PLOS Biology
Language
English
Edited by
Nonia Pariente
Publication details
History
2003–present
Monthly
Yes
Creative Commons Attribution License
7.8 (2023)
PLOS Biol.
1544-9173 (print)
1545-7885 (web)
OCLC no.
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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]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 7.076.[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.
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