PLOS Pathogens Year in Review

“Reflecting on 2021, we would first like to thank our community of authors, reviewers, and editors, who have worked tirelessly to continue to support rapid publication of breakthrough findings even under the most trying circumstances. But as much as 2021 was a hard year in many respects, it was also a year that brought some exciting future-looking changes for PLOS Pathogens. Our dedicated team of Section Editors met for a virtual summit in the fall and are enthusiastic to expand the PLOS Pathogens community in geography, career stage, and published subject areas. In fact, we revised our scope statement which you can read here, to welcome microbiome, clinical, and computational submissions that inform pathogen biology. To advance our mission in support of data sharing and Open Science, we also introduced a pilot Dryad integration last year which allows authors to upload their data and make use of Dryad curation for free as part of the submission process. We’ve missed being able to gather in person as a community, and it’s too soon yet to say what exactly 2022 will have in store for us all. But we are certain that PLOS Pathogens is excited to build on the forward momentum of last year to continue to grow with the Pathogens community.”