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Public Library of Science (PLOS)


Name	Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Membership Category	Professional Publisher (Large)
Website	www.plos.org
Owner	PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication. It is a tax-exempt, 501(c)3, nonprofit corporation headquartered in San Francisco, California, with locations in the UK, Germany, and Singapore.
Main Address	Public Library of Science (PLOS) 1265 Battery Street, Suite 200, San Francisco, CA 94111, USA
Other Office Locations
Copyright and Licensing Link	https://plos.org/open-science/open-access/
Copyright and Licensing Policy	The Public Library of Science (PLOS) applies the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY) to works we publish (read the human-readable summary or the full license legal code). Under this license, authors retain ownership of the copyright for their content, but allow anyone to download, reuse, reprint, modify, distribute, and/or copy the content as long as the original authors and source are cited.
Complaint Contact Link	plos@plos.org, or per journal/topic, please see: https://plos.org/about/contact/
Complaint Policy	Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions, please see journal pages, PLOS ONE example below: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/corrections-expressions-of-concern-and-retractions Privacy: https://plos.org/privacy-policy/
Publication Charge Link	Fees
Publication Charge Policy	Fees
OASPA Compliant OA Journals	All journals: PLOS Biology PLOS Climate PLOS Computational Biology PLOS Digital Health PLOS Genetics PLOS Global Public Health PLOS Medicine PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases PLOS ONE PLOS Pathogens PLOS Sustainability and Transformation PLOS Water
OA Articles (approx. number in 12 months)	20,267 (In 2021)
OASPA Compliant OA Books
Peer Review Process Link
Peer Review Policy	All peer review policies are available at the respective journal websites, please see four representative examples below: PLOS BIOLOGY https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/s/editorial-and-peer-review-process PLOS PATHOGENS https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/s/editorial-and-peer-review-process PLOS GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/s/editorial-and-peer-review-process PLOS ONE: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/editorial-and-peer-review-process
Initiatives	https://plos.org/open-science/ (Open Science) https://plos.org/resources/for-institutions/ (Business models) https://plos.org/research-by-plos/ (Research by PLOS)

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