The West Virginia University Libraries recently began a partnership with the Public Library of Science (PLOS) to provide researchers with the opportunity to publish, free of processing charges, in any of their Open Access titles over the next three years.
PLOS is a non-profit, Open Access publisher with a suite of 12 influential Open Access journals across all areas of science and medicine. Open Access refers to free, immediate, and permanent online access to digital full-text scientific and scholarly material, primarily research articles published in peer-reviewed journals.
In 2021, PLOS signed an agreement with the Center for Research Libraries (CRL) and NorthEast Research Libraries (NERL) to participate in PLOS’ three innovative publishing models. This three-year agreement provides CRL- and NERL-affiliated institutions the option to pay a flat fee that gives their researchers unlimited publishing privileges in PLOS journals at no additional cost.
WVU Libraries is a CRL member and has chosen to invest in this Open Access opportunity. WVU authors may submit their research articles to any PLOS journal. If the article is accepted for publication within the next three years, no article processing charge will be incurred.
A primary advantage for authors who make their articles openly accessible is that their impact is maximized because of a wider audience. Because there are limited copyright and licensing restrictions on open-access articles, anyone with Internet access may read, download, copy, and/or distribute them.
WVU Libraries additionally has a Read & Publish Agreement with Cambridge University Press and reduced APCs for several other journals.
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