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Jan 12, 2025 | 
everyone.plos.org | Hanna Landenmark
Dr. Janice Bossart discusses her career path in insect ecology and evolution of plant-insect interactions, tips on how to secure reviewers, and how authors, editors and reviewers can contribute to publishing rigorous science. Janice Bossart is a Full Professor at Southeastern Louisiana University, with a PhD in Entomology and an interdisciplinary concentration in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. She is an evolutionary ecologist of plant-insect interactions.
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Nov 17, 2024 | 
everyone.plos.org | Hanna Landenmark
This month’s Editor Spotlight features Dr. Yash Gupta who shares with us his experience in reviewing Lab Protocols, his career in drug discovery, and the most exciting development in Open Science. Yash Gupta is a postdoctoral researcher at the Penn State University, Hershey. His research focuses on disturbances in the crosstalk between gut and liver during liver diseases and identifying therapeutic targets through precision probiotics.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
everyone.plos.org | Hanna Landenmark
For this month’s Editor Spotlight, Dr. Maria Bergh shares with us her experience of her collaborative approach to research, her editorial process as a PLOS ONE Academic Editor, and the importance of Open Science in her field. Maria Berghs is an anthropologist with a PhD in sociology and social policy. She works in the field of medical anthropology and sociology, specialising in disability studies and chronic illness.
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Mar 17, 2024 | 
everyone.plos.org | Hanna Landenmark
In the March installment of our Editor Spotlight series, we chat with Simon Porcher of Université Paris Panthéon-Assas. In this interview, he discusses the Academic Editor role at PLOS ONE, methods for enhancing reproducibility in scientific reporting, and ways we can act during future pandemics. Dr. Simon Porcher is a full professor of Strategy and Public Management at Université Paris Panthéon-Assas. He studies how cross-sector partnerships create value and respond to grand challenges.
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Dec 20, 2023 | 
everyone.plos.org | Hugh Cowley |Johanna Pruller |Marianne Clemence |Hanna Landenmark
As 2023 draws to a close, the PLOS ONE staff editors have put together a compilation of papers published this year that really stood out to us. We have seen so many insightful, groundbreaking, thought-provoking and intriguing papers published at PLOS ONE this year, so choosing our Editor’s Picks is never an easy task. The below list provides a snapshot of the breadth of research published by PLOS ONE.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
everyone.plos.org | Marianne Clemence |Jenny Tucker |Hanna Landenmark |Johanna Pruller
In celebration of World AIDS Day, we interviewed Section Editor Limin Mao, Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. Each year, World AIDS Day takes place on December 1st. This year, the theme of the 35th commemoration of World AIDS Day is “Remember and Commit”. Globally, approximately 39 million people live with HIV and, due to stigma and discrimination, many people living with HIV (PLHIV) suffer from depression, anxiety and loneliness.
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Nov 16, 2023 | 
everyone.plos.org | Hugh Cowley |Hanna Landenmark
For World Antibiotic Awareness Week, PLOS ONE Academic Editor Dr. Pathiyil Ravi Shankar discussed his perspective on this year’s theme, “Preventing antimicrobial resistance together“. Dr. P Ravi Shankar is a faculty member at the International Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He has 772 publications in various national and international journals. He was among the top 2% of scientists globally for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. He has reviewed over 860 research papers for various journals.
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Oct 31, 2023 | 
everyone.plos.org | Jenny Tucker |Hanna Landenmark |Marianne Clemence
In our final instalment for Health Literacy Month, PLOS ONE Academic Editor Dr. Opeyemi Babatunde provides advice on how you can apply health literacy principles to your own research. Dr. Opeyemi Babatunde is based at Keele’s School of Medicine as a Senior Lecturer in Evidence Synthesis and Applied Health Research, where she supports production of evidence synthesis across a broad research remit including musculoskeletal, multimorbidity and comorbid long-term conditions.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
everyone.plos.org | Hanna Landenmark |Marianne Clemence |Jenny Tucker
Continuing our series on health literacy, this week we interview PLOS ONE Author Prof. Sandra van Dulmen, whose paper about patient communication in palliative care settings was featured in our research highlights on health literacy and cancer. Here she tells us about the importance of improving clinical awareness of limited health literacy, person-centered medicine, and her experience publishing with PLOS ONE. Prof.dr. Sandra van Dulmen studied Psychology.
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Oct 23, 2023 | 
everyone.plos.org | Shein Ei Cho |Hanna Landenmark
For this month’s Editor Spotlight. Dr. Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor discussed her PLOS ONE Editorial Board experience, the importance of transdisciplinary research approach in tackling complex population health challenges, and how she promotes inclusive research through community engagement. During my time as (PLOS ONE Academic Editor), … I have had the privilege to review very good papers and also some poorly written ones. I have learned from both experiences.
