vs Comparison

PLOS vs Springer Nature

Who’s behind each, what their homepages track, what they cost and how often their policies changed, measured the same way for both. By what they offer, they’re very close.

PLOS

PLOS (Public Library of Science) is a nonprofit publisher of peer-reviewed open-access scientific journals covering biology, medicine, public health, sustainability and other disciplines, funded largely by article processing charges.

Springer Nature

Corporate site of Springer Nature, an academic publisher of scientific journals (including Nature), scholarly books and eBooks, research databases and open access publishing services for researchers, librarians and institutions.

Company
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Registered in
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Online since
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Audience
Top 10K
Smaller site
Trackers on the homepage
fewer
  • Advertising and retargeting: X (Twitter) Pixel
  • Marketing and email tracking: HubSpot
  • Third-party embeds: Google Fonts
  • Marketing and email tracking: Mailchimp
  • A/B testing: Optimizely
  • Tag manager: Google Tag Manager
  • Third-party embeds: Google Fonts
Ad trackers
Yes
None
Cookie banner
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Prices
No pricing page found
No pricing page found
Last price change
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Privacy policy changes
0
0
Terms changes
0
0
Open positions
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