Public Library of Science
PLOS 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. Derived from Wikipedia licensed CC-BY-SA.
Open Access statistics for Public Library of Science, United States, covering academic research published from 2000 to 2024. Read More.
Open Access Percentage
85%
Total
Publications
659
Total Open
Publications
562
Total
Citations
21K
Open Access
Percentage
85%
Total
Publications
659
Total Open
Publications
562
Total
Citations
21K
Breakdown
Publisher Open
25%
Both
58%
Other Platform Open
2%
Closed
15%
Percentage of Open Access over time
Publisher Open
Both
Other Platform Open
Closed
Volume of Open Access over time
Open
Closed
Publisher Open
OA Journal 57%
295
Hybrid 30%
156
No Guarantees 13%
67
Other Platform Open
Domain 84%
325
Institution 30%
116
Other Internet 9%
36
Preprint 2%
8
Public 2%
6
Other Platform Locations
Name | Platform Type | Publications |
|---|---|---|
PubMed Central | Domain | 364 |
Europe PMC | Domain | 117 |
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services | Institution | 69 |
DOI | Other Internet | 33 |
University of Cambridge - Apollo | Institution | 15 |
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer | Institution | 9 |
kcl.ac.uk OAI-PMH Repository | Institution | 9 |
OSF Preprints - Arabixiv | Preprint | 5 |
Curtin University - eSpace | Institution | 5 |
Maastricht University - Research Publications | Institution | 4 |