Virginia Barbour: Queen of open access | The BMJ
peter.suber's bookmarks 2018-10-26
Summary:
"What was your best career move?
Moving to the Public Library of Science (PLOS) in 2004. I was at the Lancet, watching with great interest the launch of PLOS Biology and wondering whether PLOS would launch a medical journal—so I wrote and asked, and it turned out to be their next plan. I was incredibly lucky to be one of the three founding editors of PLOS Medicine, and I’m very proud to have played a part at the beginning of open access...."