Public Library of Science (PLOS)

PLOS is a non-profit open science publisher covering scientific disciplines including life, health, sustainability, engineering, and technology. It works across publishing, policy, and practice to advance open science, with a focus on making research outputs accessible, reusable, and open to scrutiny.

Its activities include open science publishing, policy engagement, and community practice. The organization describes processes for editorial rigor, practices for sharing and reusing research, equitable policies, and innovations in scholarly communications. It also engages with multi-stakeholder groups on open science adoption and works with diverse communities across disciplines, geographies, and career stages.

PLOS is aimed at researchers, librarians, funders, and institutional leaders. It describes itself as a non-profit publisher whose priorities are based on the needs of the research enterprise rather than shareholders, and states that any surplus revenue supports its open science mission.