Specially for Mike Seyfang!
On his advice I signed up to the PLoS of Neglected Tropical Diseases. Thanks Mike, it’s great! I promised you write a blog about it one day, and now i finally do.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases is published online by the Public Library of Science (PLoS), a nonprofit organization. The journal’s start-up phase is supported by a grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
One of the core principles of the PLOS is open access, what I think is a great idea. Everyone can share their knowledge with everyone, enabling much faster development in medical science. The PLoS produces journals on several topics, like medicine, genetics and biology.
They sure have some obstacles to overcome, however, I can only hope more journals will follow their example.
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