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PLOS competitors & alternatives
The 12 closest competitors and alternatives to PLOS among media & entertainment companies — ranked by similarity to what PLOS actually does, not by market-cap band.
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About PLOS
PLOS One is a peer-reviewed open access mega journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS) since 2006. The journal covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine. The Public Library of Science began in 2000 with an online petition initiative by Nobel Prize winner Harold Varmus, formerly director of the National Institutes of Health and at that time director of Memorial Sloan–Kettering Cancer Center; Patrick O. Brown, a biochemist at Stanford University; and Michael Eisen, a computational biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, and the Lawrence
PLOS at a glance
PLOS is a media & entertainment company headquartered in United States, founded in 2006. Xcout recorded 15 job postings from PLOS in the last 90 days, naming tools such as Salesforce, Tableau.
Hiring at PLOS
Xcout recorded 15 job postings from PLOS in the last 90 days, from a hiring record Xcout has kept since July 2026.
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Top 12 PLOS competitors
Ranked by semantic similarity — how close each company is to PLOS by what it does, using Xcout's live company graph. Click any company for its full profile, or its competitor set.
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Springer Nature is a global academic publisher that provides technology-enabled products, platforms, and publishing services for researchers, academic institutions, and corporations. The company publishes books, journals, and open-access content under leading brands such as Springer, Nature Portfolio, and BMC.
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Elsevier provides advanced information, decision support, and digital tools for professionals and institutions in the science, technology, and healthcare sectors. The company publishes peer-reviewed journals and academic books, and offers data-driven platforms such as ScienceDirect, Scopus, and ClinicalKey to support research, education, and clinical practice.
Publishing
Frontiers is an open-access academic publisher and provider of peer-reviewed scientific journals across various disciplines.
Media Services & Public Relations
Newswise is a news platform that publishes research news articles covering advances in medicine, science, technology, and disease treatments. It connects research institutions and experts with journalists by providing news wires, expert directories, and tools for pitching stories to reporters.
Publishing
PeerJ provides open-access publishing services with transparent peer review across STM and computer science journals, serving researchers.
Publishing & Conferences
OMICS International is an open-access publisher of scientific journals and an organizer of international academic and scientific conferences.
Scientific Publishing & Research
ScienceMission is a digital platform and organization that provides scientific news, publications, protocols, and educational resources across various disciplines such as neuroscience, oncology, and artificial intelligence.
Publishing
Pensoft Publishers is an independent academic publishing company and technology provider specializing in open-access scholarly journals, books, and conference proceedings.
Publishing
AME Publishing Company is an open access publisher specializing in medical journals, books, and scientific media across science, technology, and medicine.
Publishing
Borgis is a Polish publishing company that operates an online medical library providing access to scientific articles and medical journals.
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