==Brief==
This contains all scientific papers published by the Public Library of Science (PLoS) journals: http://www.plos.org

==Description==
The manuscripts are in PDF format and were downloaded using the PHP script, "GetPLoS.php" (included) for the following journals:
PLoS Biology "http://www.plosbiology.org/"
PLoS Medicine "http://www.plosmedicine.org/"
PLoS Computational Biology "http://www.ploscompbiol.org/"
PLoS Genetics "http://www.plosgenetics.org/"
PLoS Pathogens "http://www.plospathogens.org/"
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases "http://www.plosntds.org/"
PLoS ONE "http://www.plosone.org/"

==License==
All PLOS journals are "open access" under a Creative Commons license (http://www.plos.org/journals/license.php)

==Automatic Updating==
This dataset will be updated monthly and can be subscribed to using the BioTorrents RSS feed: http://www.biotorrents.net/rss.php?ver=6
The downloads will placed into a folder called "all_plos_pdf". If you subscribe to the RSS feed for this torrent with your BitTorrent client you can receive automated updates for this dataset (http://www.biotorrents.net/forums.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=14 ).
For example, when a new version is released your BitTorrent client will download the new torrent, check to see what is different or needs to be updated, and downloads only those new/changed files.
See the Forums for further explanation:http://www.biotorrents.net/forums.php?action=viewtopic&topicid=16


==Statistics==
Total number of manuscripts: 20694

Last Updated: 2010-06-04