Why publish with PLOS ONE?

PLOS ONE articles are available to everyone, immediately and without restriction. With PLOS ONE, your peers can see, cite, share, and build upon your science. Publish your data, get early feedback on preprints, and contextualize research by publishing the peer review history.

What is the purpose of PLOS ONE?

PLOS ONE is an inclusive journal community working together to advance science for the benefit of society, now and in the future.

What is the impact factor of PLOS ONE?

In January 2010, the journal was included in the Journal Citation Reports and received its first impact factor of 4.4. Its 2022 impact factor is 3.7. PLOS One papers are published under Creative Commons licenses.

Why are PLOS important?

PLOs are important because they communicate what is critical, intentional and special about a program.

How good is PLOS ONE?

PLOS ONE is generally considered a reputable and well-respected journal among academics. It is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original research across all scientific disciplines.

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Should I publish in PLOS?

Why should I publish with PLOS? With rigorous reporting and peer review, PLOS journals are highly respected and influential in all areas of science—from biology to ecology and nanoscience to neuroscience.

Is PLOS predatory?

No, PLoS One is definitely NOT a predatory journal. It is different from other academic journals, in that the explicit goal is for submissions to be reviewed for rigor rather than for impact or citability.

Is PLOS ONE a peer reviewed journal?

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

Does PLOS ONE publish negative results?

In keeping with our mission to publish all methodologically and ethically rigorous research, we will consider Research Articles reporting negative and null results.

How long does it take for PLoS ONE to publish?

The time it takes for PLOS One Journal to publish a paper can vary. On average, it takes around 3-4 months from submission to publication for most papers.

What is the rank of PLoS ONE in 2023?

The PLoS ONE has an SJR (SCImago Journal Rank) of 0.885, according to the latest data. It is computed in the year 2023.

What type of article is PLoS ONE?

PLOS ONE welcomes all types of research articles, including multidisciplinary research, replication studies, systematic reviews, methods & software articles, and qualitative research.

How often does PLOS ONE publish?

PLOS strives to keep a continuous publication schedule so that articles are published online as soon as they are ready and as quickly as possible, as often as daily. We make exceptions for articles that need to be scheduled at a specific time, press released content, and other situations.

What makes a journal predatory?

The consensus definition reached was: “Predatory journals and publishers are entities that prioritize self-interest at the expense of scholarship and are characterized by false or misleading information, deviation from best editorial and publication practices, a lack of transparency, and/or the use of aggressive and ...

Is PLoS ONE free?

PLOS publishes all content Open Access and makes the content freely available online for researchers and readers to read, distribute, and reuse.

What is the rejection rate for Frontiers?

Rejection rates in Frontiers journals are around ~27% for submissions outside of research topics, most manuscripts are published within 3 months of submission, and yet, Frontiers citations rates are amongst the very highest when compared to journals in the same categories.

Is an impact factor of 2.5 good?

The majority of journals, in fact, fall in the bracket of an IF of 1-1+. So, a journal with an IF of 2-2.5 would be considered having a higher impact than these journals. A journal with an IF of 5 or above would be considered high-impact, but note that these would be fewer in number.

What is the controversy with PLOS ONE?

Exclusive: PLOS ONE to retract more than 100 papers for manipulated peer review. In March, an editor at PLOS ONE noticed something odd among a stack of agriculture manuscripts he was handling. One author had submitted at least 40 manuscripts over a 10-month period, much more than expected from any one person.

Is Frontiers a predatory journal?

All Frontiers journals are published under a Creative Commons Attribution License. In 2015, Frontiers Media was classified as a possible predatory publisher by Jeffrey Beall. Based on a series of information published here, we decided to include the Frontiers Media journals on the predatory publications list.

How much does it cost to publish on PLOS ONE?

Official Publication Fees

Based on the Official Journal Homepage, the publication fee of PLoS ONE are around 1749 USD. To publish in PLoS ONE with Open Access Lincense, authors are required to pay an overall article publishing charges (APC) : $1749 USD.

Is PLOS free to publish in?

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 indexed in PubMed?

Indexing. 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.