6. The idea is that ... PLOS ONE only verifies whether
experiments and data analysis were conducted rigorously,
and leaves it to the scientific community to ascertain
importance, post publication, through debate and
comment*
*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLOS_One#Publication_concept
Impact Neutrality
Makes life easier
Easier to start riskier projects
(you will be able to publish)
Easier to write impact neutral papers
(just write what you found)
Easier to write impact neutral manuscript reviews
(and no reason not to sign them)