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
86%
Total
Publications
659
Total Open
Publications
566
Total
Citations
21K
Open Access
Percentage
86%
Total
Publications
659
Total Open
Publications
566
Total
Citations
21K
Breakdown
Publisher Open
24%
Both
58%
Other Platform Open
3%
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 31%
163
No Guarantees 12%
64
Other Platform Open
Domain 79%
315
Institution 29%
116
Other Internet 15%
61
Preprint 4%
15
Public 2%
8
Other Platform Locations
Name | Platform Type | Publications |
|---|---|---|
PubMed Central | Domain | 348 |
Europe PMC | Domain | 123 |
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences | Institution | 66 |
DOI | Other Internet | 58 |
University of Cambridge | Institution | 15 |
University of Edinburgh | Institution | 9 |
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services | Institution | 6 |
bioRxiv | Preprint | 6 |
OSF Preprints - Arabixiv | Preprint | 5 |
Figshare | Public | 5 |