PLOS ONE

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PLOS ONE
PLOS ONE logo 2012.svg
description Scientific journal
Area of ​​Expertise All
language English
First edition 2006
Impact Factor 2,776 (2018)
Editor-in-chief Joerg Heber
editor Public Library of Science
Web link plosone.org
ISSN (online)

PLOS ONE (until mid-2012 PLoS ONE ) is an international online specialist journal of the Public Library of Science (PLOS). An essential feature is that the magazine wants to cover all areas of science.

The magazine names its advantages:

  • Open Access via any internet-enabled computer, the author retains the copyright, the works are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license .
  • very quick publication of manuscripts
  • Peer review by experts
  • Post-publication tools to the quality and impact out
  • Community-based dialogues about articles

The Impact Factor was 2,776 in 2018, making the journal 24th of a total of 69 scientific journals in the multidisciplinary science category for the Impact Factor .

Web links

Commons : Media from PLOS ONE  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Journal Citation Reports 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2020 .
  2. ^ David Knutson: New PLOS look . In: PLOS BLOG . Public Library of Science. July 23, 2012. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved on August 6, 2012.
  3. PLOS ONE: Licenses and Copyright , accessed February 2, 2017.