It does have an unusual editorial policy: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/reviewer-guidelines https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/reviewer-guidelines "Unl

It does have an unusual editorial policy: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/reviewer-guidelines https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/reviewer-guidelines "Unlike many journals which attempt to use the peer review process to determine whether or not an article reaches the level of 'importance' required by a given journal, PLOS ONE uses peer review to determine whether a paper is technically rigorous and worthy of inclusion in the published scientific record."