Plos Biology
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.
| 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 | |
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.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
- Biological Abstracts[verification needed]
- BIOSIS Previews[full citation needed]
- Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- Chemical Abstracts Service
- Embase
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed
- Science Citation Index
- Scopus
- The Zoological Record
According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 7.076. The journal does not list this impact factor on its website. Instead, the journal promotes the use of article level metrics to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.
References
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