ABOUT PLoS

As I have been impressed by the quality of papers published in PLoS Biology, I want to tell you how delighted I am to have one of my own accepted in this journal. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of our study, PLoS Biology was our clear first choice."- Eric O. Long, Ph.D.
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What our authors and readers have to say about why they choose PLoS

Authors

As I have been impressed by the quality of papers published in PLoS Biology, I want to tell you how delighted I am to have one of my own accepted in this journal. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of our study, PLoS Biology was our clear first choice." - Eric Long
I was really impressed by the quality of your reviewers' review reports and suggestions...I have comparisons since I have some publications in other major journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine..." - Karl Michaëlsson
The amount of attention that our article received was almost overwhelming. Publication in PLoS Medicine has played a prominent role in my emerging academic career." - Jeffrey Lacasse
I first heard about PLoS from an email announcement when the concept was initially floated and thought that it was a great idea. I have been concerned for some time now that control of access to information by self-appointed/self-interested 'gatekeepers' is a terrible idea (just look at how we got into Iraq). A couple of years ago when we had a very important finding regarding the frameshift signal of the SARS-associated coronavirus, I chose to submit to PLoS Biology specifically because I wanted to show my support for the journal by giving it first access to this important work. More recently, smitten by the interactivity and forward-looking nature of PLoS ONE, I published a very nice piece of ribosome structural biology in that journal. Currently, I have two more manuscripts being processed by PLoS journals, and I plan in the future to make PLoS journals my first choice for submission of my best work." - Jonathan Dinman

Readers

I feel that PLoS Pathogen fills a critically [important role] that is not served by other high-profile journals..." - Aaron Mitchell
Reading with interest your editorial 'One Year of PLoS Computational Biology,' I can only be happy to see the amazing combination of your rapidly increasing worldwide success as open-access platform with a high acceptance of (and deserved appreciation for) PLoS Computational Biology." - Christian Mulder
I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed your interview with David Botstein [in PLoS Genetics]—I was so engrossed in it I missed my subway stop! That has never happened to me before!" - Diana Bianchi
I have just read your two editorial articles—'Ten Simple Rules for Getting Grants' and 'Ten Simple Rules for Getting Published.' Today, I am writing my first grant application and am approaching this task with more focus and confidence because of your open-access content. I just wanted to say thanks for writing them." -Neil Mennie
Most of the Primers that you publish in your journal [PLoS Biology] are truly excellent summaries of their respective subject[s] and should be used by many students (and others) for introducing themselves into these fields." - Dr. Andreas Beyer