PLOS Genetics
| PLOS Genetics
|
|
|---|---|
| description | Peer-reviewed journal |
| Area of Expertise | genetics |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Public Library of Science ( United States ) |
| Headquarters | Lawrence |
| First edition | 2009 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Impact Factor | 6,100 (2016) [1] |
| editor | Greg Barsh and Greg Copenhaver |
| Web link | plosgenetics.org |
| ISSN (print) | 1553-7390 |
| ISSN (online) | 1553-7404 |
PLoS Genetics , abbreviated to PLoS Genet. , is a scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science . The first issue appeared in July 2005, it appears monthly. Studies are published that are of interest to a broad audience and represent significant advances in the understanding of biological processes. Topics include gene discovery and function, population genetics , genome projects, comparative and functional genomics , medical genetics, disease biology, evolution , gene expression , complex inheritance pathways, chromosomebiologyand epigenetics . The magazine grants open access to all articles. The authors essentially bear the costs of publication.
The Impact Factor was 6,100 in 2016. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor ranks 16th out of 167 journals in the genetics and inheritance category.
Greg Barsh ( HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology and Stanford University School of Medicine ) and Greg Copenhaver ( University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ) are chief editors .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b website of the journal ; Retrieved August 20, 2012.
- ↑ 2014 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).