Public Library of Science (PLOS) has three open access publishing agreements with the University of Birmingham, PLOS Community Action Publishing, PLOS Flat Fee and PLOS Global Equity. It allows UoB affiliated corresponding authors (subject to eligibility criteria listed below) to publish open access at no additional cost in the following fully open access titles:
- PLOS Biology
- PLOS Medicine
- PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
- PLOS Computational Biology
- PLOS Digital Health
- PLOS Genetics
- PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
- PLOS ONE
- PLOS Pathogens
- PLOS Complex Systems
- PLOS Climate
- PLOS Global Public Health
- PLOS Water
- PLOS Mental Health
Eligibility criteria
- The corresponding author must be affiliated to the University of Birmingham, and ensure their @bham.ac.uk email address is used on submission to the journal.
Next steps
If you meet the eligibility criteria for this agreement, you can submit to the journal. On acceptance, remember to create a record in Pure and link to any funding acknowledged on the paper.
If you are uncertain whether you are eligible for this agreement, please complete an APC request form.