Public Library of Science (PLoS) Overview
All CMU faculty, staff, and students who are corresponding “lead” authors on articles published in PLOS journals are able to publish them open access without paying an article processing fee (APC)
- Eligible journals: PLOS Pathogens, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLOS ONE, PLOS Genetics, PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Complex Systems, PLOS Digital Health
- During the submission process, there are two sections where authors must correct identify their institutional affiliation to ensure they do not receive an Article Processing Charge invoice: “Additional Information” and “Manuscript Data”
- Authors can publish their articles with a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY 4.0) license.
- During the submission process, there are two sections where authors must correct identify their institutional affiliation to ensure they do not receive an Article Processing Charge invoice: “Additional Information” and “Manuscript Data”
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If you are unsure whether your article or journal is covered under this CMU publisher agreements, or with other questions, please contact the University Libraries Data and Publishing Services team.
