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.


The internet and electronic publishing enable the creation of public libraries of science containing the full text and data of any published research article, available free of charge to anyone, anywhere in the world.


Immediate unrestricted access to scientific ideas, methods, results, and conclusions will speed the progress of science and medicine, and will more directly bring the benefits of research to the public. more »