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What is the PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials?
It's the first PLoS Hub—a window onto content in a specific field. PLoS Hubs will collect together open-access articles from many journals, and will allow a group of people who are interested in the same subject to share their opinions and knowledge and ultimately to build a dynamic interactive community.
The PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials collects together clinical trials research articles, and demonstrates our commitment to publishing the results of all properly conducted and reported clinical trials regardless of outcome, and making this essential information freely and publicly available.
The launch of the PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials in August 2007 completed the merger of PLoS Clinical Trials with PLoS ONE. Authors publishing clinical trials research in PLoS ONE benefit from very rapid publication (acceptance to publication in a few weeks) and a more modest publication fee (US$1350). The entire community will benefit from new interactive features: Notes, Comments, and Ratings.
What do authors need to know?
That your clinical trials research can be included in the PLoS Hub, but that the PLoS Hub itself is not a journal. You should continue to submit your clinical trials research to the PLoS journal that best suits your needs. If accepted, your article will be published in the journal that accepted it; clinical trials research accepted into PLoS ONE will also automatically appear in the PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials. If you submit your work to another PLoS journal a link to the paper will be provided on the PLoS Hub homepage, and the article will be fully incorporated into the PLoS Hub in the coming months. Registered subscribers to the PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials will be alerted to the publication of your article, along with subscribers to the journal where your article was published.
What do users need to know?
That the PLoS Hub is a convenient meeting place for those interested in this field to engage "hands on" with the content. Use the tools that are available to add Notes, Comments, and Ratings to the articles. Share your views, see what other people think, and never read an article without rating it!
What do we all need to know?
The PLoS Hub for Clinical Trials is a comprehensive resource of information relevant to anyone interested in clinical trials. It collects together articles from the PLoS journals, including PLoS ONE, PLoS Medicine, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS Genetics, and PLoS Pathogens. One of the great benefits of open access is that content can be reused without restriction, so we also highlight relevant papers from other open access journals.
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About the Public Library of Science
The Public Library of Science (PLoS) is a non-profit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a freely available public resource. For more information about PLoS, visit www.plos.org.