PLOS Biology explained

PLOS Biology
Abbreviation:PLOS Biol.
Discipline:Biology
Editor:Nonia Pariente
Publisher:Public Library of Science
History:2003–present
Frequency:Monthly
Openaccess:Yes
License:Creative Commons Attribution License
Impact:7.8
Impact-Year:2023
Issn:1544-9173
Eissn:1545-7885
Coden:PBLIBG
Lccn:2003212293
Oclc:1039259630
Website:https://plosbiology.org/
Link1:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/issue
Link1-Name:Online access
Link2:https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/volume
Link2-Name:Online archive

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]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 7.076.[9] The journal does not list this impact factor on its website.[10] Instead, the journal promotes the use of article level metrics to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Crystal . Madison . Meet PLOS Biology's New Editor-in-Chief, Nonia Pariente . PLOS Biologue . . 28 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210508020220/https://biologue.plos.org/2020/03/31/meet-plos-biologys-new-editor-in-chief-nonia-pariente/ . 8 May 2021 . en . 31 March 2020 . live.
  2. Web site: What We Publish. PLOS Biology. 2 April 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140430030138/http://www.plosbiology.org/static/guidelines. 2014-04-30.
  3. Web site: Public Library Of Science Launches PLoS Biology: New Open-Access Journal Will Increase Access To Scientific Research And Speed Scientific Discovery. Public Library of Science. ScienceDaily. 14 October 2003. 5 December 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20141214032325/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031014072453.htm. 2014-12-14.
  4. Web site: PLOS BIOLOGY . registration . 2018-12-14 . Clarivate.
  5. Web site: Displaying Record for Publication: PLoS Biology. American Chemical Society. Chemical Abstracts Service. 22 September 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200922072717/https://cassi.cas.org/publication.jsp?P=eCQtRPJo9AQyz133K_ll3zLPXfcr-WXfTLkYkfzxyZ2tVAUe0MkRmzLPXfcr-WXfMs9d9yv5Zd8MiYjpqPqB1DLPXfcr-WXfMs9d9yv5Zd_eFNJMgMPJ1A. 2020-09-22. live.
  6. Web site: Embase journal titles (February 2020). February 2020. Elsevier. Embase. 22 September 2020. XLSX. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200922073314/https://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/excel_doc/0008/1048328/ELS_EM_Embase-content-coverage-overview-2020-01.xlsx. 2020-09-22.
  7. Web site: PLOS Biology. NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. 2018-12-14. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215070110/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101183755. 2018-12-15.
  8. Web site: Source details: PLoS Biology. Elsevier. Scopus. 2018-12-14. live. https://archive.today/20200922074623/https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/12977. 2020-09-22.
  9. Book: 2018. PLOS Biology. 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Clarivate Analytics. Science. Web of Science. Journal Citation Reports.
  10. Web site: Taylor. Mike. It's Not Academic: How Publishers Are Squelching Science Communication. The Crux. Discover. 14 December 2018. 21 February 2012. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190119085454if_/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/02/21/its-not-academic-how-publishers-are-squelching-science-communication/#.XELl5mj7Q2w. 2019-01-19.

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