| Discipline | Biology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Nonia Pariente |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2003–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| 7.8 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt1 · alt2) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | PLOS Biol. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus | |
| 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.[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.
