From the PLoS founders in the Vol 1 Issue 1 of PLoS Medicine

["Abbott, Bruce" <BAbbot@lsuhsc.edu>]

The inaugural issue of PLoS Medicine was released yesterday.

There is a "Message from the PLoS founders" that includes a statement of
their vision of Open Access with regard to medical journals, their view of
who should pay for Open Access, and a call to authors to use Open Access
journals.

The authors of the message are Michael B. Eisen, Patrick O. Brown, and
Harold E. Varmus.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0010031

Bruce Abbott
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