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Open access

PLoS ONE

Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
ISSN: 19326203
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
2.9
SJR
0.839
CiteScore
6.2
Categories
Multidisciplinary
Areas
Multidisciplinary
Years of issue
2006-2025
journal names
PLoS ONE
Publications
311 542
Citations
8 596 396
h-index
465
Publications
83 910
Citations
4 677 047
Top-3 citing journals
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (312698 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (176061 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (4321 publications)
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (2743 publications)
Karolinska Institute
Karolinska Institute (2157 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (726 publications)
University of Toronto
University of Toronto (622 publications)
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (616 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (85650 publications)
China (48329 publications)
United Kingdom (25468 publications)
USA (16883 publications)
China (10436 publications)
United Kingdom (5929 publications)

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PLoS ONE
312698 citations, 3.64%
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176061 citations, 2.05%
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109798 citations, 1.28%
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36634 citations, 0.43%
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32314 citations, 0.38%
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29109 citations, 0.34%
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28684 citations, 0.33%
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28101 citations, 0.33%
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25773 citations, 0.3%
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23199 citations, 0.27%
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22385 citations, 0.26%
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22281 citations, 0.26%
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21266 citations, 0.25%
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20957 citations, 0.24%
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19908 citations, 0.23%
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19600 citations, 0.23%
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18918 citations, 0.22%
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18388 citations, 0.21%
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18313 citations, 0.21%
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17945 citations, 0.21%
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17505 citations, 0.2%
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17425 citations, 0.2%
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17395 citations, 0.2%
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16725 citations, 0.19%
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16195 citations, 0.19%
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15695 citations, 0.18%
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15557 citations, 0.18%
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15331 citations, 0.18%
Ecology and Evolution
15179 citations, 0.18%
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14965 citations, 0.17%
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14005 citations, 0.16%
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13881 citations, 0.16%
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13362 citations, 0.16%
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13258 citations, 0.15%
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12927 citations, 0.15%
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12843 citations, 0.15%
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12529 citations, 0.15%
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12294 citations, 0.14%
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12092 citations, 0.14%
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11491 citations, 0.13%
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11424 citations, 0.13%
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11414 citations, 0.13%
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11385 citations, 0.13%
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11334 citations, 0.13%
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10997 citations, 0.13%
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10786 citations, 0.13%
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10618 citations, 0.12%
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10519 citations, 0.12%
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10361 citations, 0.12%
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9893 citations, 0.12%
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9857 citations, 0.11%
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9810 citations, 0.11%
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9667 citations, 0.11%
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9492 citations, 0.11%
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9476 citations, 0.11%
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9467 citations, 0.11%
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9383 citations, 0.11%
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9351 citations, 0.11%
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9250 citations, 0.11%
Sensors
9129 citations, 0.11%
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9092 citations, 0.11%
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8865 citations, 0.1%
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8861 citations, 0.1%
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8827 citations, 0.1%
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8788 citations, 0.1%
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8785 citations, 0.1%
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8711 citations, 0.1%
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8617 citations, 0.1%
Cureus
8515 citations, 0.1%
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8463 citations, 0.1%
Insects
8425 citations, 0.1%
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8337 citations, 0.1%
IEEE Access
8082 citations, 0.09%
Cell Reports
8080 citations, 0.09%
F1000Research
8069 citations, 0.09%
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8037 citations, 0.09%
Gene
8005 citations, 0.09%
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7985 citations, 0.09%
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7966 citations, 0.09%
PLoS Computational Biology
7765 citations, 0.09%
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7757 citations, 0.09%
Parasites and Vectors
7633 citations, 0.09%
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7603 citations, 0.09%
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7503 citations, 0.09%
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7475 citations, 0.09%
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7279 citations, 0.08%
Marine Ecology - Progress Series
7234 citations, 0.08%
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7150 citations, 0.08%
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7108 citations, 0.08%
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7097 citations, 0.08%
mBio
7069 citations, 0.08%
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6934 citations, 0.08%
Diagnostics
6909 citations, 0.08%
Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
6831 citations, 0.08%
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
6766 citations, 0.08%
Molecular Neurobiology
6743 citations, 0.08%
Biology
6734 citations, 0.08%
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Elsevier
1696028 citations, 19.73%
Springer Nature
1518987 citations, 17.67%
Wiley
798814 citations, 9.29%
MDPI
690958 citations, 8.04%
Frontiers Media S.A.
461825 citations, 5.37%
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
367978 citations, 4.28%
Taylor & Francis
315632 citations, 3.67%
Oxford University Press
226646 citations, 2.64%
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
209936 citations, 2.44%
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)
140023 citations, 1.63%
SAGE
126454 citations, 1.47%
American Chemical Society (ACS)
86625 citations, 1.01%
American Society for Microbiology
83673 citations, 0.97%
Hindawi Limited
74029 citations, 0.86%
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
72667 citations, 0.85%
Cambridge University Press
64625 citations, 0.75%
BMJ
54350 citations, 0.63%
Mary Ann Liebert
45398 citations, 0.53%
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
43293 citations, 0.5%
Spandidos Publications
39577 citations, 0.46%
Impact Journals
31521 citations, 0.37%
The Royal Society
29796 citations, 0.35%
American Physiological Society
29590 citations, 0.34%
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)
27434 citations, 0.32%
JMIR Publications
25373 citations, 0.3%
Bentham Science Publishers Ltd.
24933 citations, 0.29%
PeerJ
24627 citations, 0.29%
IOP Publishing
24551 citations, 0.29%
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
22883 citations, 0.27%
Georg Thieme Verlag KG
21380 citations, 0.25%
The Company of Biologists
21017 citations, 0.24%
S. Karger AG
18248 citations, 0.21%
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
17961 citations, 0.21%
American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)
17951 citations, 0.21%
Walter de Gruyter
17390 citations, 0.2%
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16702 citations, 0.19%
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15879 citations, 0.18%
IOS Press
14647 citations, 0.17%
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14427 citations, 0.17%
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14359 citations, 0.17%
AME Publishing Company
13219 citations, 0.15%
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11585 citations, 0.13%
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11492 citations, 0.13%
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11445 citations, 0.13%
IntechOpen
11072 citations, 0.13%
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10899 citations, 0.13%
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10897 citations, 0.13%
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10588 citations, 0.12%
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10357 citations, 0.12%
Research Square Platform LLC
10320 citations, 0.12%
The Endocrine Society
9984 citations, 0.12%
SciELO
9451 citations, 0.11%
The American Association of Immunologists
9435 citations, 0.11%
AIP Publishing
9384 citations, 0.11%
CSIRO Publishing
8973 citations, 0.1%
8956 citations, 0.1%
American Society for Clinical Investigation
8944 citations, 0.1%
American Medical Association (AMA)
8418 citations, 0.1%
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB)
8157 citations, 0.09%
IGI Global
7896 citations, 0.09%
Scientific Societies
7765 citations, 0.09%
Pensoft Publishers
7563 citations, 0.09%
7056 citations, 0.08%
Medknow
6629 citations, 0.08%
American Physical Society (APS)
6418 citations, 0.07%
Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO)
6366 citations, 0.07%
Rockefeller University Press
6346 citations, 0.07%
Bioscientifica
6335 citations, 0.07%
American Thoracic Society
6314 citations, 0.07%
Copernicus
6095 citations, 0.07%
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5994 citations, 0.07%
American Society for Nutrition
5878 citations, 0.07%