''PLOS Biology'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of
biology. Publication began on October 13, 2003. It is the first journal published by the
Public Library of Science. The
editor-in-chief is Nonia Pariente.
In addition to research articles, the journal publishes
magazine
A magazine is a periodical publication, generally published on a regular schedule (often weekly or monthly), containing a variety of content. They are generally financed by advertising, purchase price, prepaid subscriptions, or by a combinatio ...
content aimed to be accessible to a broad audience. Article types in this section are essays, "unsolved mysteries", editorials, and synopses.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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Biological Abstracts
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BIOSIS Previews
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Current Contents''/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
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*''Current Contents''/Life Sciences][
* Chemical Abstracts Service][
* Scopus][
According to '' Journal Citation Reports'', the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 7.076.]article level metrics
Article-level metrics are citation metrics which measure the usage and impact of individual scholarly articles.
Adoption
Traditionally, bibliometrics have been used to evaluate the usage and impact of research, but have usually been focused on jo ...
to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.
References
External links
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Biology journals
Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals
Publications established in 2003
PLOS academic journals
Monthly journals