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Followers
15.3K
Account age
2 yrs
💰 Suggested sponsorship rate
$85 – $139 / sponsored post
Estimated from audience size & typical reach — every deal is negotiable and held in SocialDB escrow.
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Known for
📊 Post engagement
9
Avg engagement / post
0.1%
Engagement vs followers
Oct 2023
On Bluesky since
🔥 Top post: A newly recognized species of African monkey has been described · 19 likes + reposts
📊 Activity & format
Posting cadence
1.6 / week
A lower-frequency account — each post lands with more weight.
Content mix
Mostly text
Recent: 6 text · 6 image · 0 video.
Follower / following
1.5K×
Follows 10 back. A strong ratio — an audience that follows them, not a follow-for-follow network.
Recent posts
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We’re thrilled that this recent @plosone.org paper introducing “Likweli”, a newly identified monkey species, captured the attention of global media audiences, including coverage from the BBC, @nytimes.com, @washingtonpost.com, and more. Re…
Join us at #ESA2026 in Salt Lake City! 🌿
Our team will be available to discuss research across ecology and sustainability and share more about PLOS Ecosystems and PLOS Sustainability and Transformation.
@ecologicalsociety.bsky.social
The first research articles have now been published in our new journal, PLOS Aging and Health.
These papers mark an important milestone for our journal, showcasing open access research advancing understanding of aging and health across di…
On May 29 2026, the Office of Management and Budget published a proposed rule change that would fundamentally alter how federal research funding is allocated in the US.
Read our response to the proposed changes: plos.io/4vrhOFO
Research assessment is more than articles and citations. Open practices can show how research is shared, reused, and made accessible.
Explore these trends #OpenScienceIndicators with @dataseerai.bsky.social, now covering 187,400 open acce…
Superworms might offer a faster, safer way to prep #Museum skeletal specimens. @plosone.org authors walk through the practical advantages of this method in this new video.
We are proud to be sponsoring the @ukrepro.bsky.social (UKRN) Conference taking place 8–9 July 2026.
We look forward to engaging with researchers, institutions, funders, and stakeholders, and sharing updates on our work to strengthen open…
The 2026 ACRL-NEC/NELIG Annual Conference is underway!
If you are attending today, come and introduce yourself to Amy, our Regional Sales Director to learn more about open access publishing and institutional support 🤝
New insights are transforming how we detect, understand, and treat cancer.
To accelerate progress, innovation must address cancer’s biological complexity and the diversity of tumor ecosystems.
Explore how open science is helping translat…
Will you be attending the 2026 ACRL New England Chapter & the New England Library Instruction Group (NELIG) Annual Conference on June 15?
Come and speak to our team about open access publishing and institutional support 🤝
Learn more abou…
We are pleased to announce that @plosmedicine.org has introduced an updated code sharing policy to support greater transparency and trust in research.
Find out more in the editorial ⬇️
🦋 Handle & authenticity
✅ Domain-verified
@plos.org
The handle is the domain plos.org. On Bluesky a domain handle proves the owner controls that website — so this is verifiably the real plos.org account, not an impersonator.
On Bluesky since
Oct 2023
An early adopter from the invite-only beta (before the Feb 2024 public launch) — an original, established account.
💡 Facts
🗓️Joined Bluesky in 2023 — 2 years ago.
👁️Averages 9 views per post.
📤Posts about 1.6× per week.
🏅Earned the 10K Followers for passing 10K followers.
🕵️ Fake follower check
Estimated44/100
Fair
Credibility score
73%
Mixed
Real audience
Medium
Fake-follower risk
High
Data confidence
- Est. 73% real, active audience · Medium fake-follower risk.
- Low engagement (~0.1% of followers engage each post) — a sign of an inflated or inactive audience.
- Organic base — far more followers than accounts it follows.
Heuristic estimate from engagement, follower ratios, account age & growth — a screening signal, not a guarantee.
About
PLOS is a non-profit organization on a mission to drive open science forward with measurable, meaningful change in research publishing, policy and practice.
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