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
89%
Total
Publications
661
Total Open
Publications
588
Total
Citations
19K
Open Access
Percentage
89%
Total
Publications
661
Total Open
Publications
588
Total
Citations
19K
Breakdown
Publisher Open
23%
Both
58%
Other Platform Open
8%
Closed
11%
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 54%
289
Hybrid 32%
171
No Guarantees 14%
78
Other Platform Open
Domain 83%
364
Institution 31%
133
Public 24%
104
Preprint 8%
34
Other Internet 6%
26
Other Platform Locations
Name | Platform Type | Publications |
|---|---|---|
PubMed Central | Domain | 354 |
Europe PMC | Domain | 218 |
Semantic Scholar | Public | 101 |
Radboud University - Radboud Repository | Institution | 57 |
DANS - Data Archiving and Networked Services - NARCIS - National Academic Research and Collaborations Information System | Institution | 43 |
University of Edinburgh - Edinburgh Research Explorer | Institution | 30 |
University of Cambridge - Apollo | Institution | 22 |
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics - RePEc | Preprint | 18 |
University College London - UCL Discovery | Institution | 17 |
University Library Bern - BORIS - Bern Open Repository and Information System | Institution | 13 |