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Price Transparency Framework
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Data Input ColumnNotes
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SectiA4:I4on 1 - Basic title metadataPLOS Computational BiologyPLOS GeneticsPLOS PathogensPLOS Neglected Tropical DiseasesPLOS BiologyPLOS MedicinePLOS ONE
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DOI or ISSN for Title (or Titles if all other data in the framework is the same for each of the titles)10.1371/journal.pcbi10.1371/journal.pgen10.1371/journal.ppat10.1371/journal.pntd10.1371/journal.pbio10.1371/journal.pmed10.1371/journal.poneNote this is a title DOI, not an article DOI. Also ok to use the ISSN.
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Journal discipline areaLife sciences & MedicineLife sciences & MedicineLife sciences & MedicineLife sciences & MedicineLife sciences & MedicineLife sciences & MedicineMultidisciplinaryChoose frm physical science & technology, life sciences & medicine, social sciences, or arts & humanities
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Owner of journalPublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of ScienceUse standard organisational identifier
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Publisher of journalPublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of SciencePublic Library of ScienceUse standard organisational identifier
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APC list price or price range for primary research articles$2,350$2,350$2,350$2,350$3,000$3,000$1,595Indicate currency; use currency that you set prices in
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Subscription list priceN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AIndicate currency; use the currency that you set prices in
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Date Information Submitted28-Feb-2028-Feb-2028-Feb-2028-Feb-2028-Feb-2028-Feb-2028-Feb-20dd/mm/yyyy
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URL for additional information about price and serviceshttps://www.plos.org/publication-feeshttps://www.plos.org/publication-feeshttps://www.plos.org/publication-feeshttps://www.plos.org/publication-feeshttps://www.plos.org/publication-feeshttps://www.plos.org/publication-feeshttps://www.plos.org/publication-feesPublishers are encouraged, but not required, to provide additional context and detail.
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Section 2 - Contextual metadata
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Articles published / annum67154053678046727515,308Number of articles published in last full calendar year (or life of journal if less than 1 year old)
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Acceptance rate37%28%25%41%11%9%44%Acceptance rate for last calendar year (or life of journal if less than 1 year old)
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Frequency of publicationContinuous PublicationContinuous PublicationContinuous PublicationContinuous PublicationContinuous PublicationContinuous PublicationContinuous Publicatione.g. annual, semi-annual, quarterly, monthly, weekly, continuous publication
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Median number of reviews / article4434454Provide mean for last full calendar year; if an article goes back to the same reviewer for a second review then this counts as two reviews
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Median time from submission to first decision65413860446855For articles published in the last calendar year; include papers decided on the basis of assessment by in-house prepublication teams, editorial boards, and editorial boards and external referees
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Median time from submission to pass peer review and full publication of the article225175162190166180161For articles published in the last calendar year; this figure will include the time taken by authors for their revision stages
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Total Unique_Item_Requests for the previous calendar year5,400,0804,809,8043,942,6853,309,3425,259,3955,081,19985,659,205Figures given are a close approximation of COUNTER statistics. COUNTER reports were developed for traditional subscription publications and no equivalent standard exists for Open Access content. PLOS is working with LibLynx to develop next-generation analytics appropriate for communicating the usage and impact of OA publication
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Total Total_Item_Requests for the previous calendar year8,432,1487,498,0436,220,6345,158,5248,127,2817,754,005117,288,689Figures given are a close approximation of COUNTER statistics. COUNTER reports were developed for traditional subscription publications and no equivalent standard exists for Open Access content. PLOS is working with LibLynx to develop next-generation analytics appropriate for communicating the usage and impact of OA publication
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Section 3 - Pricing information
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% of price for journal and community development14%14%14%14%20%18%13%e.g. identifying need for the journal, aims and scope development, investment in funding for field, editorial board costs, commissioning content, competitor analysis, benchmarking, policy development, portfolio development
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% of price from submission to desk reject or accept15%16%16%15%25%27%21%e.g. triaging [NB this line is separated from the next in order to accommodate the Open Platform publishing model]
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% of price for peer review management12%12%14%13%21%23%13%please do not factor in time or resources donated by editors or reviewers; please include specialist reviews; e.g. recruiting and training peer reviewers and the editors who work with them, peer review management and tracking systems
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% of price for services from acceptance to publication22%21%21%21%12%12%20%e.g. platform, copyediting, formatting, typesetting, proofreading, assigning and depositing DOIs, XML file conversion (if content is not born XML), tagging, quality assurance checks, integration with a&I databases/aggregators/repositories/APC management systems, figure re-lettering or other improvements, dealing with article enhancements such as video abstracts, proofing process and author engagement around this, issue compilation, issue line up, printing, alignment with synchronous articles, vendor management, article pipeline management, systems support, systems development; addition of ORCIDs and other IDs to support funder/institutional disambiguation, checking references, design
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% of price for services after publication11%11%10%11%6%6%12%e.g. handling ethical queries, provision of usage statistics, longterm preservation and access, reader services, postage, inventory and stock control
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% of price for sales & marketing to customers or of articles16%16%14%15%11%8%13%e.g. sales teams, sales administration,legal costs for contracts, integration with and promotion on social media networks, sponsorship
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% of price for author and customer support10%10%11%11%5%6%8%e.g. helpdesk, usage/impact/other reports, training, author queries about copyright or CC licenses
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Notes: 24-30 should add up to 100%
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Gratis services provided by the academic community are presumably not charged for, and therefore should not be included in section 3.
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We recognise that all organisations have overheads and profit/surplus. Please do not itemise these separately but allocate them across the services provided when completing lines 24-30.
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