Open Access
PLoS Computational Biology
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
3.8
SJR
1.652
CiteScore
7.1
Categories
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Computational Theory and Mathematics
Ecology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Modeling and Simulation
Molecular Biology
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Computer Science
Environmental Science
Mathematics
Neuroscience
Years of issue
2005-2025
journal names
PLoS Computational Biology
PLOS COMPUT BIOL
Top-3 citing journals

PLoS Computational Biology
(15371 citations)

PLoS ONE
(11106 citations)

Scientific Reports
(10627 citations)
Top-3 organizations

Harvard University
(323 publications)

University of California, San Diego
(292 publications)

University of Oxford
(243 publications)

Harvard University
(108 publications)

University of Oxford
(107 publications)

Imperial College London
(79 publications)
Top-3 countries
Most cited in 5 years
Found
Top-100
Citing journals
Citing publishers
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Springer Nature
83552 citations, 17.34%
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Elsevier
80254 citations, 16.65%
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
52775 citations, 10.95%
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
30153 citations, 6.26%
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Wiley
29404 citations, 6.1%
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Oxford University Press
25545 citations, 5.3%
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Frontiers Media S.A.
21484 citations, 4.46%
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MDPI
18176 citations, 3.77%
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
11668 citations, 2.42%
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
11348 citations, 2.35%
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Taylor & Francis
7338 citations, 1.52%
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American Society for Microbiology
6115 citations, 1.27%
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
5477 citations, 1.14%
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The Royal Society
5242 citations, 1.09%
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American Physical Society (APS)
4931 citations, 1.02%
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eLife Sciences Publications
4703 citations, 0.98%
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Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
3967 citations, 0.82%
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IOP Publishing
3958 citations, 0.82%
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AIP Publishing
2799 citations, 0.58%
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Society for Neuroscience
2422 citations, 0.5%
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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
2407 citations, 0.5%
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SAGE
2349 citations, 0.49%
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American Physiological Society
2087 citations, 0.43%
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MIT Press
1976 citations, 0.41%
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Annual Reviews
1872 citations, 0.39%
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Hindawi Limited
1795 citations, 0.37%
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Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
1675 citations, 0.35%
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Cambridge University Press
1624 citations, 0.34%
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Mary Ann Liebert
1428 citations, 0.3%
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American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
1405 citations, 0.29%
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Biophysical Society
1214 citations, 0.25%
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The Company of Biologists
1185 citations, 0.25%
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Microbiology Society
1173 citations, 0.24%
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PeerJ
1136 citations, 0.24%
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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
1051 citations, 0.22%
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F1000 Research
1047 citations, 0.22%
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World Scientific
1029 citations, 0.21%
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Portland Press
804 citations, 0.17%
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Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
779 citations, 0.16%
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American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
687 citations, 0.14%
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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
603 citations, 0.13%
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JMIR Publications
589 citations, 0.12%
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Pleiades Publishing
545 citations, 0.11%
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Rockefeller University Press
540 citations, 0.11%
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Impact Journals
525 citations, 0.11%
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BMJ
480 citations, 0.1%
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IGI Global
434 citations, 0.09%
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Walter de Gruyter
433 citations, 0.09%
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American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS)
420 citations, 0.09%
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Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
415 citations, 0.09%
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Scientific Societies
369 citations, 0.08%
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Social Science Electronic Publishing
368 citations, 0.08%
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Research Square Platform LLC
365 citations, 0.08%
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Spandidos Publications
326 citations, 0.07%
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European Molecular Biology Organization
300 citations, 0.06%
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American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB)
299 citations, 0.06%
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American Society for Clinical Investigation
295 citations, 0.06%
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IOS Press
286 citations, 0.06%
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Institute of Mathematical Statistics
274 citations, 0.06%
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274 citations, 0.06%
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S. Karger AG
267 citations, 0.06%
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University of Chicago Press
229 citations, 0.05%
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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)
228 citations, 0.05%
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EDP Sciences
225 citations, 0.05%
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The American Association of Immunologists
220 citations, 0.05%
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206 citations, 0.04%
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American Society of Hematology
204 citations, 0.04%
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Pensoft Publishers
196 citations, 0.04%
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IntechOpen
192 citations, 0.04%
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International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
182 citations, 0.04%
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Acoustical Society of America (ASA)
179 citations, 0.04%
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American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics
172 citations, 0.04%
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Georg Thieme Verlag KG
168 citations, 0.03%
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