[IGSTK-Developers] OPEN ACCESS : New PLoS Journal : Clinical Trials

[Luis Ibanez]

Yet another OPEN ACCESS journal:

from the Public Library of Science: www.plos.org


                     "Plos Clinical Trials"

                   www.plosclinicaltrials.org.


The journal's main goal is to improve the reporting and availability of 
trial results. It is thought that around half of all trials are never 
published -- a problem that distorts the information available for 
evidence-based decision making in healthcare.

Christian Gluud, from the Copenhagen Trial Unit, Denmark, and a member 
of the Advisory Board of PLoS Clinical Trials, comments:

     "Unpublished results... undermine the trust between patients and 
investigators... and slow the vast potential of medical progress..."

I welcome your comments and suggestions as to how the journal can best 
achieve its aims of improving access to clinical trials data. To those 
of you who work directly in the trials field, please consider submitting 
your original research papers to PLoS Clinical Trials. To all, please 
think about forwarding this message, perhaps with a personal note, to 
colleagues, suggesting they consider the journal for their own work.

PLoS Clinical Trials is unique in considering all randomized trials for 
publication, irrespective of outcome; authors also benefit from keeping 
the copyright to their own work, as well as fast, rigorous peer review 
and the widest global audience for their research. To find out more 
about submitting a trial, visit www.plosclinicaltrials.org.

Please don't hesitate to contact me directly at eveitch at plos.org with 
your questions and feedback. Thank you from all of us at PLoS for your 
continued support for Open Access.

Sincerely,

Emma Veitch, PhD
Publications Manager, PLoS Clinical Trials

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