PLOS Biology
Monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal
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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]
| Discipline | Biology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Nonia Pariente |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2003–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| 7.2 (2024) | |
| 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.[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.
