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{{Short description|Monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal}}
{{Infobox journal
{{Infobox journal
| title = PLOS Biology
| title = PLOS Biology
| image =
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| editor = Emma Ganley
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| abbreviation = PLOS Biol.
| discipline = [[Biology]]
| discipline = [[Biology]]
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| editor = Nonia Pariente
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| abbreviation = PLOS Biol.
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| impact = 9.797
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| impact-year = 2016
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| website = http://www.plosbiology.org/
| publisher = [[Public Library of Science]]
| publisher = [[Public Library of Science]]
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| history = 2003–present
| frequency = Monthly
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| openaccess = Yes
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| license = [[Creative Commons Attribution License]]
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| impact = 9.8
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| impact-year = 2022
| ISSN = 1544-9173
| ISSN = 1544-9173
| eISSN = 1545-7885
| eISSN = 1545-7885
| CODEN = PBLIBG
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| history = 2003–present
| LCCN = 2003212293
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| openaccess = Yes
| OCLC = 1039259630
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| license = [[Creative Commons licenses|Creative Commons Attribution License]]
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| website = http://www.plosbiology.org/
| link1 = https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/issue
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/volume
| link2-name = Online archive
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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.<ref>{{cite web |last=Crystal |first=Madison |title=Meet PLOS Biology's New Editor-in-Chief, Nonia Pariente |url=https://biologue.plos.org/2020/03/31/meet-plos-biologys-new-editor-in-chief-nonia-pariente/ |website=PLOS Biologue |publisher=[[Public Library of Science]] |access-date=28 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508020220/https://biologue.plos.org/2020/03/31/meet-plos-biologys-new-editor-in-chief-nonia-pariente/ |archive-date=8 May 2021 |language=en |date=31 March 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>


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.<ref name=magazine>{{cite web|title=What We Publish|url=http://www.plosbiology.org/static/guidelines#other|publisher=PLOS Biology|access-date=2 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430030138/http://www.plosbiology.org/static/guidelines|archive-date=2014-04-30}}</ref><ref name=ScienceDaily>{{cite web|title=Public Library Of Science Launches PLoS Biology: New Open-Access Journal Will Increase Access To Scientific Research And Speed Scientific Discovery|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031014072453.htm|publisher=[[Public Library of Science]]|website=[[ScienceDaily]]|date=14 October 2003|access-date=5 December 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214032325/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031014072453.htm|archive-date=2014-12-14}}</ref>
'''''PLOS Biology''''' is a [[Peer review|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]]. PLOS Biology is an [[Open access journal]] published under the [[Creative Commons]] Attribution license. To fund the journal, the publication's [[business model]] requires that, in most cases, authors will [[Article Processing Charge|pay publication costs]].<ref name="Review of: PLoS Biology—A Freely Available, Open Access Online Journal">{{cite journal|last1=Eckdahl|first1=Todd|title=Review of: PLoS Biology—A Freely Available, Open Access Online Journal|journal=Cell Biol Educ|volume=3|issue=vol. 3 no. 1|pages=15–17|doi=10.1187/cbe.04-01-0026|url=http://www.lifescied.org/content/3/1/15.full#sec-2|accessdate=5 December 2014|pmc=3202932}}</ref><ref name="PLOS Publication Fees">{{cite web|title=Publication Fees|url=http://www.plos.org/publications/publication-fees/|website=plos.org|publisher=PLOS|accessdate=9 December 2014}}</ref>

==Scope and content==
PLOS Biology has a broad scope and looks to publish high-profile original research in all fields of Biology.<ref name="Review of: PLoS Biology—A Freely Available, Open Access Online Journal"/><ref name="Scientists take on the publishers in an experiment to make research free to all">{{cite web|last1=Adam|first1=David|title=Scientists take on the publishers in an experiment to make research free to all|url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2003/oct/06/sciencenews.highereducation|website=The Guardian|publisher=The Guardian|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref>

{{quote|1="The founders of PLoS Biology have set their sights high in terms of the quality of the research they intend to publish. Their goal is to publish high-profile original research of great significance in all fields of Biology and in crossover areas with other disciplines."|2=Todd Eckdahl|3=Cell Biology Education<ref name="Review of: PLoS Biology—A Freely Available, Open Access Online Journal"/>}}

In addition to research articles, PLOS Biology publishes magazine content via a selection of named article types. These include Essays, Unsolved Mysteries, Editorials and Synopses.<ref name=magazine>{{cite web|title=PLOS Biology Magazine|url=http://www.plosbiology.org/static/guidelines#other|publisher=PLOS Biology|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="Public Library Of Science Launches PLoS Biology">{{cite web|title=Public Library Of Science Launches PLoS Biology|url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/10/031014072453.htm|website=Science Daily|publisher=Science Daily|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> The magazine section of PLOS Biology aims to make science accessible to a broad audience. These articles are directed at a readership that extends beyond the traditional research community and that includes scientific educators, students and the interested public.<ref name="Review of: PLoS Biology—A Freely Available, Open Access Online Journal"/>

==Indexing and archiving==
PLOS Biology is indexed in [[PubMed]], [[MEDLINE]], [[PubMed Central]], [[Scopus]], [[Google Scholar]], the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), RefAware, [[EMBASE]], [[PsychInfo]] and [[Web of Science]]. PLOS Biology is formally archived via [[PubMed Central]].

==Open access==
PLOS Biology publishes under the [[Open access]] license PLOS applies to all its published works, the [[CC-BY|Creative Commons Attribution]] license (CC-BY).<ref name="Who uses CC?">{{cite web|title=Who uses CC?|url=https://creativecommons.org/who-uses-cc|publisher=creativecommons.org|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="PLoS goes hard on Open Access">{{cite web|last1=Solon|first1=Olivia|title=Science wins as PLoS goes hard on Open Access|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2014-02/25/plos-open-access-data-policy-change|website=www.wired.co.uk/|publisher=Wired|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Journal Is Giving Science Back to the People">{{cite web|last1=Mestel|first1=Rosie|title=Journal Is Giving Science Back to the People|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/oct/13/science/sci-science13|website=LA Times|publisher=LA Times|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref>

Using [[CC-BY]], PLOS authors retain ownership of the copyright for their article, but anyone can download, reuse, reprint, modify and/or distribute articles, as long as the original authors and source are cited. No permission is required from the authors or the publishers.<ref name=license>{{cite web|title=Open Access License|url=http://www.plosbiology.org/static/license|publisher=PLOS|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="Nonprofit Organizations and the Intellectual Commons">{{cite book|last1=Lee|first1=Jyh-An|title=Nonprofit organizations and the intellectual commons|date=2012|publisher=Edward Elgar|location=Cheltenham, UK|isbn=9781781001578|page=56|edition=1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IGmgp8pMTI8C&pg=PA56&lpg=PA56&dq=plos+biology+launch&source=bl&ots=lX9TAGZ0dE&sig=EzWffEMMHTWAQwW3bV1iZyRNMJM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=hLl0VO2_DM30igLp84GYDA&ved=0CCAQ6AEwADhG#v=onepage&q=plos%20biology%20launch&f=false|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref>

==Metrics ==
Mike Taylor of ''[[Discover Magazine]]'' said in 2012 that while PLOS Biology has a high impact factor, "PLoS has de-emphasized this traditional, problematic measure, so you won’t find this fact blazoned across their website."<ref name="Taylorsquelching">Taylor, Mike. "[http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/02/21/its-not-academic-how-publishers-are-squelching-science-communication/ It’s Not Academic: How Publishers Are Squelching Science Communication]." ''[[Discover Magazine]]''. February 21, 2012. Retrieved on March 3, 2012.</ref>

PLOS Biology uses "Article Level [[measurement|Metrics]]" (a suite of [[altmetrics]]) to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.<ref name="Article Level Metrics">{{cite web|title=Article Level Metrics|url=http://www.sparc.arl.org/initiatives/article-level-metrics|website=www.sparc.arl.org/|publisher=SPARC|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref> PLOS Biology articles display numbers of page views, downloads, citations, social bookmarking and dissemination activity, media and blog coverage.<ref name=ALMs>{{cite web|title=Overview Article Level Metrics|url=http://article-level-metrics.plos.org/alm-info/|publisher=PLOS|accessdate=2 April 2014}}</ref><ref name="Scholarly Kitchen- PLoS Releases Article-level Metrics">{{cite web|last1=Davis|first1=Phil|title=PLoS Releases Article-level Metrics|url=http://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2009/09/22/plos-releases-article-level-usage-data/|website=scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/|publisher=Scholarly Kitchen|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Binfield- Article-Level Metrics at PLoS">{{cite web|last1=Binfield|first1=Peter|title=Article-Level Metrics at PLoS - what are they, and why should you care|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z05j5fsVfHA|website=www.youtube.com|publisher=YouTube|accessdate=5 December 2014}}</ref>

== Semantic links ==
PLOS Biology recommends usage of [[RRID]]s as provided by [[SciCrunch]].

==Gallery==
Due to their [[CC-BY]] licensing, files from PLOS Biology can be reused in places other than the original article, e.g. to illustrate Wikipedia articles.

<gallery>
File:HIV on macrophage.png|[[HIV]] attacking a [[macrophage]].
File:Actenoides concretus.png|A [[rufous-collared kingfisher]].
File:Bat flying at night.png|A [[bat]] flying at night.
File:Seedbank.jpg|Specimens in a [[seedbank]].
</gallery>


==Abstracting and indexing==
<gallery>
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
File:Acyrthosiphon pisum (pea aphid)-PLoS.jpg|[[Pea aphid]]s feeding on peas.
*[[Biological Abstracts]]<ref name=BA>{{cite web|url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=BA|title=Biological Abstracts - Journal List|publisher=[[Clarivate Analytics]]|work=Intellectual Property & Science|access-date=2018-12-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181202190532/http://mjl.clarivate.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=BA|archive-date=2018-12-02}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=September 2020}}
File:Bee waggle dance.png|A bee performing its [[waggle dance]].
*[[BIOSIS Previews]]<ref name=ISI>{{cite web|url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/|title=Master Journal List|publisher=[[Clarivate Analytics]]|work=Intellectual Property & Science|access-date=2018-12-14}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=September 2020}}
File:Northwest Crown Fire Experiment.png|An impression from a [[wildfire]].
*''[[Current Contents]]''/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences<ref name=ISI/>
File:Giant Haasts eagle attacking New Zealand moa.jpg|[[Haast's eagle]] attacking a [[moa]].
*''Current Contents''/Life Sciences<ref name=ISI/>
*[[Chemical Abstracts Service]]<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web|url=https://cassi.cas.org/publication.jsp?P=eCQtRPJo9AQyz133K_ll3zLPXfcr-WXfTLkYkfzxyZ2tVAUe0MkRmzLPXfcr-WXfMs9d9yv5Zd8MiYjpqPqB1DLPXfcr-WXfMs9d9yv5Zd_eFNJMgMPJ1A|title=Displaying Record for Publication: PLoS Biology|publisher=[[American Chemical Society]]|work=[[Chemical Abstracts Service]]|access-date=22 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922072717/https://cassi.cas.org/publication.jsp?P=eCQtRPJo9AQyz133K_ll3zLPXfcr-WXfTLkYkfzxyZ2tVAUe0MkRmzLPXfcr-WXfMs9d9yv5Zd8MiYjpqPqB1DLPXfcr-WXfMs9d9yv5Zd_eFNJMgMPJ1A|archive-date=2020-09-22|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Embase]]<ref name=Embase>{{cite web|url=https://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/excel_doc/0008/1048328/ELS_EM_Embase-content-coverage-overview-2020-01.xlsx|title=Embase journal titles (February 2020)|date=February 2020|publisher=[[Elsevier]]|work=Embase|access-date=22 September 2020|format=XLSX|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922073314/https://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/excel_doc/0008/1048328/ELS_EM_Embase-content-coverage-overview-2020-01.xlsx|archive-date=2020-09-22}}</ref>
*''[[Index Medicus]]''/[[MEDLINE]]/[[PubMed]]<ref name=MEDLINE>{{cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101183755|title=PLOS Biology|work=NLM Catalog|publisher=[[National Center for Biotechnology Information]]|access-date=2018-12-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215070110/https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101183755|archive-date=2018-12-15}}</ref>
*[[Science Citation Index]]<ref name=ISI/>
*[[Scopus]]<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web|url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/12977|title=Source details: PLoS Biology|publisher=[[Elsevier]]|work=[[Scopus]]|access-date=2018-12-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200922074623/https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/12977|archive-date=2020-09-22}}</ref>
*''[[The Zoological Record]]''<ref name=ISI/>


According to ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal had a 2019 [[impact factor]] of 7.076.<ref name=WoS>{{cite book|year=2018|chapter=PLOS Biology|title=2017 Journal Citation Reports|publisher=[[Clarivate Analytics]]|edition=Science|series=[[Web of Science]]|title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}</ref> The journal does not list this impact factor on its website.<ref>{{cite web|last=Taylor|first=Mike|title=It's Not Academic: How Publishers Are Squelching Science Communication|url=http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/02/21/its-not-academic-how-publishers-are-squelching-science-communication/|work=The Crux|publisher=[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]]|access-date=14 December 2018|date=21 February 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119085454if_/http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2012/02/21/its-not-academic-how-publishers-are-squelching-science-communication/#.XELl5mj7Q2w|archive-date=2019-01-19}}</ref> Instead, the journal promotes the use of [[altmetrics|article level metrics]] to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.
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== References ==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 16:35, 14 August 2023

PLOS Biology
DisciplineBiology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byNonia Pariente
Publication details
History2003–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
Yes
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution License
9.8 (2022)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4PLOS Biol.
Indexing
CODENPBLIBG
ISSN1544-9173 (print)
1545-7885 (web)
LCCN2003212293
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]

Abstracting and indexing[edit]

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.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Crystal, Madison (31 March 2020). "Meet PLOS Biology's New Editor-in-Chief, Nonia Pariente". PLOS Biologue. Public Library of Science. Archived from the original on 8 May 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "What We Publish". PLOS Biology. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  3. ^ "Public Library Of Science Launches PLoS Biology: New Open-Access Journal Will Increase Access To Scientific Research And Speed Scientific Discovery". ScienceDaily. Public Library of Science. 14 October 2003. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. ^ "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2018-12-02. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  6. ^ "Displaying Record for Publication: PLoS Biology". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Embase journal titles (February 2020)" (XLSX). Embase. Elsevier. February 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  8. ^ "PLOS Biology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  9. ^ "Source details: PLoS Biology". Scopus. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. 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. Archived from the original on 2019-01-19. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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