PLOS Biology

PLOS Biology is a monthly Peer reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biology. Publication began on October 13, 2003. It was the first journal of the Public Library of Science. The editor-in-chief is Emma Ganley.

PLOS Biology
DisciplineBiology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byEmma Ganley
Publication details
History2003–present
Publisher
Public Library of Science
FrequencyMonthly
Yes
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution License
8.386 (2018)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4PLOS Biol.
Indexing
CODENPBLIBG
ISSN1544-9173 (print)
1545-7885 (web)
LCCN2003212293
OCLC no.1039259630
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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.[1][2]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2017 impact factor of 9.163.[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
  1. "PLOS Biology Magazine". PLOS Biology. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. "Public Library Of Science Launches PLoS Biology". Science Daily. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  4. "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  5. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  6. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  7. "PLOS Biology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  8. "PsycINFO Journal Coverage". American Psychological Association. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  9. "Source details: PLOS Biology". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  10. "PLOS Biology". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.
  11. Taylor, Mike (21 February 2012). "It's Not Academic: How Publishers Are Squelching Science Communication". The Crux. Discover. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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