PLOS ONE

PLOS ONE is a peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science. It publishes research across scientific and medical disciplines, evaluating submissions primarily for technical validity rather than perceived importance.

Open access: A publishing model that makes scholarly works freely available online without subscription barriers. PLOS ONE makes its published articles freely available to readers.
Public Library of Science: A nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization promoting open access to scientific research. It founded and publishes PLOS ONE.
Nature: A weekly international scientific journal publishing research, news, and commentary. Nature's selective editorial model contrasts with PLOS ONE's emphasis on technical validity.
Scientific communication: The creation and exchange of research findings through publications, data, conferences, and other channels. The journal is one large-scale channel for sharing peer-reviewed research.
Peer review: Evaluation of scholarly work by experts in the relevant field before publication. External reviewers assess submissions for rigor and technical validity.
Open-access movement: A movement seeking free online access to scholarly literature and fewer restrictions on reuse. The journal emerged from efforts to make research accessible beyond subscription systems.
Science: A peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Science selects papers partly for broad significance, unlike PLOS ONE's stated threshold.
Scholarly publishing: The publication and distribution of academic research and other scholarly work. PLOS ONE helped make large-scale, author-funded open-access publishing more familiar.
Article processing charge: A fee charged to authors or their funders to support publication, often in open-access journals. Publication fees help fund PLOS ONE's open-access model.
BioMed Central: A commercial open-access publisher founded in 2000 and later acquired by Springer Nature. Its early author-pays model helped establish a precedent for PLOS ONE's publishing approach.

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