases has a dedicated mission of building science and health capacity in disease-endemic countries and actively works to promote the activities and efforts of the scientists, health practitioners, and public health experts working in these regions.
Authors
PLOS NTDs authors represent the global neglected tropical disease research community, and we are determined to further increase submissions of research conducted by scientists and clinicians from disease endemic countries. The shading on this map indicates our 2014 author base, the darker shading denoting higher numbers of authors:
Editors
The PLOS NTDs Editorial Board is composed of researchers, clinicians, and policy makers based in over 45 countries, the majority in regions where NTDs are endemic.
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In addition to their responsibilities for coordinating the peer-review process, PLOS NTDs editors play an integral role in guiding journal direction. The contribution of these editors as representatives of a larger NTDs community is crucial, and currently over one-third of PLOS NTDs editors are based at institutions outside of North America and Europe. The journal is dedicated to increasing this proportion as part of our capacity building mission. |
Writing Workshop Program
To equip and support authors from the areas in the world greatly impacted by the spectrum of neglected tropical diseases, PLOS NTDs works with members of our Editorial Board and the scientific community to provide free manuscript writing workshops around the world. These workshops are geared toward helping young scientists understand the publication process and best practices for manuscript writing.
Workshop slides
Workshop slides in English, Spanish, and Portuguese can be downloaded below. We are delighted to offer these slides as resources for both authors and educators under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license. Read our licenses and copyright policy. For more information or questions about the writing workshops, please email us at plosntds@plos.org.
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Past workshops
| Brazil |
Iguacu, 2010, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy Sao Paulo, led by Deputy Editor Sara Lustigman |
| Cameroon |
Buea, led by Deputy Editor Sara Lustigman Yaoundé, March 2017, led by Associate Editor Louis-Albert Tchuem Tchuenté |
| China |
Xi'an, October 2009, led by Deputy Editor Sara Lustigman Shanghai, March 2016, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy Shanghai, June 2016, led by Associate Editor David Blair |
| Italy |
Pavia, December 2015, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy |
| Kenya |
Muguga, April 2012, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy Kilifi, September 2014, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy Kwale County, October 2014, led by Deputy Editor Desiree LaBeaud and Associate Editor Francis Mutuku Nairobi, June 2015, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy and Associate Editor Dan Masiga Ukunda, October 2015, led by Deputy Editor A. Desiree La Beaud Nairobi, February 2016, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy |
| Peru |
Lima, January 2014, led by Deputy Editors Dan Bausch and Amy Morrison Iquitos, August 2014, led by Deputy Editor Amy Morrison Lima, January 2015, led by Deputy Editors Dan Bausch and Amy Morrison |
| Turkey |
Ankara, April 2011, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy Kayseri, March 2014, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy |
| Uganda |
Kampala, May 2008, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy Kampala, September 2009, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy |
| United States |
Washington D.C., 2010, led by co-Editor-in-Chief Serap Aksoy Galveston, March 2015, led by Deputy Editors Photini Sinnis |
| Zimbabwe |
Harare, July 2015, led by Associate Editor Francisca Mutapi Mutare, July 2015, led by Associate Editor Francisca Mutapi |