How does PLoS Medicine serve those in developing nations?
As an open-access, medical journal with a strong focus on global health, PLoS Medicine provides a resource for health care providers in developing nations. Our open-access license allows policy makers to reproduce and redistribute the journal’s content as they see fit, maximizing its local impact through creative reuse, and providing crucial information to practitioners on the front lines. A local official could distribute a copy of an important article to every health professional in the country without fees or special permission. Furthermore, many of the articles, features, forums, and debates we publish address the most pressing health problems in developing nations. In addition, since we offer a fee waiver if requested, there are no barriers to authors from developing nations, or anyone else who may not be able to afford publication charges, publishing with us. Editorial decisions are made only on the basis of merit, not ability to pay.
