PLOS Biology

PLOS Biology

Discipline	Biology
Language	English
Edited  by	Nonia Pariente
Publication details
History	2003–present
Publisher	Public Library of Science
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons Attribution License
Impact factor	7.2 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	PLOS Biol.
Indexing CODEN (alt  · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR  · NLM (alt) · Scopus  · W&L
CODEN	PBLIBG
ISSN	1544-9173  (print) 1545-7885  (web)
LCCN	2003212293
OCLC  no.	1039259630
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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:

• Biological Abstracts ^[4]
• BIOSIS Previews ^[4]
• Current Contents /Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences ^[4]
• Current Contents/Life Sciences ^[4]
• Chemical Abstracts Service ^[5]
• Embase ^[6]
• Index Medicus /MEDLINE/PubMed ^[7]
• Science Citation Index ^[4]
• Scopus ^[8]
• The Zoological Record ^[4]

According to Journal Citation Reports , the journal had a 2023 impact factor of 7.8. ^[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.

References

1. 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.
2. "What We Publish". PLOS Biology. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
3. "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.
4. "PLOS BIOLOGY" . Clarivate . Retrieved 2018-12-14.
5. "Displaying Record for Publication: PLoS Biology". Chemical Abstracts Service . American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
6. "Embase journal titles (February 2020)" (XLSX). Embase. Elsevier. February 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
7. "PLOS Biology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
8. "Source details: PLoS Biology". Scopus . Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
9. "PLOS Biology". 2023 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2023.
10. 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.

External links

• Biology portal

• Official website