PLOS

Public Library of Science
PLOS logo since March 2020
Founded2000; 24 years ago (2000)
2003; 21 years ago (2003) (public operations)
Founder
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationLevi's Plaza, San Francisco, California
Key peopleAlison Mudditt (CEO)
Publication typesAcademic journals
Nonfiction topicsScience
Official websiteplos.org

PLOS (for Public Library of Science; PLoS until 2012 [1]) 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.

As of 2024, PLOS publishes 14 academic journals,[2] including 7 journals indexed within the Science Citation Index Expanded, and consequently 7 journals ranked with an impact factor.

PLOS journals are included in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). PLOS is also a member of the Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA), a participating publisher and supporter of the Initiative for Open Citations, and a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

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  2. ^ "Choose Your Journal". PLOS. Retrieved 23 November 2022.