Privacy-friendly alternatives to PLOS
The open-access academic publishing sites closest to PLOS, with the fewest trackers first: what each homepage loads before you accept cookies. PLOS itself loads 2 trackers.
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Frontiers | Publisher of peer-reviewed articles in open access journals
Open access publisher of peer-reviewed scientific articles across the entire spectrum of academia. Research network for academics to stay up-to-date with the latest scientific publications, events, blogs and news.
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Client Challenge
global publishing company
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DataCite – Connecting Research, Advancing Knowledge - DataCite
international not-for-profit organization which aims to improve data citation
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Wikimedia
The Wikimedia movement is a global community of people, projects, and activities working together to create and share knowledge freely.
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Open Source Cloud Computing Infrastructure - OpenStack
Deployed by thousands. Proven production at scale. OpenStack is a set of software components that provide common services for cloud infrastructure.
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Privacy Guides
Established in 2021, Privacy Guides is the largest impartial, non-profit media outlet focused on finding privacy tools and learning about protecting your digital life.
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Internet Archive: Digital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
U.S. non-profit organization and digital archive
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ClinicalTrials.gov
United States government registry of clinical trials
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ORCID
non-profit organization that issues ORCID Identifiers
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Making sure you're not a bot!
French research institution in computer science
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | CDC
United States government public health agency
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Inserm
L'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) est le seul organisme de recherche public français entièrement dédié à la santé humaine. Notre objectif : améliorer la santé de tous par le progrès des connaissances sur le vivant et sur les maladies, l’innovation dans les traitements et la recherche en santé publique.
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Open Source Initiative – The steward of the Open Source Definition, setting the foundation for the Open Source Software ecosystem.
The steward of the Open Source Definition, setting the foundation for the Open Source Software ecosystem.
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The FreeBSD Project
free Unix-like operating system
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Open Source Pledge
Open Source software powers the world, but who supports the maintainers? We do.
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Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
ICANN’s mission is to help ensure a stable, secure, and unified global Internet.
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OSF
tools that make open science practice easier
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Crossref
Crossref is open infrastructure linking the world's research. 26,500 members, 171 countries, 2.1 billion monthly API queries.
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WWF - Find your local WWF office
WWF is building a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. Use our hub page to find your local WWF office.
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