PLOS

Introduction: this agreement allows current staff and students at participating institutions to make articles accepted for publication in eligible PLOS journals open access, without author-facing article processing charges (APCs). 

Agreement period: 1 Jan 2025 – 31 Dec 2025

Participating members:

  • Atlantic Technological University
  • Dublin City University
  • Dundalk Institute of Technology
  • Institute of Art, Design + Technology
  • Maynooth University
  • Munster Technological University
  • South East Technological University
  • Technological University Dublin
  • Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest
  • Trinity College Dublin
  • University College Cork
  • University College Dublin
  • University Of Galway
  • University Of Limerick

Publisher page: https://plos.org/resources/for-institutions/flat-fee-agreements/

OA quota per year: unlimited

Journals eligible for OA publishing:

  • PLOS Digital Health
  • PLOS ONE
  • PLOS Computational Biology
  • PLOS Pathogens
  • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • PLOS Genetics
  • PLOS Complex Systems

Also see the list of eligible journals in all of IReL’s open access agreements: http://bit.ly/irelOAjournals.

Eligible authors: 

  • The corresponding author must be a current staff member or student of a participating institution at the time the article is accepted for publication. The corresponding author must ensure their correct affiliation details are known to the publisher at this time. 
  • Requests to publish OA under the agreement are subject to approval by participating members. 

Eligible article types: all article types. 

OA publishing license: CC-BY

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