Color me surprised that there is still resistance against open access journals. I was extremely flattered a few years ago to be invited to join the academic editors at PLoS One. In that time I worked diligently to develop a Marine and Aquatic Science hub at the journal. I have accumulated what I consider to . . . → Read More: From The Editor’s Desk: The Case For Open Access
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By Kevin Zelnio, on  October 27th, 2010  One comment  Biodiversity, Evolution, New Research, New Species, Paleobiology  Anatomy, Anemone, Anthozoa, Best of Zelnio, Cambrian, China, Cnidaria, Eolympia pediculata, fossil, Hexacorallia, Mesentery, Microfossil, plos one Continuing its trend as one of the top destinations for out-of-this-world fossil finds, China is yielding yet another piece to the evolutionary jigsaw puzzle. In a recent PLoS One article, Han and colleagues report the findings of a new squishy sea anemone from the Lower Cambrian. The new find lends support to genetic data . . . → Read More: New Fossil Anemone Reveals Innard Secrets
By Dr. M, on August 2nd, 2010 4 comments Biodiversity, Open Access Biodiversity, Census of Marine Life, Open Access, plos one One of the greatest moments of my career was being invited to serve as editor at PLoS One. This moment was surpassed by the day I launched the Marine and Aquatic Science Section at PLoS One in early 2009. I was glad to serve PLoS One, develop and build the Marine and Aquatic Science section, . . . → Read More: PLoS One and the Census of Marine Life
By Kevin Zelnio, on July 29th, 2010 7 comments Biodiversity, Evolution, New Research Best of Zelnio, Genetics, plos one, population genetics, research blogging, researchblogcast, Species concepts A recent PLoS One paper by Birky and colleagues attempts to define species for asexual animals using the theoretical framework that has been developed by population geneticists. Many species concepts focus on reproductive isolation and are not applicable for defining what is necessary and sufficient for delimiting what species are in non-sexually reproducing organisms slike . . . → Read More: ResearchBlogCast #11: A Population Genetics Species Concept?
By Dr. M, on August 19th, 2009 2 comments Uncategorized academic, article level metrics, journals, online publishing, open ac, Open Access, plos, plos one, publishing, STM A presentation to the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors on August 2009 from Peter Binfield Chief Editor at PLoS One Broadcast Spawn!Tweet#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;}A presentation to the International Society of Managing and Technical Editors on August 2009 from Peter Binfield Chief Editor at PLoS One Broadcast . . . → Read More: The Future of Online (Academic) Publishing
By Dr. M, on April 10th, 2009 5 comments Books/Media, Education, New Research, Open Access, Scientist! aquatic science, biogeography, journal, marine science, ocean, Open Access, plos, plos one, population genetics, Science I was extremely flattered a year ago to be invited to join the academic editors at PLoS One. In that time I worked diligently to develop a Marine and Aquatic Science hub at the journal. I have accumulated what I consider to be an experienced team of academic editors who are both committed to . . . → Read More: Marine and Aquatic Science at PLoS One
By Dr. M, on February 19th, 2009 14 comments Biodiversity, Conservation & Environment, Coral, Expeditions, New Research, Open Access, Seamount conservation, Coral, Invertebrate, Open Access, plos one, Seamount, sponge Image credit: (c) 2006 MBARI / NOAA These this photograph shows three different types of sponges growing on the lava of Davidson Seamount: large yellow sponges, white frilly sponges, and white filamentous sponges which were previously thought to be a type of coral. The large yellow sponge provides a perch for several basket stars and . . . → Read More: Seamount Life Is Unique Just Not In the Way We Thought
By Kevin Zelnio, on January 20th, 2009 3 comments Conferences, Open Access Impact Factor, Open Access, plos one, Science Online, scio09 Note: This was liveblogged at the time, but the wifi crashed under the weight of 200 simultaneous livebloggers. ——————————————————————————————————— As many readers know, we are staunch proponents of open access. Craig being an academic editor at PLoS ONE and myself writing extensively on the benefits of open access, especially to taxonomy. Open Access is not . . . → Read More: LiveBlogging Science Online ’09: Open Access
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