Plos one authors are charged more to publish their article with revenues diverted to subsidize authors who publish in plos s flagship journals, biology and medicine. Plos one will contact all authors by email at submission to ensure that they are aware of the submission. Depending on circumstances, it may waive or reduce the fee for authors who do not have sufficient funds. Notable journals in the geosciences include atmospheric chemistry. Apcs may be driven down by submission fees, particularly among open access journals with high rejection rates. Plos s net revenue has fallen as its output has declined and its expenses increased. It launched its first journal, plos biology, in october 2003 and publishes seven journals. The source thats used to support the claim is generally doaj the directory of open access journals. Plos one is an inclusive, multidisciplinary community of researchers working toward a common goal.
An author can apply for pfa when submitting an article for publication. Predatory open access publishers the natural extreme. As with all journals of the public library of science, plos one is financed by charging authors a publication fee. How do i cite an article from plos one that has an article. New york city epidemics and history for the public. Read more about publication fees and publication fee support. That is, instead of the first article in the issue starting on page 1, the second on page. Submissions that do not meet the plos one publication criterion for language.
Plos pathogens publishes original research that clearly demonstrates novelty, importance to its particular field, biological significance, and conclusions that are justified by the study our aim is to make the editorial process rigorous and consistent, and to offer the best possible support to our authors throughout this process. Developed to facilitate open access, this license lets authors maximize the impact or their research by making it available for anyone, anywhere in the. A few plos one authors expressed concerns in the comments that plos one s impact factor appears to be declining. How plos one can have it all the scholarly kitchen.
Do not include requests to reduce or waive publication fees in the. This model allows plos journals to make all articles available to the public for free immediately upon publication. Journals have many sources of revenue and these sources of revenue may keep article processing fees lower than the true costs. Openaccess megajournals lose momentum as the publishing. Plos encourages authors to consider carefully each journals scope before submitting a manuscript.
Each submission to plos one must be written as an independent unit and should not rely on any work that has not already been accepted for publication. Plos agreed to hold author fees at 2019 levels during the agreement, the first subsidy arrangement it. Plos one publication fees will be billed upon acceptance. Journal articles books book chapters reports web pages. Authors of most plos journals can now opt to post their manuscript. In spain, the latest studies show an hcv infection prevalence in the general population of between 0.
As that price drops, we begin to approach a situation where plos one becomes truly disruptive. Review journal publishing policies and the open access license agreement. Plos one manuscript guidelines saved copy inasp moodle. Many funders now provide open access publishing fee assistance. Open access and vanity publishing the scholarly kitchen. Instant formatting template for plos one guidelines. Plos one citation style guide with bibliography and intext referencing examples. Searchable databases from nature or from plos allow authors to search by country for funders with such programs. When plos one debuted in 2006, its founders declared it would transform. Our active press program places articles in high profile global media outlets such as the huffington post 67 mentions in 2018, national.
If related manuscripts are submitted to plos one, the authors may be advised to combine them into a. The journal publishes original research and commentary that yield novel. A survey of authors publishing in four megajournals. If an author is from ghana and the research funding is sourced from the countrys government, the author will qualify for group 1 and the publication fee will be fully covered by the plos. This collection of articles highlights all content published across the plos journals relating to the covid19sarscoronavirus2 pandemic in 201920. The apa style blog provides some guidance and examples examples. Since impact is such an important factor for a considerable number of authors publishing in plos one, a decline in impact could conceivably impact on submissions particularly if authors feel there is a likelihood of continued decline. Plos one is an open access journal, a new addition to the plos public library of science series. The author pays model allows plos journals to provide all articles to everybody for free i. Plos for public library of science is a nonprofit openaccess science, technology and medicine publisher with a library of openaccess journals and other scientific literature under an opencontent license. If you choose to post your manuscript to biorxiv, select the article category and subject. Plos one is the journal of choice for authors who want their research to be available to all, immediately and without restriction.
Open access publisher public library of science plos is raising its publication fee for the first time since its inception in 2003, hiking rates by up to twothirds the original cost. Manuscript preparation guideline for plos one publisher. Public library of science plos media biasfact check. Time may be running out for the public library of science plos. Plos applies the creative commons attribution cc by license to everything we publish. A decision is usually sent to the author within 10 business days. Authors submitting to participating plos journals can choose to effortlessly. What we dont know is what plos plans to do with its money. Openaccess megajournal plos one continues to shrink. Read more about the license under publish policies content license available on each journal homepage. Submit to any participating journal to be featured in a topically focused plos collection or special issue, curated by esteemed guest editors.
Download citation style files for your favorite reference manager. The serious clinical outcomes of chronic infection are cirrhosis, portal hypertension, hepatic decompensation and. A reality check on author access to open access publishing. Articles are highly discoverable and accessible to researchers both in and outside of their discipline. I dont know how well this works at most journals, but those like plos one and peerj are well known for providing fee waivers for researchers with oa support apart from a couple of incidents. Cover letter upload a cover letter as a separate file in the online system. When you choose to publish with plos, your research makes an impact. Hepatitis c virus hcv infection is a major health problem affecting more than 71 million people worldwide. The creative commons attribution cc by license applies to all works plos publishes. If a given gold oa publisher is predatory and this is not difficult to discover, in part thanks to jeffrey bealls list, then authors can simply not deal with them, and no money is spent.
To draft the statement, consult the submission guidelines and follow the in system instructions. If your submission describes primary research in the life sciences and is not already posted as a preprint, you may opt in to have it posted to the biorxiv preprint server concurrent with your submission to plos one. Plos one ensures the highest standards of quality and openness for the content. It launched its first journal, plos biology, in october 2003 and as of october 2015 publishes seven journals. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. Technically, the most journals dont charge authors statement could well be true. The organization is based in san francisco, california, and has. Secondary objectives were to measure whole blood superoxide dismutase sod, glutathione gsh, and glutathione. The plos publication fee assistance pfa program was created for authors unable to pay all or part of their publication fees and who can demonstrate financial need. Alternatively, you could pursue the green route of oa. Plos one has partnered with experienced guest editors to call for papers within several research areas. This is the first increase in the plos one apc since 2009. Openaccess megajournals lose momentum as the publishing model matures.
Panayiotou et al use a mouse model of alzheimers disease to show that intermittent treatment with a c5a receptor agonist, ep67, results in a. Group 2 plos gpi country authors who need to request additional support should apply for plos publication fee assistance instead of the plos gpi. Plos one introduces new statistical reporting guidelines to provide general principles that authors should consider in order to provide enough detail for another researcher to reproduce the study. Presumably if plos one s fee was lower, more authors would jump on board. One of the pieces of metadata for journals in doaj is whether or not the journal levies an apc an author processing charge for. Authors research which is funded primarily 50% or more of the work contained within the article by an institution or organization from eligible low and middleincome countries will receive partial group 2 countries or full group 1 countries fee funding paid by the plos global participation initiative gpi. Download formatted paper in docx and latex formats.
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