PLOS One – Wikipedia

**History and Management:**
– PLOS One launched in December 2006, with over 200,000 articles published by 2017.
– Founding managing editor was Chris Surridge, succeeded by Peter Binfield, Damian Pattinson, Joerg Heber, and Emily Chenette in subsequent years.

**Publication Concept and Business Model:**
– Focuses on rigorous experiments and data analysis, challenging academia’s obsession with journal status.
– Uses pre-publication peer review for technical concerns and publishes papers of any length with full-color and supplementary materials.
– Operates on an open-access model financed by a $1,745 article processing charge, covering operational costs since 2010.

**Reception and Controversies:**
– Received Publishing Innovation Award in 2009 and included in Journal Citation Reports in 2010.
– Impact factor was 4.411 in 2010 and 3.7 in 2022.
– Faced controversies over retracted articles and the Rapid-onset gender dysphoria study.

**Contributions and Recognition:**
– Contributed significantly to scientific literature and open-access publishing.
– Recognized as finalists in ALPSP Awards in 2010 and indexed by Web of Science in the same year.
– Inspired other open-access journals with similar models and can waive fees for authors with insufficient funds.

**Editorial Review and Scientific Literature:**
– Faced criticism over editorial handling of studies, with instances of retractions and controversies.
– Acknowledged peer reviewers in 2010 and detailed the editorial and peer-review process in 2008.
– Published various studies on different topics like hand coordination biomechanics, bacterium using arsenic, and rapid-onset gender dysphoria.