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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 was the first journal of the [[Public Library of Science]]. The [[editor-in-chief]] is Nonia Pariente.
'''''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 Nonia Pariente.{{cn|date=September 2020}}


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=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 |publisher=Science Daily |accessdate=5 December 2014}}</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|accessdate=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|accessdate=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>


==Abstracting and indexing==
==Abstracting and indexing==
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
*[[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|accessdate=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=2018-12-14}}</ref>{{Verify source|date=September 2020}}
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*[[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 |accessdate=2018-12-14}}</ref>
*[[BIOSIS Previews]]<ref name=ISI>{{cite web|url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/|title=Master Journal List|publisher=[[Clarivate Analytics]]|work=Intellectual Property & Science|accessdate=2018-12-14}}</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=September 2020}}
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*''[[Current Contents]]''/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences<ref name=ISI/>
*[[BIOSIS Previews]]<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=[[Clarivate Analytics]] |work=Intellectual Property & Science |accessdate=2018-12-14}}</ref>
*[[Current Contents]]/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences<ref name=ISI/>
*''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]]|accessdate=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>
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*Current Contents/Life Sciences<ref name=ISI/>
*[[Chemical Abstracts Service]]<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=[[American Chemical Society]] |work=[[Chemical Abstracts Service]] |accessdate=2018-12-14 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100310080057/http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |archive-date=2010-03-10 |url-status=dead }}</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|accessdate=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>
*[[Embase]]<ref name=Embase>{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/solutions/embase/coverage |title=Embase Coverage |publisher=[[Elsevier]] |work=Embase |accessdate=2018-12-14}}</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]]|accessdate=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>
*[[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]] |accessdate=2018-12-14}}</ref>
*[[PsycINFO]]<ref name=PsycINFO>{{cite web |url=http://www.apa.org/pubs/databases/psycinfo/coverage.aspx |publisher=[[American Psychological Association]] |title=PsycINFO Journal Coverage |accessdate=2018-12-14}}</ref>
*[[Science Citation Index]]<ref name=ISI/>
*[[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 preview |accessdate=2018-12-14}}</ref>
*[[Scopus]]<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web|url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/12977|title=Source details: PLoS Biology|publisher=[[Elsevier]]|work=[[Scopus]]|accessdate=2018-12-14|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.is/WyuZ8|archive-date=2020-09-22}}</ref>
*[[The Zoological Record]]<ref name=ISI/>
*''[[The Zoological Record]]''<ref name=ISI/>

}}
According to the ''[[Journal Citation Reports]]'', the journal has 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 |last1=Taylor |first1=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/ |website=The Crux |publisher=[[Discover (magazine)|Discover]] |accessdate=14 December 2018 |date=21 February 2012}}</ref> Instead, the journal promotes the use of [[altmetrics|article level metrics]] to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.
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]]|accessdate=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.


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 07:49, 22 September 2020

PLOS Biology
DisciplineBiology
LanguageEnglish
Edited byNonia Pariente
Publication details
History2003–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
Yes
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution License
7.076 (2019)
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 was the first journal of the Public Library of Science. The editor-in-chief is Nonia Pariente.[citation needed]

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 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.

References

  1. ^ "What We Publish". PLOS Biology. Archived from the original on 2014-04-30. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Biological Abstracts - Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2018-12-14. Retrieved 2018-12-14. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= / |archive-url= timestamp mismatch; 2018-12-02 suggested (help)
  4. ^ a b c d e "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  5. ^ "Displaying Record for Publication: PLoS Biology". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Embase journal titles (February 2020)" (XLSX). Embase. Elsevier. February 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  7. ^ "PLOS Biology". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Archived from the original on 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  8. ^ "Source details: PLoS Biology". Scopus. Elsevier. Archived from the original on 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  9. ^ "PLOS Biology". 2017 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2018.
  10. ^ 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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