PLOS Biology
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| Discipline | Biology |
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| Language | English |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2003–present |
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| License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| 12.916 (2009) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | PLoS Biol. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1544-9173 (print) 1545-7885 (web) |
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PLoS Biology is a 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. All content in PLoS Biology is published under the Creative Commons "by-attribution" license. To fund the journal, the publication's business model requires that, in most cases, authors will pay publication costs.
In addition to research articles, PLoS Biology publishes online e-letters in which readers provide comments on articles.
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2009 impact factor of 12.916, ranking it first in the category 'Biology'.[1]
The current editor-in-chief is Jonathan Eisen (University of California, Davis).
References
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