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<p><i>PLOS One</i> (stylized <i>PLOS ONE</i>, and formerly <i>PLoS ONE</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Peer-reviewed/ly6yEgcW">peer-reviewed</a> <a href="/facts/Open_access/r7rLYN6C">open access</a> <a href="/facts/Mega_journal/wlMzjBlQ">mega journal</a> published by the <a href="/facts/Public_Library_of_Science/HycfC8Ph">Public Library of Science</a> (PLOS) since 2006. The journal covers <a href="/facts/Original_research/mo8joeTL">primary research</a> from any discipline within <a href="/facts/Science/IJoaD7rs">science</a> and <a href="/facts/Medicine/2fnp90Je">medicine</a>. The Public Library of Science began in 2000 with an online petition initiative by Nobel Prize winner <a href="/facts/Harold_E._Varmus/PK4lPF5w">Harold Varmus</a>, formerly director of the <a href="/facts/National_Institutes_of_Health/G3Eytfcc">National Institutes of Health</a> and at that time director of <a href="/facts/Memorial_Sloan_Kettering_Cancer_Center/M9BVl8tB">Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center</a>; <a href="/facts/Patrick_O._Brown/6VP95twK">Patrick O. Brown</a>, a biochemist at Stanford University; and <a href="/facts/Michael_Eisen/EbKdNkCY">Michael Eisen</a>, a <a href="/facts/Computational_biologist/GxgNfwcX">computational biologist</a> at the <a href="/facts/University_of_California,_Berkeley/MXVEjklr">University of California, Berkeley</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Lawrence_Berkeley_National_Laboratory/tvjPSwC9">Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory</a>. </p><p>Submissions are subject to an <a href="/facts/Article_processing_charge/TGXeo8q3">article processing charge</a> and, according to the journal, papers are not to be excluded on the basis of lack of perceived importance or adherence to a scientific field. All submissions go through a pre-publication review by a member of the board of academic editors, who can elect to seek an opinion from an external reviewer. In January 2010, the journal was included in the <i><a href="/facts/Journal_Citation_Reports/H13uyJqD">Journal Citation Reports</a></i> and received its first <a href="/facts/Impact_factor/CamGH5MQ">impact factor</a> of 4.4. Its 2023 impact factor is 2.9. <i>PLOS One</i> papers are published under <a href="/facts/Creative_Commons_licenses/6AV3V7UJ">Creative Commons licenses</a>. </p>