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SCImago
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
315 286
Citations
8 797 417
h-index
472
Top-3 citing journals
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (316319 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (180510 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (4337 publications)
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University (2762 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (85650 publications)
China (48329 publications)
United Kingdom (25468 publications)

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USA, 85650, 27.17%
China, 48329, 15.33%
United Kingdom, 25468, 8.08%
Germany, 22588, 7.16%
Japan, 16490, 5.23%
Canada, 14710, 4.67%
France, 14169, 4.49%
Australia, 13154, 4.17%
Netherlands, 11130, 3.53%
Spain, 10930, 3.47%
Italy, 10646, 3.38%
Republic of Korea, 8998, 2.85%
Brazil, 8867, 2.81%
Sweden, 7200, 2.28%
Switzerland, 7015, 2.22%
India, 6351, 2.01%
Belgium, 4586, 1.45%
Denmark, 4401, 1.4%
Norway, 3546, 1.12%
South Africa, 3384, 1.07%
Austria, 3229, 1.02%
Poland, 3174, 1.01%
Ethiopia, 2774, 0.88%
Israel, 2651, 0.84%
Finland, 2592, 0.82%
Malaysia, 2409, 0.76%
Mexico, 2346, 0.74%
Portugal, 2289, 0.73%
Pakistan, 2101, 0.67%
Thailand, 2073, 0.66%
Singapore, 2004, 0.64%
Saudi Arabia, 1975, 0.63%
New Zealand, 1882, 0.6%
Czech Republic, 1753, 0.56%
Iran, 1734, 0.55%
Argentina, 1685, 0.53%
Ireland, 1578, 0.5%
Russia, 1551, 0.49%
Kenya, 1538, 0.49%
Hungary, 1425, 0.45%
Chile, 1244, 0.39%
Uganda, 1195, 0.38%
Bangladesh, 1185, 0.38%
Greece, 1121, 0.36%
Ghana, 1063, 0.34%
Egypt, 965, 0.31%
Turkey, 944, 0.3%
Tanzania, 923, 0.29%
Colombia, 919, 0.29%
Nigeria, 909, 0.29%
Indonesia, 777, 0.25%
Vietnam, 744, 0.24%
UAE, 662, 0.21%
Peru, 602, 0.19%
Slovenia, 554, 0.18%
Malawi, 489, 0.16%
Nepal, 462, 0.15%
Romania, 429, 0.14%
Qatar, 394, 0.12%
Estonia, 382, 0.12%
Serbia, 382, 0.12%
Cameroon, 379, 0.12%
Croatia, 346, 0.11%
Zambia, 336, 0.11%
Ecuador, 334, 0.11%
Philippines, 333, 0.11%
Lebanon, 318, 0.1%
Zimbabwe, 303, 0.1%
Sri Lanka, 299, 0.09%
Jordan, 292, 0.09%
Tunisia, 282, 0.09%
Luxembourg, 273, 0.09%
Mozambique, 263, 0.08%
Slovakia, 239, 0.08%
Senegal, 237, 0.08%
Iceland, 233, 0.07%
Burkina Faso, 226, 0.07%
Rwanda, 217, 0.07%
Kuwait, 205, 0.07%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 203, 0.06%
Morocco, 197, 0.06%
Cambodia, 196, 0.06%
Uruguay, 194, 0.06%
Lithuania, 189, 0.06%
Panama, 166, 0.05%
Costa Rica, 165, 0.05%
Ukraine, 162, 0.05%
Cyprus, 161, 0.05%
Iraq, 159, 0.05%
Botswana, 155, 0.05%
Madagascar, 155, 0.05%
Benin, 145, 0.05%
Gambia, 143, 0.05%
Côte d'Ivoire, 134, 0.04%
Kazakhstan, 133, 0.04%
Mali, 132, 0.04%
Oman, 128, 0.04%
Bulgaria, 124, 0.04%
Venezuela, 123, 0.04%
Myanmar, 121, 0.04%
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USA, 15970, 18.22%
China, 10034, 11.45%
United Kingdom, 5635, 6.43%
Germany, 3968, 4.53%
Japan, 3850, 4.39%
Canada, 3284, 3.75%
Australia, 2955, 3.37%
Republic of Korea, 2548, 2.91%
Brazil, 2237, 2.55%
Netherlands, 2003, 2.29%
France, 1999, 2.28%
Ethiopia, 1953, 2.23%
Spain, 1866, 2.13%
Italy, 1789, 2.04%
India, 1618, 1.85%
Switzerland, 1408, 1.61%
Pakistan, 1347, 1.54%
Sweden, 1298, 1.48%
Saudi Arabia, 1183, 1.35%
South Africa, 1018, 1.16%
Poland, 981, 1.12%
Malaysia, 971, 1.11%
Thailand, 948, 1.08%
Iran, 917, 1.05%
Denmark, 820, 0.94%
Norway, 817, 0.93%
Belgium, 773, 0.88%
Bangladesh, 735, 0.84%
Mexico, 637, 0.73%
Ghana, 619, 0.71%
Austria, 576, 0.66%
Kenya, 536, 0.61%
Egypt, 510, 0.58%
Nigeria, 507, 0.58%
Israel, 494, 0.56%
Uganda, 491, 0.56%
Ireland, 468, 0.53%
Finland, 458, 0.52%
Portugal, 455, 0.52%
UAE, 440, 0.5%
New Zealand, 428, 0.49%
Indonesia, 401, 0.46%
Turkey, 398, 0.45%
Hungary, 382, 0.44%
Singapore, 370, 0.42%
Russia, 361, 0.41%
Czech Republic, 355, 0.41%
Vietnam, 350, 0.4%
Colombia, 346, 0.39%
Tanzania, 323, 0.37%
Chile, 306, 0.35%
Argentina, 277, 0.32%
Nepal, 255, 0.29%
Jordan, 235, 0.27%
Peru, 203, 0.23%
Greece, 202, 0.23%
Sri Lanka, 184, 0.21%
Qatar, 182, 0.21%
Lebanon, 154, 0.18%
Ecuador, 152, 0.17%
Malawi, 146, 0.17%
Cameroon, 143, 0.16%
Slovenia, 127, 0.14%
Iraq, 124, 0.14%
Zambia, 122, 0.14%
Serbia, 122, 0.14%
Zimbabwe, 112, 0.13%
Tunisia, 111, 0.13%
Philippines, 108, 0.12%
Romania, 107, 0.12%
Rwanda, 90, 0.1%
Kuwait, 85, 0.1%
Croatia, 84, 0.1%
Mozambique, 82, 0.09%
Slovakia, 78, 0.09%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 76, 0.09%
Kazakhstan, 74, 0.08%
Morocco, 74, 0.08%
Estonia, 69, 0.08%
Cyprus, 69, 0.08%
Burkina Faso, 62, 0.07%
Luxembourg, 62, 0.07%
Lithuania, 58, 0.07%
Uruguay, 58, 0.07%
Sudan, 56, 0.06%
Ukraine, 53, 0.06%
Senegal, 50, 0.06%
Oman, 49, 0.06%
Botswana, 47, 0.05%
Myanmar, 47, 0.05%
Iceland, 46, 0.05%
Cambodia, 46, 0.05%
Costa Rica, 40, 0.05%
Côte d'Ivoire, 40, 0.05%
Benin, 38, 0.04%
Yemen, 38, 0.04%
Bahrain, 37, 0.04%
Mongolia, 37, 0.04%
Palestine, 36, 0.04%
Algeria, 32, 0.04%
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