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Björn Brembs http: //brembs. net Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Biologie – Neurobiologie PLo. S One/Sci. Vee: Wissenschaftliche Video-Publikation

Research Made Public PLo. S is the world’s leading open-access publisher of peer-reviewed online scientific and medical research. www. plosgenetics. org www. plosone. org www. plosbiology. org www. plosmedicine. org www. ploscompbiol. org www. plosntds. org www. plospathogens. org clinicaltrials. ploshubs. org Everything we publish is freely available online throughout the world, for anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, and use (with attribution). Barrier-free, Open -access, no permissions required. Image credits: Gerrell Crichton. PLo. S Medicine. 2006. 3(1). Danelle Eto. PLo. S Pathogens. 2007. 3(7). Niclas Fritzen. PLo. S Biology. 2006. 4(5). Wouter Boomsma. PLo. S Computational Biology. 2006. 2(9). Owen Booth. PLo. S Genetics. 2006. 2(10). Frank Poelwijk et al. PLo. S Computational Biology. 2006. 2(5).

Research Made Public PLo. S is the world’s leading open-access publisher of peer-reviewed online scientific and medical research. Everything PLo. S publishes is freely available online throughout the world, for anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, and use (with attribution). Barrier-free, open-access, no permissions required.

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Research Made Public PLo. S is the world’s premiere of open-access publisher of online, peer-reviewed scientific research. www. plosbiology. org www. plosntds. org PLo. S Medicine features important advances in all medical disciplines. With the ultimate aim of improving human health, the journal publishes original research and analysis that address the global burden of disease. PLo. S Biology features works of exceptional significance in all of areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems, including works at the interface with other disciplines, such as chemistry, medicine, and mathematics. PLo. S Neglected Tropical Diseases is the first openaccess journal devoted to publishing high-quality research on all scientific, medical, and public health aspects of these forgotten diseases affecting the world’s forgotten people. www. plosgenetics. org www. plospathogens. org www. plosone. org www. plosmedicine. org PLo. S Genetics reflects the full breadth and interdisciplinary nature of genetics and genomics research by publishing outstanding original contributions in all areas of biology. PLo. S Pathogens publishes significant research on bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions, and viruses that contributes to our understanding of the biology of pathogens and pathogenhost interactions. www. clinicaltrials. plohubs. org www. ploscompbiol. org Open Access The official journal of the International Society for Computational Biology. PLo. S Computational Biology publishes research of exceptional significance that furthers our understanding of living systems at all scales through the application of computational methods. PLo. S ONE features research from all disciplines within science and medicine on an interactive platform, facilitating the discovery of the connections between findings - within or between disciplines. Image credits: Gerrell Crichton. PLo. S Medicine. 2006. 3(1). Niclas Fritzén. PLo. S Biology. 2006. 4(5). Owen Booth. PLo. S Genetics. 2006. 2(10). Danelle Eto. PLo. S Pathogens. 2007. 3(7). Wouter Boomsma. PLo. S Computational Biology. 2006 2(9). Frank Poelwijk et al. PLo. S Computational Biology. 2006. 2(5). Everything we publish is freely available online throughout the world, for anyone to read, download, copy, distribute, and use (with attribution). Barrier-free, open-access, no permissions required. PLo. S Hubs are a window on content in a specific field, collecting together openaccess articles from many PLo. S journals and beyond. A Hub allows a group of people interested in the same subject to share their opinions, knowledge and, ultimately, to build a dynamic, interactive community.

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Sci. Vee statistics • August 2007 – Sci. Vee Begins Accepting Uploads of Videos and Papers – Articles in New. Scientist, Th Scientist, Slashdot, Biz. Origin, CORDIS – General Sci. Vee Statistics for August 2007: 38, 609 Unique Visitors, 6, 744, 228 Hits, 311. 22 GB bandwidth, • September 2007 – Sci. Vee Official Alpha Site Launch – Science and Ars. Technica articles – General Statistics for September 2007: 43, 412 Unique Visitors, 10, 965, 440 Hits, 643. 35 GB bandwidth • October/November 2007 – Articles in Anthropolgy. net, Physics. World, Bio. Med Central, Fosters. com – General Statistics for November 2007: 22, 709 Unique Visitors, 2, 604, 732 Hits, 362. 88 GB bandwidth • December 2007 – Sci. Vee Releases Beta – Articles in USA Today, CNN, Nature, Phys. Org – General Statistics for December 2007: 39, 075 Unique Visitors, 8, 324, 985 Hits, 981. 86 GB bandwidth • January 2008 – General Statistics for January 2008: 26, 522 Unique Visitors, 5, 428, 248 Hits, 430. 44 GB bandwidth

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