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Next steps

1. Make a list of available reviews in PLoS and BMC (are there other OA sources that allow derivative works?).
2. Wikify existing OA reviews
3. Try and get the original author (or someone expert in the topic area) to be the curator for a few of the articles.
   • Leave some of the articles curator-free as a trial, still not clear if you want/need a curator.

Wikify existing Reviews

• At the moment it looks like we should find good reviews in PLoS and BMC journals, as they are the only journals that allow derivative works. If there is a review in a journal where the author retains copyright, then we can ask the author to release a pre-print version under a CC license and that should work too. (see the talk page) These OA journals should be OK as well.

Search of PLoS+BMC+Review in NCBI

I did this search on NCBI with the filter tab for 'Review' (268 results). I wrote the ones below that weren't medical studies and from a cursory look appeared to be a review. I'm not attesting to the quality, but if there's one in your field of interest take a look at it. If it looks good consider wikifying it.

PLoS

• Bacterial programmed cell death and multicellular behavior in bacteria. (PLoS Genet.)
• Immunoinformatics comes of age (PLoS Computational Biol.)
• Functional classification using phylogenomic inference. (PLoS Computational Biol.)
• Crossing the line: selection and evolution of virulence traits. (PLoS Pathog.) - I particularly like "Box 1. Making Use of Morons", a good read ;)
• Balancing selection and its effects on sequences in nearby genome regions. (PLoS Genet.)
• The expanding universe of prion diseases. (PLoS Pathog.)
• Making ends meet: repairing breaks in bacterial DNA by non-homologous end-joining.(PLoS Genet.)
• Unraveling the molecular basis for regenerative cellular plasticity. (PLoS Biology)
• Translating DNA into synthetic molecules. (PLoS Biology)
• Nanotubes make big science. (PLoS Biology)
• Gene Duplication: The Genomic Trade in Spare Parts (PLoS Biology)
• Integrin Bidirectional Signaling: A Molecular View (PLoS Biology)
• Antigen-specific T cells: analyses of the needles in the haystack. (PLoS Biology)
• The cytoskeleton in vivo. (PLoS Biology)
• Protein nanomachines. (PLoS Biology)
• Endosymbiosis: lessons in conflict resolution. (PLoS Biology)
• Channelling evolution: canalization and the nervous system. (PLoS Biology)
• The proteasome and the delicate balance between destruction and rescue. (PLoS Biology)
• Comparative genomics.
• How mammals acquire and distribute iron needed for oxygen-based metabolism. (PLoS Biology)
• Comparative genomics. (PLoS Biology)
• Current approaches to the study of movement control. (PLoS Biology)
• V(D)J recombination and the evolution of the adaptive immune system. (PLoS Biology)
• Microarray analysis: genome-scale hypothesis scanning. (PLoS Biology)

BMC

• Molecular signatures (unique proteins and conserved indels) that are specific for the epsilon proteobacteria (Campylobacterales). (BMC Genomics)

Curators wanted

• Jasonk 11:37, 6 March 2007 (EST): Anyone interested in being a curator for a review in their field of expertise? I can't promise you scientific rewards yet, but I suspect this will become an accepted form of merit down the line ;)

Resources

• List of OA journals from PMC. Any article from any of these should be licensed properly.
• Is there an easy way to search only OA journals?
  1. use MyNCBI, and select PMC from the Search drop-down box. Search for a term, then you should be able to click the 'tools' icon next to the results tab to add 'Open Access' filter.
  2. do a search for "open access"[Filter] AND YourSeachTerm in PMC.