Berlin (Germany) and San Francisco (USA), October 8, 2026 – ResearchGate, the professional network for researchers, and PLOS, a leading nonprofit open access publisher, today announced an expansion of their Journal Home partnership to support two new journals, PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems, from launch. Journal Home will help establish these new journals’ visibility, engagement, and discoverability among relevant researchers from the outset.

Building on the ongoing success of PLOS’s Journal Home partnership, the addition of the two new journals makes PLOS’s full journal portfolio active on the platform. All PLOS titles now benefit from engaging with ResearchGate’s global community of more than 25 million researchers, while the addition of the Open Access Agreement Upgrade helps authors to easily identify their eligibility to publish open access under relevant agreements and receive timely information about available funding opportunities in PLOS titles.

Participating journals will benefit from:

• Increased authorship: Journal Home connects PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems with relevant researchers from launch, supporting opportunities to attract and engage new authors as their research communities grow.
• Increased article usage and readership: delivery of full-text content through ResearchGate helps researchers discover and engage with research from the new journals, supporting greater usage and readership across relevant research communities.
• Improved author experience and loyalty: automatic uploads of published articles to author profiles make it easier for authors to showcase their work, while visibility into how research is being read, shared, and cited helps authors stay connected with their published research and PLOS journals.
• Greater open access discoverability: the Open Access Agreement Upgrade helps authors identify their eligibility to publish open access under relevant agreements and receive timely, personalized information about available funding opportunities.
• Enhanced journal visibility: dedicated Journal Profiles, prominent journal branding, and seamless content sharing across ResearchGate help researchers discover and explore the new journals and their research.

“Adding PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems to Journal Home helps build awareness, readership, and international reach for these journals from the outset, while the Open Access Agreement Upgrade supports our authors with clearer information about their publishing and funding opportunities,” said Jocelyn Quigley, Executive Director of Marketing & Communications, PLOS. “Research can only create meaningful impact when it can be discovered, accessed, and built upon, and these tools help remove barriers to knowledge sharing and support a more open and inclusive research ecosystem.”

“Journal Home gives new journals a powerful way to build visibility, readership, and authorship from the moment they launch,” said Robyn Mugridge, Head of Partnership Development at ResearchGate. “Adding PLOS Aging and Health and PLOS Ecosystems connects their research with relevant researchers as their communities develop, while the Open Access Agreement Upgrade makes it easier for authors to understand their eligibility and funding options.”

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