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 2023. Read More.
Open Access Percentage
90%
Total
Publications
595
Total Open
Publications
534
Total
Citations
13K
Open Access
Percentage
90%
Total
Publications
595
Total Open
Publications
534
Total
Citations
13K
Breakdown
Publisher Open
21%
Both
62%
Other Platform Open
7%
Closed
10%
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 53%
261
Hybrid 32%
156
No Guarantees 15%
74
Other Platform Open
Domain 84%
346
Institution 31%
128
Public 25%
102
Preprint 7%
30
Other Internet 7%
29
Other Platform Locations
Name | Platform Type | Publications |
|---|---|---|
PubMed Central | Domain | 336 |
Europe PMC | Domain | 209 |
Semantic Scholar | Public | 99 |
Radboud University - Radboud Repository | Institution | 65 |
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services - NARCIS - National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System | Institution | 41 |
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer | Institution | 24 |
University of Cambridge - Apollo | Institution | 22 |
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics - RePEc | Preprint | 21 |
University Library Bern - BORIS - Bern Open Repository and Information System | Institution | 18 |
University College London - UCL Discovery | Institution | 16 |