''PLOS Computational Biology'' is a monthly
peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering
computational biology. It was established in 2005 by the
Public Library of Science in association with the
International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) in the same format as the previously established ''
PLOS Biology'' and ''
PLOS Medicine''. The founding
editor-in-chief
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was
Philip Bourne and the current ones are Feilim Mac Gabhann and Jason Papin.
Format
The journal publishes both original research and review articles. All articles are
open access and licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution License
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.
Since its inception, the journal has published the ''Ten Simple Rules'' series of practical guides, which has subsequently become one of the journals most read article series.
The ''Ten Simple Rules'' series then led to the ''Quick Tips'' collection, whose articles contain recommendations on computational practices and methods, such as
dimensionality reduction for example.
In 2012, it launched the ''Topic Page'' review format, which dual-publishes peer-reviewed articles both in the journal and on Wikipedia. It was the first publication of its kind to publish in this way.
See also
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PLOS''
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PLOS Biology''
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BMC Bioinformatics
''BMC Bioinformatics'' is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering bioinformatics and computational biology published by BioMed Central. It was established in 2000, and has been one of the fastest growing and most successful jour ...
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References
External links
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PLOS Computational Biology - List of quick tips articlesPLOS Computational Biology - List of ten simple rules articles
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Creative Commons Attribution-licensed journals
Bioinformatics and computational biology journals
Monthly journals
English-language journals
Publications established in 2005
PLOS academic journals