PLOS Collections
PLOS Collections help you discover topics that fascinate you and keep you up-to-date with the latest research in your community.
Covering a connected body of work and evaluated by leading experts in their respective fields, our collections make it easier to delve deeper into specific research topics from across the breadth of the PLOS portfolio. PLOS Collections are always fully Open Access so you can discover, share, and reuse without restrictions.
Special issues
A dedicated forum to address critical topics within a discipline.
Special Issues at our journals provide a dedicated forum to address critical topics within a discipline. Led by expert Guest Editors, special issues bring together original research and commentary that raise broad awareness and accelerate progress in these areas.
Partnered collections
By joining forces we make trusted research open to all.
We team up with organizations such as the WHO, CDC, and Department of Health and Human Services to share the outcomes of a collaborative research project or expand a body of work with flexible, open science options. Together, we make trusted research Open to all.
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Medicine & Health Protected: Improving Maternal Health Measurements
Curated Collections
High-caliber research from across the range of our journals, curated to showcase work in a specific discipline.
Our internal editorial staff are selecting articles to provide a comprehensive body of work in an important subject that matters to our communities.