Public Library of Science (PLOS) has two open access publishing agreements with the University of Birmingham, PLOS Community Action Publishing and PLOS Flat Fee. 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 ONE
- PLOS Genetics
- PLOS Pathogens
- PLOS Computational Biology
- PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
- PLOS Digital Health
- PLOS Complex Systems
- PLOS Ecosystems
- PLOS Aging and 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.
- Always create a record in Pure upon acceptance and link to any funding acknowledged in the article.