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Future Science Group (FSG) is a publisher of print, online, and in-person resources for the medical and scientific communities. The organization's plain language summaries allow laypeople to grasp detailed and technical information in an easy-to-understand format. At the core of their foundation, FSG provides scientific and peer-reviewed journals on the cutting edge of today's discoveries. The goal is to foster communication and development within the community that is advancing these discoveries.

Over time, FSG also recognized the importance of making this information available to others who were interested in it, but perhaps lacked the high-level background needed for some concepts. There are many people who want to learn more about aspects of science and medicine, especially as they pertain to groundbreaking changes. But gaining that knowledge may not always be easy due to the technical nature of most scientific publications. To that end, FSG began providing its plain language summaries.

These summaries are stand-alone options, and citable. They are designed for a broad audience of laypeople, who may not otherwise be comfortable with the information presented in medical and scientific journals. By providing plain language summaries, FSG allows people who want to learn the opportunity to do so more easily. All products and events offered or created by FSG are underpinned by the organization's mission of collaboration, translation, innovation, and the convening of the scientific community.

All Future Science Group journals publish the plain language summaries offered by the organization. The summary is discoverable, indexed on a database, and contains its own DOI. That ensures that someone wanting to cite the information can cite the summary directly, without the need to cite the original journal article. By doing so, anyone else looking for information through that citation will be directed to the summary they can easily understand.

The authors of the original publications generally write the summaries, ensuring their correctness. This helps FSG offer confidence in the information provided, and more knowledge for laypeople who are seeking information about discoveries and inventions in the medical and scientific communities.