Public Library of Science (PLOS)

Journals and publication types

The agreement covers all article types.

Choice of licence

Articles covered by the agreement will be published with a CC BY licence.

What you need to do

To be covered by the agreement, you must: 

• be the corresponding author;
• state a correct affiliation to Umeå University in the manuscript;
• state Umeå University as your primary affiliation in your account in the publisher submission system; and
• use your University email ending with @umu.se.

Good to know about the publishing process

Enter Umeå University as your primary organisation in your user account in the publisher's system (Editorial Manager). Use ‘Update my information’ if you already have an account. Select Umeå University from the list; do not enter your own variant. Avoid specifying affiliation at a more detailed level, such as department, as identification works best at university level.
 
Under Additional information – Publication fees, select ‘My institution will fully or partially pay the fee as a member of the PLOS Institutional Account Programme’ and select Umeå University from the list of Institutional Account Programmes.

Read more about the publishing process on the PLOS website:
PLOS Home

Information video on how authors can take advantage of the agreement and submit articles:
Submitting in Editorial Manager for APC-free publishing