- PLOS journals have made public their new policy to ensure underlying scientific data is accessible in the scientific publishing process. Authors will have to submit a data availability statement from 1 March 2014. PLOS welcomes public comments. You can provide these via data@plos.org or Twitter. http://www.plos.org/data-access-for-the-open-access-literature-ploss-data-policy/ 14 comments technology