PLoS Medicine is a peer-reviewed english-language open-access journal published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in United States, operating under an open-access model since 2004. The journal covers Medicine.
Authors are required to pay an article processing charge to publish in PLoS Medicine; refer to the journal's APC page for the current rate. A waiver policy is offered for eligible authors. Articles are released under the CC BY, Publisher's own license license (see other journals using this license).
To date, PLoS Medicine has published 5,684 articles. Articles are minted with DOIs through the prefix 10.1371. All submissions undergo plagiarism screening before peer review.
Keywords
human health, human disease, health policy, translational medicine
At a glance
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science (PLoS)
- Country
- United States
- Primary language
- English
- License
- CC BY, Publisher's own license
- Peer review
- Anonymous peer review
- OA since
- 2004
- Review time
- 32 weeks
- DOI prefix
10.1371- Plagiarism check
- Yes
ISSN
- 1549-1277
- electronic
- 1549-1676
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1549-1277 (print) · 1549-1676 (electronic).