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VIVA: PLOS Institutional Partnership

Virginia's Academic Library Consortium

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PLOS Institutional Partnership

VIVA has started a new two-year partnership with PLOS. As part of the Flat Fee Agreement, corresponding authors at participating institutions can publish open access at no cost in seven PLOS journals:

  • PLOS Complex Systems
  • PLOS Computational Biology
  • PLOS Digital Health
  • PLOS Genetics
  • PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases
  • PLOS ONE
  • PLOS Pathogens

No administration is required by researchers or library staff at participating institutions.

Participating Institutions: All public institutions, except Virginia Commonwealth University and College of William & Mary as they currently participate in another consortial agreement with PLOS. Participating private institutions.

Author Resources: 

  • During the submission process, be sure to enter your institutional affiliation correctly. PLOS's system uses this information to match you with VIVA's agreement.

    • In the "Manuscript Data” section go to “Authors”.
    • Go to the “Current Author List” and click the pencil icon to edit.
    • In the “Institution” field, begin typing the name of your institution and then select your institution from the drop-down menu. Do not override by typing your institution name -- use the pre-populated name.

  • At the end of your submission, you will be asked to review a quote of your expected fees by clicking the “View Publication Fee” button.

    • If you are affiliated with a participating institution and you are submitting to one of the seven journals listed above, the quote should be $0.00.
    • Click “I agree to pay the publication fee” to move to the final submission step.

If you have questions about this agreement, please write to viva@gmu.edu.