Public Trust Profile

plosjournals.org

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This page is the public GoGuides Trust Profile for https://plosjournals.org/. It displays the current public trust status for this website, including observed site details, public trust signals, and machine-readable trust data generated by GoGuides. For the full measurement history and verification timeline for this site, open the Trust Record.

TRUST PROFILE: INACTIVE TRUST FEED: OFF BADGE: LOCKED OBSERVED AI RANK: 82/100 OBSERVED GRADE: A

Observed Trust Profile Pending. This domain has been observed by GoGuides, but its public Trust Profile is not active yet.

Observed Site

Observed Title

Observed title fingerprint captured.

GoGuides captured this domain's public title metadata. The readable title is not displayed on inactive observed profiles.

Title SHA-256: 56d92b3383447e7447b2b38ab7f3d1e3c1b83d4ebb9c1ee49a0a103c17e4b64e

Observed Description

Observed description fingerprint captured.

GoGuides records a hash of the observed description so the captured metadata can be verified without republishing the full text on inactive observed profiles.

Description SHA-256: 9a1bb5edd4c96a80edd86d3e447f3f2b2bb140e6ee37f44dca8780f833fcfce5

Current Trust Receipt

This receipt records the current GoGuides trust-state fingerprint for this domain. It allows the observed profile state to be checked later using hashes, timestamps, and status fields. On inactive profiles, readable third-party metadata may be replaced with fingerprints; on verified profiles, readable metadata may appear alongside its hashes.

Domain SHA-256
9e0f6b706cc04a7d5b1a96481f83dce4f2c925ccadc8f6a752ae7bae44687898

Observed Timestamp
2026-08-15 14:39:22

Observed Timestamp SHA-256
1e26ba80bba84880db1fa96e30b30533fe8a2f135395991f587aec5a0caa0d2e

Current Trust State SHA-256
7289953331d825ad4a4e7ad730d9dfc0c057952f53632dc8112dbd5df785ab7c

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Trust Profile Summary

Trust ID

GG-70618381822891

Profile Type

Observed Trust Profile

Observed URL

https://plosjournals.org/

Canonical URL

https://plosjournals.org/

Last Observed

2026-08-15 14:39:22 (2 hours ago)

Last Verified

Not verified yet

Domain Status

active

Observed Pages

Monitoring

INACTIVE

Public State

unverified

Current Trust Profile State

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Observed by GoGuides.
This domain has been seen and recorded inside the GoGuides system.
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Observed site details available.
Title and descriptive site text have been extracted for this profile.
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Trust Profile status.
The public Trust Profile is not active for this domain yet.
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Trust Feed status.
Trust Feed is OFF until activation requirements are met.
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Badge status.
Public badge usage is locked right now.
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Verification fingerprint available.
This public fingerprint can be used to confirm the measured state shown on this page.

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Activation moves this page from an observed profile into a stronger public trust signal that can be linked, embedded, and interpreted more clearly by machines.

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Provide external systems with structured trust data they can read, verify, and audit.

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Trust Feed: OFF
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Badge: LOCKED
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Monitoring: INACTIVE
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Public Trust Profile: INACTIVE

✕ Locked Machine-Readable Trust Profile

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Verification Fingerprint

SHA-256

2c31f6d1ae562eba492a9d8708ef612398221b843742bcfbd052c8014fb64d9f

Computed from: observed URL + rank + last observed + algorithm version.

Current Machine Readiness

Current machine-readable trust status for this domain. This is a live profile snapshot, separate from the historical Trust Record.

HTTPS Observed: Yes

Title Fingerprint: Captured

Description Fingerprint: Captured

Favicon Observation: Available

Public Profile: Available

Historical Trust Record: Available

Evaluate JSON: Available

Outbound Link Policy: nofollow

Verified State: Observed / Pending

Machine-readable Profile: Locked

Badge Status: Locked

Trust Feed: Off

Machine View

Machine-Readable Trust Profile ✕ Locked

Verification activates structured endpoint data used for badge status, monitoring, Trust Feed publishing, and future API lookups.

{ "trust_id": "GG-70618381822891", "domain": "plosjournals.org", "ai_rank": 82, "grade": "A", "public_state": "unverified", "status_summary": "Public Trust Profile observed. Verification is not active yet.", "message": "Full machine-readable trust profile available after verification." }

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Current Public Button

GOGUIDES Observed Profile Pending Activation Pending

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What This Trust Profile Means

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Observed
GoGuides has seen and recorded this domain.
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Trust Profile Active
Active means GoGuides currently sees the required public trust state for this domain.
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Trust Feed
Trust Feed ON means the domain is eligible for stronger public trust signaling through GoGuides.
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Important note
This page is a public transparency profile. It is not a legal certification, security certificate, or guarantee of business conduct.