Sites like PLOS

01 · Entity

About PLOS

PLOS plos.org

Leading the future of open science publishing - PLOS

Discover how we are transforming scholarly publishing with a mission-driven commitment to open science, research integrity, and innovation that benefits researchers, institutions, and society worldwide.

Wikidata: nonprofit open-access publisher

Top 10K · #1,148 English 15 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a nonprofit publisher of peer-reviewed open-access scientific journals covering biology, medicine, public health, sustainability and other disciplines, funded largely by article processing charges.

Who it’s for

Researchers, academics, librarians, funders

Business model

Article processing charges

• open-access academic publishing
• PLOS ONE
• PLOS Biology
• PLOS Medicine
• PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
• PLOS Global Public Health
• open-access journals
• peer-reviewed research publishing
• article submission

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to PLOS’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

1. 01
   frontiersin.org Top 1K English

   Frontiers | Publisher of peer-reviewed articles in open access journals

   Open access publisher of peer-reviewed scientific articles across the entire spectrum of academia. Research network for academics to stay up-to-date with the latest scientific publications, events, blogs and news.

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   Our World in Data ourworldindata.org Top 10K English

   Our World in Data

   Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.

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3. 03
   pnas.org Top 10K English

   academic journal of the National Academy of Sciences

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4. 04
   SciELO Brasil scielo.br Top 10K English

   Brazil

   digital library

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5. 05
   De Gruyter Brill degruyterbrill.com Top 10K English

   De Gruyter Brill

   De Gruyter Brill | Over 300 years of publishing excellence

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6. 06
   medRxiv medrxiv.org Top 10K English

   medRxiv.org - the preprint server for Health Sciences

   medRxiv - the preprint server for biology, operated by openRxiv, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing scientific communication

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7. 07
   Nature nature.com Top 1K English

   Nature

   First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.

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8. 08
   MDPI mdpi.com Top 1K

   publisher of open-access scientific journals

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9. 09
   Europe PubMed Central europepmc.org Top 10K English

   database of biomedical research

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10. 10
    ProPublica propublica.org Top 10K English

    ProPublica — Investigative Journalism and News in the Public Interest

    ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

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11. 11
    OSF osf.io Top 10K English

    OSF

    tools that make open science practice easier

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    • Mailchimp Transactional

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12. 12
    EurekAlert! eurekalert.org Top 10K English

    EurekAlert! Science News Releases

    EurekAlert! is an online science news service featuring health, medicine, science and technology news from leading research institutions and universities. Sponsored by AAAS, the science society.

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13. 13
    Sage Publishing sagepub.com Top 1K English

    Sage - a global academic publisher of educational resources | Home

    Sage is a global academic publisher of books, journals, and digital resources to support teaching, learning and research

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14. 14
    Pew Research Center pewresearch.org Top 10K English

    Pew Research Center | Nonpartisan, nonadvocacy, public opinion polling and data-driven social science research

    Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World

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15. 15
    JSTOR jstor.org Top 10K English

    Client Challenge

    distributor of eBooks and other digital media

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    • OpenAI

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16. 16
    National Academies nationalacademies.org Top 10K English

    National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

    Our work helps shape sound policies, inform public opinion, and advance the pursuit of science, engineering, and medicine.

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17. 17
    ScienceDirect sciencedirect.com Top 1K English

    ScienceDirect

    journal

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18. 18
    The Conversation theconversation.com Top 10K

    The Conversation: In-depth analysis, research, news and ideas from leading academics and researchers.

    Curated by professional editors, The Conversation offers informed commentary and debate on the issues affecting our world. Plus a Plain English guide to the latest developments and discoveries from the university and research sector.

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19. 19
    Zenodo zenodo.org Top 10K English

    Zenodo

    research data repository

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    0 say Zenodo is a good alternative to PLOS 0 say Zenodo isn’t a real alternative to PLOS

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20. 20
    Cell cell.com Top 10K English

    scientific journal

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    0 say Cell is a good alternative to PLOS 0 say Cell isn’t a real alternative to PLOS

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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to plos.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones PLOS uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What PLOS is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.