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 2025. Read More.
Open Access Percentage
87%
Total
Publications
755
Total Open
Publications
659
Total
Citations
25K
Open Access
Percentage
87%
Total
Publications
755
Total Open
Publications
659
Total
Citations
25K
Breakdown
Publisher Open
24%
Both
59%
Other Platform Open
4%
Closed
13%
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%
339
Hybrid 29%
176
No Guarantees 14%
86
Other Platform Open
Domain 84%
392
Institution 61%
286
Other Internet 6%
30
Preprint 4%
20
Public 2%
10
Other Platform Locations
Name | Platform Type | Publications |
|---|---|---|
PubMed Central | Domain | 409 |
doaj.org OAI-PMH Repository | Institution | 221 |
Europe PMC | Domain | 92 |
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences | Institution | 58 |
DOI | Other Internet | 25 |
University of Cambridge | Institution | 19 |
University of Copenhagen | Institution | 17 |
University of Edinburgh | Institution | 13 |
Unknown Repository | Other Internet | 11 |
California Digital Library | Institution | 9 |