Open Review in Science Journals Gets Mixed Reviews

OUT IN THE OPEN: With open access and open review, and running on open-source software, a science journal opened for business last month. PLoS ONE (http://www.plosone.org), the latest offering from the open-access pioneer Public Library of Science, officially began on December 20 with a new twist: All papers will be open to public comment as well.

The online journal's inaugural group of posts included some 90 papers, on topics as varied as sounds generated by hydrothermal vents deep in

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