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The values in these 8 columns must add up to either 100.00 or 0.00
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Journal TitleISSN Journal DOIClusterDiscipline AreaOwner ROR IDPublisher ROR IDAPC List Price Range LowerAPC List Price Range HigherAPC List Price CurrencyAPC Waiver Discount PolicySubscription List Price Range LowerSubscription List Price Range HigherSubscription List Price For Member of The Association of American Universities (in USD)Subscription List Price CurrencySubscription Discount PolicyPrice Transparency ContextResearch Articles PublishedReporting Period StartReporting Period EndAcceptance RateDesk Rejection RateIssue Publication FrequencyMedian Number ReviewsMedian Time Submission To First DecisionMedian Time Peer ReviewMedian Time Acceptance To PublicationCounter 5 Unique Item RequestsCounter 5 Total Item RequestsPrice Breakdown: Journal Community DevelopmentPrice Breakdown: Journal Submission On First DecisionPrice Breakdown: Peer ReviewPrice Breakdown: Services Acceptance PublicationPrice Breakdown: Services Post PublicationPrice Breakdown: Platform Development SupportPrice Breakdown: Sales MarketingPrice Breakdown: Author Customer SupportNotes
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ValidationValid ISSNValid ISSNnoneNumeric value from https://read.oecd-ilibrary.org/science-and-technology/frascati-manual-2015_9789264239012-en#page60 or one of the following:
* all disciplines
* all STEM disciplines
* all HSS disciplines
Valid ROR IDNumber with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. No thousand separator should be used.Number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. No thousand separator should be used.Number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. No thousand separator should be used.Valid ISO 4217:2015 alphabetic currency codeValid URL including protocol (http or https)Number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. No thousand separator should be used.Number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. No thousand separator should be used.Number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. No thousand separator should be used.Valid URL including protocol (http or https)Valid URL including protocol (http or https)Valid URL including protocol (http or https) IntegerISO8601 formatted dateISO8601 formatted datePercentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator.Percentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator.One of: Annual;Bimonthly;Semiweekly;Daily;Biweekly;Semiannual;Biennial;Triennial;Three times a week;Three times a month;Monthly;Quarterly;Semimonthly;Three times a year;Weekly;Continuously updated;OtherIntegerNumber with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. No thousand separator should be used.Number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. No thousand separator should be used.IntegerIntegerIntegerPercentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. Must be less than or equal to 100.00, and greater than or equal to 0.00Validation: Percentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. Must be less than or equal to 100.00, and greater than or equal to 0.00Validation: Percentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. Must be less than or equal to 100.00, and greater than or equal to 0.00Percentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. Must be less than or equal to 100.00, and greater than or equal to 0.00Percentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. Must be less than or equal to 100.00, and greater than or equal to 0.00
Percentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. Must be less than or equal to 100.00, and greater than or equal to 0.00
Percentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. Must be less than or equal to 100.00, and greater than or equal to 0.00
Percentage as a number with two decimal places. A period (dot) should be used as the decimal separator. Must be less than or equal to 100.00, and greater than or equal to 0.00
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NotesThis column is provided for an optional label to indicate that titles which share this label belong in a logical 'cluster'.Where the publication is owned by an organisation other than the publisher (e.g. a Learned Society) then the owner's ROR ID should be supplied - see https://ror.org/facts/ for further informationROR ID of the organisation which is responsible for publishing the title. See https://ror.org/facts/ for further informationThe lower price of any APC list price range for primary research articles. If there is just a single APC list price enter the same number in both APC List Price Range Lower and APC List Price Range Higher.
If no APC is charged, please indicate this by entering 0.00
The higher price of any APC list price range for primary research articles. If there is just a single APC list price enter the same number in both APC List Price Range Lower and APC List Price Range Higher.
If no APC is charged, please indicate this by entering 0.00
Active currency codes can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217#Active_codes
Please enter a value here (e.g. "USD"), even if the APC values in the previous two columns are 0.00
A link to the publisher's publicly available policy for APC waivers and discounts.The lower price of any subscription list price range for primary research articles. If there is just a single subscription list price enter the same number in both Subscription List Price Range Lower and Subscription List Price Range Higher.
This includes fees paid by libraries through models such as Subscribe to Open, Community Action Publishing, and library membership.
If no Subscription is charged, please indicate this by entering 0.00
The higher price of any subscription list price range for primary research articles. If there is just a single subscription list price enter the same number in both Subscription List Price Range Lower and Subscription List Price Range Higher.
This includes fees paid by libraries through models such as Subscribe to Open, Community Action Publishing, and library membership.
If no Subscription is charged, please indicate this by entering 0.00
To facilitate comparison of prices between publishers.
This includes fees paid by libraries through models such as Subscribe to Open, Community Action Publishing, and library membership.
If no Subscription is charged, please indicate this by entering 0.00
A link to the publisher's publicly available policy for discounting subscription prices.A link to the publisher's publicly available policy for discounting subscription prices.An opportunity for publishers to provide additional context for customers wish to know how they have compiled data for the framework, or providing additional insight into how to interpret the figuresNumber of research articles published in reporting period. Exclude author corrections, corrigendum, errata, editorials, and reviews.Use format yyyy-mm-dd. Ideally the reporting period should be for the last calendar year, but it is recognised that this maynot always be possible (e.g. for a title that is less than 1 year old)Use format yyyy-mm-dd. Ideally the reporting period should be for the last calendar year, but it is recognised that this maynot always be possible (e.g. for a title that is less than 1 year old)Acceptance rate for reporting period.Desk rejection rate for reporting period.Choose one from:
Annual (=one per year), Bimonthly (=one every two months), Semiweekly (=two per week)
Daily (=one per day), Biweekly (=one ever two weeks), Semiannual (=two per year)
Biennial (=one every two years), Triennial (=one every three years), Three times a week
Three times a month, Monthly, Quarterly, Semimonthly (=two per month)
Three times a year, Weekly, Continuously updated, Other
Median number of reviews for research articles in reporting period (year).Median time in days from submission to first decision in reporting period (year). Decision means whether to reject or send for peer review. Include papers decided on the basis of assessment by in-house prepublication teams, editorial boards, editorial boards and external referees, or subeditors.Median time in days that the submitted article is under review using the NISO definition of article versions (https://www.niso.org/publications/niso-rp-8-2008-jav) in reporting period (year).The data should be aggregated across customers to provide global usage figures.The data should be aggregated across customers to provide global usage figures.The data should be aggregated across customers to provide global usage figures. Non-COUNTER-compliant publishers can provide the total of HTML and PDF requests.i.e. 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.i.e. triaging [NB this line is separated from the next in order to accommodate the Open Platform publishing model]i.e. triaging [NB this line is separated from the next in order to accommodate the Open Platform publishing model]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. If the journal operates post-publication peer review please enter 0.00.i.e. handling ethical queries, provision of usage statistics, longterm preservation and access, reader services, postage, inventory and stock controli.e. platform, platform vendor management, hosting, systems development, systems support. One off development costs should be amortized over 3 years, and figures in reporting period specified by reporting-period-start and report-period-end included.i.e. sales teams, sales administration,legal costs for contracts, integration with and promotion on social media networks, sponsorshipi.e. helpdesk, usage/impact/other reports, training, author queries about copyright or CC licenses
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PLOS Biology1545-788510.1371/journal.pbio1.6 Biological Scienceshttps://ror.org/008zgvp6422504000USDhttps://plos.org/publish/fees/840.0044746.500.00USDhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/14TRa_VqvJ1ZDEXcHRCjnGj39XGT7s7Wl/2632021-01-012021-12-318%86%Continuously updated5533625024%26%20%9%3%2%13%2%
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PLOS Medicine1549-167610.1371/journal.pmed3. Medical and Health Scienceshttps://ror.org/008zgvp6440004000USDhttps://plos.org/publish/fees/405.0046320.000.00USDhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/14TRa_VqvJ1ZDEXcHRCjnGj39XGT7s7Wl/2712021-01-012021-12-315%95%Continuously updated5813626023%20%17%11%4%7%15%3%
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PLOS ONE1932-620310.1371/journal.poneAll STEM disciplineshttps://ror.org/008zgvp647751749USDhttps://plos.org/publish/fees/0.000.000.00USD160952021-01-012021-12-3140%25%Continuously updated4574010010%17%17%15%8%9%17%8%
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PLOS Computational Biology1553-734X10.1371/journal.pcbi1.6 Biological Scienceshttps://ror.org/008zgvp6425752575USDhttps://plos.org/publish/fees/0.000.000.00USD9362021-01-012021-12-3142%40%Continuously updated5615718010%12%13%21%8%9%18%9%
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PLOS Genetics1553-740410.1371/journal.pgen1.6 Biological Scienceshttps://ror.org/008zgvp6425752575USDhttps://plos.org/publish/fees/0.000.000.00USD5462021-01-012021-12-3134%54%Continuously updated5403818012%13%13%19%7%9%18%9%
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PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases1935-273510.1371/journal.pntd3.3 Health Scienceshttps://ror.org/008zgvp6424202420USDhttps://plos.org/publish/fees/0.000.000.00USD9182021-01-012021-12-3158%29%Continuously updated4585117010%10%10%18%6%15%21%9%
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PLOS Pathogens1553-737410.1371/journal.ppat3.3 Health Scienceshttps://ror.org/008zgvp6425752575USDhttps://plos.org/publish/fees/0.000.000.00USD7002021-01-012021-12-3130%53%Continuously updated3393117011%12%14%21%8%8%15%10%
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