PLOS Genetics is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal established in 2005 and published by the Public Library of Science.[1] The founding editor-in-chief was Wayne N. Frankel (Columbia University Medical Center). The current editors-in-chief are Aimée Dudley (Pacific Northwest Research Institute) and Anne Goriely (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine). The journal covers research on all aspects of genetics and genomics.
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| Discipline | Genetics |
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| Language | English |
| Edited by | Aimée Dudley, and Anne Goriely |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2005–present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Monthly |
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| License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| 3.7 (2024) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | PLoS Genet. |
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| CODEN | PGLEB5 |
| ISSN | 1553-7390 (print) 1553-7404 (web) |
| LCCN | 2004216451 |
| OCLC no. | 57175564 |
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Abstracting and indexing
editThe journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.917.[10]
Research Prize
editSince its tenth year of publication, the journal annually awards the $5000 PLOS Genetics Research Prize for the best paper published in the previous year based on nominations from members of the genetics community.[11][12]
References
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- ^ Frankel, W.N. (2005). "Introducing PLoS Genetics". PLOS Genetics. 1 (1): 227–8. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0010021. PMC 1183532. PMID 7411333.
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- ^ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "PLOS Genetics". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "PLOS Genetics". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "Source details: PLOS Genetics". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
- ^ "PLOS Genetics". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2020.
- ^ "PLOS Genetics launch $5000 research prize". Front Line Genomics. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- ^ "Launching the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2015". PLOS. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.