| Discipline | Biology |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Nonia Pariente |
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| History | 2003–present |
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| Frequency | Monthly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| 7.2 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt  ) | |
| ISO 4 | PLOS Biol. |
| Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L | |
| CODEN | PBLIBG |
| ISSN | 1544-9173 (print) 1545-7885 (web) |
| LCCN | 2003212293 |
| OCLC no. | 1039259630 |
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PLOS Biology is a monthlypeer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects ofbiology. Publication began on October 13, 2003. It is the first journal published by thePublic Library of Science. Theeditor-in-chief is Nonia Pariente.[1]
In addition to research articles, the journal publishesmagazine content aimed to be accessible to a broad audience. Article types in this section are essays, "unsolved mysteries", editorials, and synopses.[2][3]
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According toJournal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2023impact factor of 7.8.[9] The journal does not list this impact factor on its website.[10] Instead, the journal promotes the use ofarticle level metrics to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.
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