Q1 · MultidisciplinaryOpen access

PLOS ONE

Public Library of Science · United States · ISSN 1932-6203

SCImago ↗
SJR0.726
h-index500
Citations per document, 2 years2.95
References per document48.5
Documents in 202518,949
In SCImago2006–2026● Active

SCImago Journal & Country Rank 2025, as published. No impact factor or acceptance rate: we don’t have licensed or verified sources for them.

The short answer

CostOFFICIALOpen-access APC: USD 2,477An APC is not the total publication cost. Check page charges, length limits and agreement eligibility before submitting.DOAJ · Conditions ↓If you can’t payNot reviewedWe haven’t reviewed waiver or reduction options for this journal. Until we do, here’s how to check:We only add waiver steps, links and contacts once they are verified for this specific journal.No curated guidance yet · How to check ↓PrecedentsCORPUS0 Curated papersThat’s our collection, not the journal’s total output, and not a measure of fit with your research.OpenMonitor · Latest papers ↓

Scope

PLOS ONE is a multidisciplinary open-access journal published by the Public Library of Science. It accepts primary research from any scientific discipline, including biology, medicine, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, physics, computer science, and the social sciences, with editorial assessment based on methodological rigor rather than perceived impact.

Scope summarized with AI from public sources. Check the fit on the journal’s site.

What it costs to publish

Open-access APC: USD 2,477

An APC is not the total publication cost. Check page charges, length limits and agreement eligibility before submitting.

APCOpen-access fee per article

USD 2,477

Fee information from the catalog; verify the current publisher price.

Source: DOAJ

OFFICIALDOAJ ↗
Page & length chargesPer page or beyond the limit

Not reviewed yet

We haven’t curated page, over-length or other charges for this journal.

AgreementsWho might cover it for you

No agreement found

None of the agreements we track covers this journal.

CAPES (Brazil)CAPES has no agreement with this publisher. · Source: CAPES
Research4LifeNot part of Research4Life · Source: Research4Life

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APC, page charges, over-length, S2O: what each one means
APC
Article processing charge: a fee per article to publish it open access. It is not the whole cost.
Page charges
A fee per printed or typeset page. It can apply with or without an APC.
Over-length
Pages beyond a length limit, billed at a different rate. Each page pays one rate, never both.
S2O
Subscribe to Open: subscribers keep the journal free to read, decided year by year. Page charges can still apply.
Agreement
A deal between an institution or country and a publisher that may cover the APC. Never automatic.

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No curated guidance yet

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Sources and dates on this page

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APCOFFICIALDOAJNot dated
Quartile, SJR, h-index and categoriesMETRICSCImago JR2025 edition
Curated papersCORPUSOpenMonitor2026-07-02T14:35:27Z
Scope summaryAIPublic sources, summarizedNot dated