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| title = PLOS Computational Biology

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| editor = [[RuthFeilim NussinovMac Gabhann]], and [[Virginia Pitzer]]

| discipline = [[Computationalcomputational biology]], [[bioinformatics]]

| abbreviation = PLOS Comput. Biol.

| publisher = [[Public Library of Science]]

| country =

| impact = 43.7796

| impact-year = 20212024

| ISSN = 1553-734X

| eISSN = 1553-7358

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'''''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|International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB)]] in the same format as the previously established ''[[PLOS Biology]]'' and ''[[PLOS Medicine]]''. The founding [[editor-in-chief]] was [[Philip Bourne]] ([[University of Virginia]]) and the current ones are Feilim Mac Gabhann and Jason Papin.<ref>{{Cite web | vauthors = Mac Gabhann F, Papin J |title=Editors-in-Chief |url= https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/s/editors-in-chief |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=journals.plos.org}}</ref>

==Format==

The journal publishes both original research and review articles. All articles are [[open access]] and licensed under the [[Creative Commons Attribution License]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/s/journal-information |title=PLOS Computational Biology: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal |website=journals.plos.org |access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref>

The journal publishes both original research and review articles. All articles are [[open access]] and licensed under the [[Creative Commons Attribution License]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/s/journal-information |title=PLOS Computational Biology: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal |website=journals.plos.org |access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref> Since its inception, the journal has published the "Ten Simple Rules" series of practical guides,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bourne |first=Philip E |date=2006-08-25 |title=One Year of PLoS Computational Biology |url=https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020111 |journal=PLoS Computational Biology |language=en |volume=2 |issue=8 |pages=e111 |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020111 |issn=1553-7358 |pmc=PMC1553486 |pmid=17523253}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://collections.plos.org/collection/ten-simple-rules/ | title=Ten Simple Rules }}</ref> which has subsequently become one of the journals most read article series.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Bourne |first=Philip E. |last2=Lewitter |first2=Fran |last3=Markel |first3=Scott |last4=Papin |first4=Jason A. |date=2018-12-20 |title=One thousand simple rules |url=https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006670 |journal=PLOS Computational Biology |language=en |volume=14 |issue=12 |pages=e1006670 |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006670 |issn=1553-7358 |pmc=PMC6301566 |pmid=30571692}}</ref> In 2012, it launched the "Topic Page" review format, which dual-publishes peer-reviewed articles both in the journal and on Wikipedia.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Wodak |first1=Shoshana J. |last2=Mietchen |first2=Daniel |last3=Collings |first3=Andrew M. |last4=Russell |first4=Robert B. |last5=Bourne |first5=Philip E. |date=2012-03-29 |title=Topic Pages: PLOS Computational Biology Meets Wikipedia |journal=PLOS Computational Biology |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=e1002446 |doi=10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002446 |pmc=3315447 |pmid=22479174|bibcode=2012PLSCB...8E2446W }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://collections.plos.org/topic-pages |title=PLOS Collections: Topic Pages |website=PLOS Computational Biology |access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref> It was the first publication of its kind to publish in this way.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/29/wikipedia-medical-content/ |title=Wikipedia's medical content: A new era of collaboration |website=blog.wikimedia.org |date=29 October 2016 |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Shafee |first=Thomas |date=2017 |title=Wikipedia-integrated publishing: a comparison of successful models |url=https://www.hlinc.org.au/content/open-access/item/wikipedia-integrated-publishing-a-comparison-of-successful-models?category_id=28 |journal=Health Inform |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages= |doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.27470.77129}}</ref>

Since its inception, the journal has published the ''Ten Simple Rules'' series of practical guides,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bourne PE | title = One year of PLoS Computational Biology | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | volume = 2 | issue = 8 | pages = e111 | date = August 2006 | pmid = 17523253 | pmc = 1553486 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020111 | bibcode = 2006PLSCB...2..111B | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://collections.plos.org/collection/ten-simple-rules/ | title=Ten Simple Rules | work = PLOS }}</ref><ref>[https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?filterJournals=PLoSCompBiol&q=title%3A%22Ten%20simple%20rules%22&sortOrder=DATE_NEWEST_FIRST&page=1 PLOS Computational Biology – List of ten simple rules articles]</ref> which has subsequently become one of the journal's most read article series.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bourne PE, Lewitter F, Markel S, Papin JA | title = One thousand simple rules | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | volume = 14 | issue = 12 | pages = e1006670 | date = December 2018 | pmid = 30571692 | pmc = 6301566 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006670 | bibcode = 2018PLSCB..14E6670B | doi-access = free }}</ref>

==See also==

The ''Ten Simple Rules'' series then led to the ''Quick Tips'' collection, whose articles contain recommendations on computational practices and methods,<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Bourne PE, Lewitter F, Markel S, Papin JA | title = One thousand simple rules | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | volume = 14 | issue = 12 | pages = e1006670 | date = December 2018 | pmid = 30571692 | pmc = 6301566 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006670 | bibcode = 2018PLSCB..14E6670B | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>[https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?unformattedQuery=title%3A%22(quick%20tips)%22&q=title%3A%22(quick%20tips)%22&sortOrder=DATE_NEWEST_FIRST&page=1 PLOS Computational Biology – List of quick tips articles]</ref> such as [[dimensionality reduction]]<ref name="NguyenHolmes2019">{{cite journal | last1 = Nguyen | first1 = Lan Huong | last2 = Holmes | first2 = Susan | title = Ten quick tips for effective dimensionality reduction | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | date = 20 June 2019 | volume = 15 | issue = 6 | page = e1006907 | eissn = 1553-7358 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006907 | pmid = 31220072 | pmc = 6586259 | bibcode = 2019PLSCB..15E6907N | doi-access = free }}</ref> for example.

In 2012, it launched the ''Topic Page'' review format, which dual-publishes peer-reviewed articles both in the journal and on Wikipedia.<ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Wodak SJ, Mietchen D, Collings AM, Russell RB, Bourne PE | title = Topic pages: PLoS Computational Biology meets Wikipedia | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | volume = 8 | issue = 3 | pages = e1002446 | date = 2012-03-29 | pmid = 22479174 | pmc = 3315447 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002446 | bibcode = 2012PLSCB...8E2446W | doi-access = free }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://collections.plos.org/topic-pages |title=PLOS Collections: Topic Pages |website=PLOS Computational Biology |access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref> It was the first publication of its kind to publish in this way.<ref>{{Cite web | vauthors = Shafee T, Heilman J, Masukume G, Häggström M |url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/29/wikipedia-medical-content/ |title=Wikipedia's medical content: A new era of collaboration |website=blog.wikimedia.org |date=29 October 2016 |publisher=[[Wikimedia Foundation]] |access-date=2017-03-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Shafee T |date=2017 |title=Wikipedia-integrated publishing: a comparison of successful models |url=https://www.hlinc.org.au/content/open-access/item/wikipedia-integrated-publishing-a-comparison-of-successful-models?category_id=28 |journal=Health Inform |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages= |doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.27470.77129 |archive-date=2019-07-23 |access-date=2022-09-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723020711/https://www.hlinc.org.au/content/open-access/item/wikipedia-integrated-publishing-a-comparison-of-successful-models?category_id=28 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== See also ==

*''[[PLOS]]''

*''[[PLOS Biology]]''

*''[[BioinformaticsBMC (journal)Bioinformatics]]''

== References ==

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== External links ==

*{{Official website|http://ploscompbiol.org/}}

* [https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?unformattedQuery=title%3A%22(quick%20tips)%22&q=title%3A%22(quick%20tips)%22&sortOrder=DATE_NEWEST_FIRST&page=1 PLOS Computational Biology - List of quick tips articles]

* [https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?filterJournals=PLoSCompBiol&filterArticleTypes=Editorial&filterArticleTypes=Education&filterArticleTypes=Perspective&filterArticleTypes=Correspondence&filterArticleTypes=Research%20Article&filterArticleTypes=Review&q=title%3A%22Ten%20simple%20rules%22&sortOrder=DATE_NEWEST_FIRST&page=1 PLOS Computational Biology - List of ten simple rules articles]

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