Effective October 1st, 2021, corresponding authors from UMass Amherst of accepted manuscripts in 12 journals published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS – an original open access, non-profit publisher) will pay no or reduced fees. The 6 journals with no fees are:
- PLOS Biology,
- PLOS Climate,
- PLOS Global Public Health,
- PLOS Medicine,
- PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, or
- PLOS Water.
These 6 journals normally charge author processing charges of $775 to $2,575 but under this agreement, the article fee will be $400:
- PLOS Computational Biology,
- PLOS Digital Health,
- PLOS Genetics,
- PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases,
- PLOS One, or
- PLOS Pathogens.
UMass Amherst Libraries and PLOS issued press releases with more details about the three year agreement between PLOS and the NERL Consortium.
