BiomedicalPublications

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Public Library of Science·United States·ISSN 1935-2727

Open accessIn DOAJFee waivers availableMedicine

Cost to publish

$2,670

Open-access article processing charge, list price.

Time to publication

27 wks

Slower than average; plan your timeline accordingly.

h-index

218

OpenAlex citation statistic. Not a Journal Impact Factor.

2-year mean citedness

3.7

Average citations to articles from the previous two years.

What it costs to publish here

Publishing an open-access article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases is listed at $2,670. The journal reports that fee waivers are available — worth pursuing if you are funding this yourself or working from a lower-income country.

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What this journal has charged over time

List price for an open-access article in PLoS neglected tropical diseases, as recorded by OpenAlex for each year. The fee has risen 14% since 2019, from $2,350 to $2,670.

$0$1.3k$2.7k2019: $2,35020192020: $2,35020202021: $2,42020212022: $2,49520222023: $2,49520232024: $2,67020242025: $2,6702025

Publishers change list prices without notice and often apply discounts, institutional agreements or waivers. Treat this as the trend, and confirm the current figure with the journal.

Peer review and licensing

Review modelAnonymous peer review (policy)
LicenceCC BY
Author keeps copyrightYes
Plagiarism screeningYes
Editorial boardPublished →
LanguagesEN

Verification checks

8 of 8 confirmed

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  • Listed in the Directory of Open Access JournalsDOAJ applies a documented set of inclusion criteria.
  • Included in OpenAlex's curated core setOpenAlex flags well-established venues that appear across major indexes.
  • Peer review model publicly declaredAnonymous peer review
  • Publication charges stated up frontA journal that will not tell you the fee before submission is worth a second look.
  • Screens submissions for plagiarismReported to DOAJ by the journal.
  • Participates in a digital preservation schemeArchiving means the record survives if the publisher does not.
  • Assigns persistent identifiers (DOIs)Standard practice; its absence is unusual.
  • Still actively publishingMost recent indexed article: 2026.

Scope

The subjects PLoS neglected tropical diseases publishes most, derived from the topics assigned to its indexed articles.

Parasites and Host InteractionsMosquito-borne diseases and controlResearch on Leishmaniasis StudiesTrypanosoma species research and implicationsViral Infections and VectorsParasitic Diseases Research and TreatmentMalaria Research and ControlParasite Biology and Host InteractionsViral Infections and Outbreaks ResearchZoonotic diseases and public health

Publication record

Indexed articles13,470
Total citations555,702
i10-index9,759
Most recent indexed article2026
Open access since2007
All ISSNs1935-2727, 1935-2735

Counts reflect what OpenAlex has indexed and will differ from the publisher's own figures. We do not show a founding year: OpenAlex's first-publication dates are distorted by mis-dated records — it puts PLoS ONE in 1806 — and we would rather omit a number than print one we cannot stand behind.