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Advancing understanding of Pathogens and how they affect our lives with open research from communities from every country, career stage, and discipline.

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Kasturi Haldar, PLOS Pathogens Editor

Kasturi Haldar 
orcid.org/0000-0001-5065-158X

Michael Malim, PLOS Pathogens Editor

Michael Malim 
orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-2064

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2,633 published authors in 2022*
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512 published articles in 2022*
* Data sourced from Web of Science, as of December, 2022
58 countries represented by submitting authors in 2022*
* Data sourced from Web of Science, as of December, 2022
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[PLOS Pathogens] empowers authors to decide how they want to share their work by removing barriers, taking action on the feedback from our community, and providing transparency every step of the way. As with all PLOS journals, PLOS Pathogens strives to be a conduit for good open science practices.

PLOS Pathogens announces a refreshed journal scope statement.
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