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THE ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN OUR PUBLISHING OPERATION INCLUDE:EDITORIAL AND PRODUCTION WORK - RECEIPT AND TRIAGE OF SUBMISSIONS; PERFORMING/COORDINATING THEIR PEER REVIEW; AND PRODUCTION AND ONLINE PUBLICATION OF ACCEPTED ARTICLES. MARKETING AND OUTREACH - PROMOTING ARTICLES AND INVITING SUBMISSIONS, INCREASING AWARENESS AND UNDERSTANDING OF OPEN SCIENCE BENEFITS AND PRACTICES, PROMOTING INITIATIVES SUCH AS CALLS FOR PAPERS, AND CREATING RESOURCES FOR AUTHORS AND REVIEWERS.PUBLISHING ETHICS HANDLING ETHICAL AND SCIENTIFIC (CONT. ON SCH. O)CONCERNS INVOLVING SUBMISSIONS AND PUBLISHED ARTICLES.ENGAGEMENT WITH RESEARCH COMMUNITIES (E.G. 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PLOS PATHOGENS, FIRST OA JOURNAL FOR BREAKTHROUGHS IN UNDERSTANDING PATHOGENS AND THEIR INTERACTIONS WITH HOST ORGANISMS. PLOS SUSTAINABILITY AND TRANSFORMATION, PUBLISHING LEADING RESEARCH THAT DRIVES PROGRESS TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY OF OUR RENEWABLE RESOURCES, ECONOMY, AND SOCIETY.PLOS WATER, A NEW HOME FOR ALL RESEARCH RELATED TO WATER AS A VITAL RESOURCE FOR PEOPLE AND THE PLANET.NEW JOURNALS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS IN 2023 INCLUDE:PLOS COMPLEX SYSTEMS BRINGING TOGETHER IMPACTFUL RESEARCH THAT FACILITATES UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN ALL DISCIPLINES.PLOS MENTAL HEALTH AN INCLUSIVE JOURNAL THAT AIMS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES AND GAPS IN THE FIELD OF MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH, TREATMENT, AND CARE IN WAYS THAT PUT THE LIVED EXPERIENCE OF INDIVIDUALS FIRST.IN ADDITION TO MANAGING THE ABOVE PORTFOLIO OF JOURNALS, IN 2023 PLOS CONTINUED ITS FOCUS ON THREE BROAD AREAS: (1) OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICES AND INITIATIVES AROUND TRANSPARENCY, RECOGNITION, RESEARCH INTEGRITY, AND REPRODUCIBILITY; (2) DEVELOPING MORE EQUITABLE BUSINESS MODELS TO ENABLE A DIVERSE AND SUSTAINABLE PUBLISHING ECOSYSTEM AND (3) EXPANDING OUR CAPACITY TO LEARN FROM AND SERVE DIVERSE RESEARCH COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE IN ORDER TO CO-CREATE SOLUTIONS FOR A MORE OPEN, EFFECTIVE, AND FAIR RESEARCH ECOSYSTEM. THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM OUR WORK IN 2023:WE LAUNCHED TWO NEW JOURNALS, PLOS COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND PLOS MENTAL HEALTH, TO ENGAGE WITH AND GROW NEW COMMUNITIES OF OPEN SCIENCE PRACTICE IN WAYS THAT PROMOTE MULTI-DISCIPLINARY DISCUSSION AND EXCHANGE OF KNOWLEDGE.ACROSS OUR PORTFOLIO WE SAW NEARLY 20% GROWTH IN SUBMISSIONS AS WE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP COMMUNITIES ACROSS ALL DISCIPLINES AND REGIONS OF THE WORLD. WE CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OPEN SCIENCE INDICATORS, INTRODUCING A NEW INDICATOR TO MEASURE DETAILED RESEARCH METHODS (PROTOCOL) SHARING AND WORKING WITH MEMBERS OF THE SCHOLARLY COMMUNITY TO EXPAND THE USAGE OF OSIS IN UNDERSTANDING INSTITUTIONAL OPEN SCIENCE TRENDS; EXPLORING MARKERS OF RESEARCH INTEGRITY, AND TO BENCHMARKING NEW TOOLS FOR MONITORING OPEN SCIENCE. WE ESTABLISHED A MULTI-STAKEHOLDER WORKING GROUP ALONG WITH JISC AND COALITION S FOCUSED ON MOVING AWAY FROM APCS AND IDENTIFYING EQUITABLE ALTERNATIVE MODELS FOR OPEN ACCESS C. 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WE HAVE BEEN BREAKING BOUNDARIES SINCE OUR FOUNDING IN 2001. PLOS JOURNALS PROPELLED THE MOVEMENT FOR OA ALTERNATIVES TO SUBSCRIPTION JOURNALS. WE ESTABLISHED THE FIRST MULTI-DISCIPLINARY PUBLICATION INCLUSIVE OF ALL EXCELLENT RESEARCH REGARDLESS OF NOVELTY OR IMPACT AND DEMONSTRATED THE IMPORTANCE OF OPEN DATA AVAILABILITY. WE CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR AND PUSH THE BOUNDARIES OF OPEN SCIENCE IN ORDER TO STRENGTHEN THE FOUNDATION OF KNOWLEDGE FROM WHICH WE ALL ADVANCE. PLOS' OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS COVER ALL AREAS OF SCIENCE, MEDICINE AND RELATED SOCIAL SCIENCES. RIGOROUSLY REPORTED, PEER REVIEWED, AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS, THE JOURNALS PROMOTE THE WIDEST READERSHIP AND IMPACT POSSIBLE. WE STRIVE TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES AND INNOVATIONS THAT PROMOTE REPRODUCIBILITY, CREDIT, AND ACCOUNTABILITY TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF OPEN SCIENCE. 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