Redefining Publishing: Practical pathways to open science

Scholarly communication is at an inflection point. Research is more collaborative, computational, international, and dependent on shared infrastructure than at any point in its history. Yet while open science policies have advanced, the systems of scholarly communication, research assessment, and funding have evolved more slowly.

PLOS's 18-month Redefining Publishing project explores how publishing can better support open science by moving beyond the article as the primary unit of value and beyond APC-based models as the dominant mechanism for funding open access.

Developed with support from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the report brings together economic analysis, global convenings, stakeholder consultation, and user-centered design to identify practical pathways for change.