A Positive Review for PLoS ONE

摘要

In Her News Focus Story "Free Journals grow amid ongoing debate" (20 August, p. 896), J. Kaiser cites unnamed critics who accuse PLoS journals, particularly PLoS ONE, of publishing nearly all submissions, regardless of scientific value, simply to make as much money as possible.rnThese claims constitute a serious attack against open access publishing in general and against PLoS ONE in particular. As a member of the editorial board of PLoS ONE, I must say that, at least in my field (immunology), it is simply not true that the journal accepts bad science.