PLOS Medicine
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| description | Peer-reviewed journal |
| Area of Expertise | medicine |
| language | English |
| publishing company | Public Library of Science ( United States ) |
| First edition | 2004 |
| Frequency of publication | per month |
| Impact Factor | 13,585 (2015/16) [1] |
| Editor-in-chief | Larry Peiperl |
| Web link | plosmedicine.org |
| ISSN (print) | 1549-1277 |
| ISSN (online) | 1549-1676 |
PLOS Medicine , abbreviated to PLOS Med. , Is a scientific journal published by the Public Library of Science . The first issue was published in 2004, it appears monthly. Articles of special importance are published, which broadcast across different areas and deal with the relevant determinants of health from the environment, biology, the social field and politics. The magazine grants open access to all articles. The authors essentially bear the costs of publication.
The impact factor in 2014 was 14,429. According to the statistics of the ISI Web of Knowledge , the journal with this impact factor ranks seventh out of 153 journals in the general and internal medicine category.
The editor-in-chief is Larry Peiperl, who works for the magazine.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b website of the journal ; Retrieved April 24, 2015.
- ↑ 2014 Journal Citation Reports Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2015).