PLOS Medicine is the leading open-access medical journal, providing an influential venue for outstanding research and commentary on the major challenges to human health worldwide. We specifically seek to publish articles relevant to clinicians and policymakers across a range of settings that adhere to the highest standards of methodology, ethics and reporting and address the major biological, environmental, social, and political determinants of health.
All articles must be submitted first as presubmission inquiries. The median time from submission of a presubmission inquiry to a decision is 3 calendar days. PLOS Medicine is highly selective; for research articles, the number of accepted articles was 3% the number of presubmission inquiries for September 2011-2012. For manuscripts taken forward for in-depth consideration, PLOS Medicine applies rigorous editorial and peer review overseen by a team of professional editors and, in the case of research articles, an independent academic editor expert in the field.
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