PLOS Biology
| PLOS Biology
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| description | Peer-reviewed journal |
| Area of Expertise | biology |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Public Library of Science ( United States ) |
| Headquarters | Lawrence |
| First edition | 2003 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Impact Factor | 9.163 (2017/18) [1] |
| Editor-in-chief | Emma Ganley |
| Web link | plosbiology.org |
| ISSN (print) | 1544-9173 |
| ISSN (online) | 1545-7885 |
| CODEN | PBLIBG |
PLOS Biology , abbreviated to PLOS Biol. , Is a scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science , abbreviated to PLOS . The first issue appeared in 2003, it appears monthly. Articles of particular importance and originality from all areas of biological sciences are published. The magazine grants open access to all articles. The authors essentially bear the costs of publication.
The impact factor in 2014 was 9,343. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor ranks 17th out of 289 journals in the biochemistry and molecular biology category and first out of 85 journals in the biology category.
The editor-in-chief is Emma Ganley .
Web links
Commons : Media from PLOS Biology - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b website of the journal ; accessed on April 24, 2019.
- ↑ 2014 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).