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<i>PLOS Biology</i>

PLOS Biology

Monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal

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.[1]

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In addition to research articles, the journal publishes magazine content aimed to be accessible to a broad audience. Article types in this section are essays, "unsolved mysteries", editorials, and synopses.[2][3]

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 7.076.[10] The journal does not list this impact factor on its website.[11] Instead, the journal promotes the use of article level metrics to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.

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