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PLoS Medicine

Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
ISSN: 15491277, 15491676
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
10.5
SJR
4.198
CiteScore
21.6
Categories
Biochemistry
Biotechnology
Cell Biology
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Molecular Biology
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Years of issue
2004-2025
journal names
PLoS Medicine
PLOS MED
Publications
5 400
Citations
500 906
h-index
282
Top-3 citing journals
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (16346 citations)
BMJ Open
BMJ Open (4948 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (4310 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (385 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (251 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (1911 publications)
United Kingdom (1459 publications)
Canada (410 publications)

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USA, 1911, 35.39%
United Kingdom, 1459, 27.02%
Canada, 410, 7.59%
Australia, 396, 7.33%
Switzerland, 396, 7.33%
Netherlands, 291, 5.39%
South Africa, 280, 5.19%
France, 257, 4.76%
China, 226, 4.19%
Sweden, 226, 4.19%
Germany, 200, 3.7%
India, 146, 2.7%
Denmark, 141, 2.61%
Spain, 133, 2.46%
Italy, 127, 2.35%
Kenya, 125, 2.31%
Uganda, 102, 1.89%
Norway, 97, 1.8%
Brazil, 94, 1.74%
Belgium, 90, 1.67%
Thailand, 77, 1.43%
Tanzania, 76, 1.41%
Finland, 70, 1.3%
Malawi, 59, 1.09%
New Zealand, 57, 1.06%
Nigeria, 51, 0.94%
Japan, 49, 0.91%
Republic of Korea, 48, 0.89%
Bangladesh, 47, 0.87%
Zambia, 47, 0.87%
Ghana, 44, 0.81%
Zimbabwe, 40, 0.74%
Pakistan, 39, 0.72%
Vietnam, 37, 0.69%
Singapore, 37, 0.69%
Ireland, 35, 0.65%
Mexico, 34, 0.63%
Mozambique, 30, 0.56%
Ethiopia, 30, 0.56%
Greece, 27, 0.5%
Israel, 26, 0.48%
Indonesia, 26, 0.48%
Austria, 25, 0.46%
Rwanda, 25, 0.46%
Philippines, 25, 0.46%
Gambia, 24, 0.44%
Peru, 24, 0.44%
Argentina, 23, 0.43%
Burkina Faso, 23, 0.43%
Nepal, 22, 0.41%
Chile, 22, 0.41%
Senegal, 20, 0.37%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 19, 0.35%
Iceland, 17, 0.31%
Mali, 17, 0.31%
Poland, 16, 0.3%
Côte d'Ivoire, 14, 0.26%
Malaysia, 14, 0.26%
Sri Lanka, 14, 0.26%
Estonia, 13, 0.24%
Portugal, 13, 0.24%
Benin, 12, 0.22%
Cambodia, 12, 0.22%
Niger, 12, 0.22%
Iran, 11, 0.2%
Gabon, 10, 0.19%
Cameroon, 10, 0.19%
Colombia, 10, 0.19%
Lebanon, 10, 0.19%
Papua New Guinea, 10, 0.19%
Botswana, 9, 0.17%
Czech Republic, 9, 0.17%
Russia, 8, 0.15%
Hungary, 8, 0.15%
Haiti, 8, 0.15%
Jordan, 8, 0.15%
Madagascar, 8, 0.15%
Sierra Leone, 8, 0.15%
Eswatini, 8, 0.15%
Egypt, 7, 0.13%
Lesotho, 7, 0.13%
Luxembourg, 7, 0.13%
Myanmar, 7, 0.13%
Saudi Arabia, 7, 0.13%
Slovenia, 7, 0.13%
Bhutan, 6, 0.11%
Iraq, 6, 0.11%
Qatar, 6, 0.11%
Mongolia, 6, 0.11%
Romania, 6, 0.11%
Turkey, 6, 0.11%
South Sudan, 6, 0.11%
Guinea, 5, 0.09%
Congo-Brazzaville, 5, 0.09%
Cuba, 5, 0.09%
Latvia, 5, 0.09%
Liberia, 5, 0.09%
Slovakia, 5, 0.09%
Togo, 5, 0.09%
Trinidad and Tobago, 5, 0.09%
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United Kingdom, 460, 36.45%
Australia, 134, 10.62%
Switzerland, 116, 9.19%
China, 98, 7.77%
Canada, 91, 7.21%
Netherlands, 79, 6.26%
Sweden, 78, 6.18%
France, 76, 6.02%
South Africa, 76, 6.02%
Germany, 65, 5.15%
Denmark, 60, 4.75%
Spain, 44, 3.49%
India, 39, 3.09%
Italy, 38, 3.01%
Norway, 38, 3.01%
Brazil, 36, 2.85%
Kenya, 34, 2.69%
Uganda, 30, 2.38%
Belgium, 27, 2.14%
Finland, 24, 1.9%
Bangladesh, 22, 1.74%
New Zealand, 21, 1.66%
Zambia, 20, 1.58%
Nigeria, 17, 1.35%
Tanzania, 17, 1.35%
Republic of Korea, 16, 1.27%
Thailand, 15, 1.19%
Ghana, 14, 1.11%
Malawi, 14, 1.11%
Burkina Faso, 13, 1.03%
Ireland, 13, 1.03%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 11, 0.87%
Ethiopia, 11, 0.87%
Japan, 11, 0.87%
Singapore, 10, 0.79%
Austria, 9, 0.71%
Zimbabwe, 9, 0.71%
Nepal, 9, 0.71%
Pakistan, 9, 0.71%
Portugal, 8, 0.63%
Vietnam, 8, 0.63%
Israel, 8, 0.63%
Mexico, 8, 0.63%
Chile, 8, 0.63%
Greece, 7, 0.55%
Indonesia, 7, 0.55%
Mali, 7, 0.55%
Mozambique, 7, 0.55%
Benin, 6, 0.48%
Jordan, 6, 0.48%
Cambodia, 6, 0.48%
Lebanon, 6, 0.48%
Niger, 6, 0.48%
Peru, 6, 0.48%
Senegal, 6, 0.48%
Côte d'Ivoire, 5, 0.4%
Malaysia, 5, 0.4%
Rwanda, 5, 0.4%
Sierra Leone, 5, 0.4%
Philippines, 5, 0.4%
Bhutan, 4, 0.32%
Iceland, 4, 0.32%
Lesotho, 4, 0.32%
Mongolia, 4, 0.32%
Myanmar, 4, 0.32%
Argentina, 3, 0.24%
Burundi, 3, 0.24%
Timor-Leste, 3, 0.24%
Gambia, 3, 0.24%
Iraq, 3, 0.24%
Cameroon, 3, 0.24%
Colombia, 3, 0.24%
Madagascar, 3, 0.24%
Namibia, 3, 0.24%
Poland, 3, 0.24%
Saudi Arabia, 3, 0.24%
Slovenia, 3, 0.24%
Trinidad and Tobago, 3, 0.24%
Turkey, 3, 0.24%
Czech Republic, 3, 0.24%
South Sudan, 3, 0.24%
Kazakhstan, 2, 0.16%
Estonia, 2, 0.16%
Bolivia, 2, 0.16%
Hungary, 2, 0.16%
Gabon, 2, 0.16%
Haiti, 2, 0.16%
Georgia, 2, 0.16%
Iran, 2, 0.16%
Qatar, 2, 0.16%
Congo-Brazzaville, 2, 0.16%
Costa Rica, 2, 0.16%
Cuba, 2, 0.16%
Latvia, 2, 0.16%
Malta, 2, 0.16%
Oman, 2, 0.16%
Paraguay, 2, 0.16%
Somalia, 2, 0.16%
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