All unSound Science Deserves
to Be Pun[Publ]ished

PLOS ONE gives researchers a faster path to publishing in a high-quality peer-reviewed journal. All work that reaches rigorous technical and ethical standards is published and freely and immediately available to everyone.

And this is just the tip on an academic iceberg. PLOS ONE has had some of it sheen over the years. Here’s a quick look at some of its high or low critics. 

Here’s one about “question marks.”

http://retractionwatch.com/2016/09/16/when-does-overlap-become-plagiarism-heres-what-plos-one-decided/

the “daisy chain” of plagiaristic tendencies.

http://retractionwatch.com/2016/09/05/a-plagiarism-loop-authors-copied-from-papers-that-had-copied-from-others/

and the zinger: a conference proceedings “faked” 120 papers.

http://retractionwatch.com/2016/09/02/weve-seen-computer-generated-fake-papers-get-published-now-we-have-computer-generated-fake-peer-reviews/