Discipline | Biology |
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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]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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.
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