Not a new journal…

What is the PLOS Ecology Community?

First off, we’re not talking about a new PLOS journal. Two previous PLOS-hosted researcher communities (PLOS Neuro and PLOS Synbio), both launched in 2014, provide a model for this cross-PLOS community outreach initiative (which will also soon include a new PLOS Paleo Community) to support the robust and rapidly growing community of ecology authors who contribute to PLOS journals.

Working in cooperation with staff and academic editors from PLOS ONE, PLOS Biology and PLOS Computational Biology, the PLOS Ecology Community, led by its Community Blog editors, will employ a variety of web properties and social media networks to catalyze and track conversations between scientists doing ecology research — wherever those conversations may happen.

Apart from the PLOS journal sites, venues including this PLOS Ecology Field Reports blog and the @PLOSEcology Twitter account, have the primary purpose of supporting informal discussion of new ecology, environmental and climate science research articles published by PLOS.

To join the PLOS Ecology Community, and receive monthly updates on notable new ecology papers published by PLOS journals, blog posts discussing new research, and other community news, click here to input your name and email address.