| Discipline | Biology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Nonia Pariente |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2003–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| 9.8 (2022) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | PLOS Biol. |
| Indexing | |
| CODEN | PBLIBG |
| ISSN | 1544-9173 (print) 1545-7885 (web) |
| LCCN | 2003212293 |
| OCLC no. | 1039259630 |
| Links | |
PLOS Biology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biology. Publication began on October 13, 2003. It is the first journal published by the Public Library of Science. The editor-in-chief is Nonia Pariente.[1]
In addition to research articles, the journal publishes magazine content aimed to be accessible to a broad audience. Article types in this section are essays, "unsolved mysteries", editorials, and synopses.[2][3]
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Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Biological Abstracts[4][verification needed]
- BIOSIS Previews[5][full citation needed]
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences[5]
- Current Contents/Life Sciences[5]
- Chemical Abstracts Service[6]
- Embase[7]
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed[8]
- Science Citation Index[5]
- Scopus[9]
- The Zoological Record[5]
According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 7.076.[10] The journal does not list this impact factor on its website.[11] Instead, the journal promotes the use of article level metrics to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.
References
- ^ Crystal, Madison (31 March 2020). "Meet PLOS Biology's New Editor-in-Chief, Nonia Pariente". PLOS Biologue. Public Library of Science. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- ^ "What We Publish". PLOS Biology. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ^ "Public Library Of Science Launches PLoS Biology: New Open-Access Journal Will Increase Access To Scientific Research And Speed Scientific Discovery". ScienceDaily. Public Library of Science. 14 October 2003. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
- ^ "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2018-12-02. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ a b c d e "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Displaying Record for Publication: PLoS Biology". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "Embase journal titles (February 2020)" (XLSX). Embase. Elsevier. February 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- ^ "PLOS Biology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Source details: PLoS Biology". Scopus. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "PLOS Biology". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.
- ^ Taylor, Mike (21 February 2012). "It's Not Academic: How Publishers Are Squelching Science Communication". The Crux. Discover. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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