Is plos medicine free?

Authors whose research funder is based in a Research4Life Group B country also publish for free in PLOS Biology, PLOS Climate, PLOS Global Public Health, PLOS Medicine, PLOS Mental Health, PLOS Sustainability and Transformation and PLOS Water. For all other journals, the publication fee will be reduced to $500.

Is PLOS ONE free or paid?

PLOS publishes all content Open Access and makes the content freely available online for researchers and readers to read, distribute, and reuse. Authors' ability to pay publication fees will never be a consideration in the decision whether to publish.

Is PLOS Medicine open access?

PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.

Is PLOS Medicine a reputable journal?

Fast and professional peer review

PLOS Medicine is run by a team of experienced professional editors. We work closely with academic editors and peer reviewers to provide authors with an efficient, fair, and constructive review process.

Which journals are free to publish?

Intro to PLOS journals and APC-free publishing

Are Springer journals free to publish?

How much does it cost to publish in a Springer journal? For the majority of Springer journals, publishing an article is free of charge.

Can I publish in Elsevier for free?

Authors publishing in hybrid journals can publish under the subscription model at no cost and make use of the Elsevier sharing policy. For patients and caregivers, we will consider individual waiver requests on a case-by-case basis.

What does PLOS stand for?

PLOS (for Public Library of Science; PLoS until 2012) is a nonprofit publisher of open-access journals in science, technology, and medicine and other scientific literature, under an open-content license. It was founded in 2000 and launched its first journal, PLOS Biology, in October 2003.

How do I submit to PLOS Medicine initially?

Initial submission.

Upload your manuscript and cover letter. Choose to submit either a single PDF, or separate manuscript and figure files. There are no formatting requirements, and our mini initial submission form takes just 10 minutes to complete.

Is plos one on PubMed?

To ensure research content is accessible and discoverable as widely as possible, all PLOS journals are widely indexed by major services such as Crossref, Dimensions, DOAJ, Google Scholar, PubMed Central, Scopus, Web of Science, and many more.

Is PLOS for profit?

PLOS is a nonprofit, Open Access publisher empowering researchers to accelerate progress in science and medicine by leading a transformation in research communication.

How much is a publication fee?

These fees, charged by certain open access journals post-acceptance, are also known as author publishing charges or article processing charges (APCs) and range from $8-3,900. APCs may be driven down by submission fees, particularly among open access journals with high rejection rates.

Is PLOS peer-reviewed?

PLOS ONE is a peer reviewed scientific journal with a rigorous editorial screening and assessment process made up of several stages.

Who funds PLOS ONE?

As with all journals of the Public Library of Science, open access to PLOS One is financed by an article processing charge, typically paid by the author's institution or by the author. This model allows PLOS journals to make all articles available to the public for free immediately upon publication.

Where is PLOS based?

PLOS is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA with offices in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Singapore. For general inquiries, email [email protected].

Why is PLOS ONE a good journal?

"PLOS ONE puts a real emphasis on reproducibility in research reporting, and provides a home for research that presents negative or null results… as such, strengthening and expanding the scientific record."

What is the rejection rate for PLOS?

At PLOS, out of every 100 submissions received, merely three make it through the editor's review and peer review. In other words, rejection rates in these journals are as high as 97 percent!

Which journal has highest acceptance rate?

IEEE ACCESS, MDPI JOURNALS, IJIMAI have fast review speed and high acceptance rate.

How hard is it to get published in a medical journal?

Standard Impact Factor Journals may take from six months to over a year from the submission till final acceptance and publication. Keep in mind that initial screening, plagiarism check, formatting and then uploading this formatted manuscript on the website takes couple of weeks as there is no short cut.

Can I publish paper on my own for free?

Most legitimate journals don't charge to publish research. Talk to a librarian or a professor in your field for suggestions about quality journals. A caveat: the standards are high, and some papers are rejected. Of course your best bet is the journals you yourself read regularly.

Can I publish for free?

There are multiple free publishing sites for you to choose from; we've listed some of the best in this article. Amazon KDP and Apple books might seem the right fit, but we highly recommend Kitaboo.

Can I publish my own research paper for free?

There are several good journals that provide this facility along with free publications. IJSET is one of those platforms which provide the fast publication with low charges along with a formatting facility; as researchers don't have that much time to arrange data in a particular format.