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PLoS Genetics

Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
ISSN: 15537390, 15537404

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SCImago
Q1
Impact factor
4
SJR
2.219
CiteScore
8.1
Categories
Cancer Research
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Genetics
Genetics (clinical)
Molecular Biology
Areas
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Medicine
Years of issue
2005-2025
journal names
PLoS Genetics
PLOS GENET
Publications
11 123
Citations
693 956
h-index
292
Top-3 citing journals
PLoS Genetics
PLoS Genetics (15443 citations)
PLoS ONE
PLoS ONE (15290 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (11004 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (448 publications)
Stanford University
Stanford University (291 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (5937 publications)
United Kingdom (1475 publications)
Germany (1053 publications)

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USA, 5937, 53.38%
United Kingdom, 1475, 13.26%
Germany, 1053, 9.47%
France, 906, 8.15%
China, 889, 7.99%
Canada, 666, 5.99%
Japan, 512, 4.6%
Spain, 429, 3.86%
Switzerland, 410, 3.69%
Sweden, 398, 3.58%
Netherlands, 396, 3.56%
Australia, 379, 3.41%
Italy, 276, 2.48%
Israel, 198, 1.78%
Finland, 182, 1.64%
Austria, 181, 1.63%
Denmark, 177, 1.59%
Belgium, 143, 1.29%
Singapore, 124, 1.11%
Republic of Korea, 121, 1.09%
India, 101, 0.91%
Ireland, 92, 0.83%
Portugal, 80, 0.72%
Norway, 80, 0.72%
Brazil, 73, 0.66%
Czech Republic, 64, 0.58%
Russia, 52, 0.47%
Poland, 52, 0.47%
Iceland, 47, 0.42%
Mexico, 45, 0.4%
Estonia, 38, 0.34%
Argentina, 38, 0.34%
New Zealand, 37, 0.33%
Greece, 27, 0.24%
Chile, 27, 0.24%
South Africa, 27, 0.24%
Hungary, 26, 0.23%
Colombia, 25, 0.22%
Croatia, 23, 0.21%
Thailand, 21, 0.19%
Saudi Arabia, 18, 0.16%
Turkey, 16, 0.14%
Pakistan, 15, 0.13%
Iran, 12, 0.11%
Peru, 11, 0.1%
Puerto Rico, 10, 0.09%
Costa Rica, 8, 0.07%
Philippines, 8, 0.07%
Ghana, 7, 0.06%
Romania, 7, 0.06%
Slovakia, 7, 0.06%
Uganda, 7, 0.06%
Bangladesh, 6, 0.05%
Vietnam, 6, 0.05%
Cameroon, 6, 0.05%
Qatar, 6, 0.05%
Venezuela, 5, 0.04%
Lebanon, 5, 0.04%
Nigeria, 5, 0.04%
UAE, 5, 0.04%
Panama, 5, 0.04%
Slovenia, 5, 0.04%
Tanzania, 5, 0.04%
Egypt, 4, 0.04%
Kenya, 4, 0.04%
Malawi, 4, 0.04%
Malaysia, 4, 0.04%
Ethiopia, 4, 0.04%
Bulgaria, 3, 0.03%
Indonesia, 3, 0.03%
Côte d'Ivoire, 3, 0.03%
Latvia, 3, 0.03%
Lithuania, 3, 0.03%
Tunisia, 3, 0.03%
Ecuador, 3, 0.03%
Jamaica, 3, 0.03%
Armenia, 2, 0.02%
Botswana, 2, 0.02%
Burkina Faso, 2, 0.02%
Gambia, 2, 0.02%
Yemen, 2, 0.02%
Cuba, 2, 0.02%
Luxembourg, 2, 0.02%
Mali, 2, 0.02%
Morocco, 2, 0.02%
Papua New Guinea, 2, 0.02%
Serbia, 2, 0.02%
Sudan, 2, 0.02%
Uzbekistan, 2, 0.02%
Uruguay, 2, 0.02%
Bahrain, 1, 0.01%
Bolivia, 1, 0.01%
Brunei, 1, 0.01%
Guatemala, 1, 0.01%
Greenland, 1, 0.01%
Jordan, 1, 0.01%
Iraq, 1, 0.01%
Cape Verde, 1, 0.01%
Cyprus, 1, 0.01%
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United Kingdom, 294, 12.14%
China, 292, 12.06%
Germany, 198, 8.18%
France, 155, 6.4%
Canada, 120, 4.96%
Japan, 107, 4.42%
Switzerland, 82, 3.39%
Australia, 73, 3.02%
Spain, 66, 2.73%
Sweden, 63, 2.6%
Netherlands, 53, 2.19%
India, 47, 1.94%
Austria, 38, 1.57%
Belgium, 37, 1.53%
Denmark, 32, 1.32%
Italy, 32, 1.32%
Finland, 28, 1.16%
Israel, 26, 1.07%
Republic of Korea, 19, 0.78%
Czech Republic, 19, 0.78%
Brazil, 18, 0.74%
Singapore, 18, 0.74%
Norway, 16, 0.66%
Ireland, 14, 0.58%
Mexico, 13, 0.54%
Portugal, 11, 0.45%
Hungary, 8, 0.33%
Russia, 7, 0.29%
Argentina, 7, 0.29%
Poland, 7, 0.29%
Chile, 7, 0.29%
Estonia, 6, 0.25%
Thailand, 6, 0.25%
Colombia, 5, 0.21%
South Africa, 5, 0.21%
New Zealand, 4, 0.17%
Pakistan, 4, 0.17%
Saudi Arabia, 4, 0.17%
Greece, 3, 0.12%
Peru, 3, 0.12%
Vietnam, 2, 0.08%
Ghana, 2, 0.08%
Iran, 2, 0.08%
Iceland, 2, 0.08%
Cameroon, 2, 0.08%
Qatar, 2, 0.08%
Kenya, 2, 0.08%
Côte d'Ivoire, 2, 0.08%
UAE, 2, 0.08%
Panama, 2, 0.08%
Turkey, 2, 0.08%
Uganda, 2, 0.08%
Croatia, 2, 0.08%
Ecuador, 2, 0.08%
Bangladesh, 1, 0.04%
Burkina Faso, 1, 0.04%
Venezuela, 1, 0.04%
Egypt, 1, 0.04%
Indonesia, 1, 0.04%
Malawi, 1, 0.04%
Nigeria, 1, 0.04%
Papua New Guinea, 1, 0.04%
Puerto Rico, 1, 0.04%
Romania, 1, 0.04%
Samoa, 1, 0.04%
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