PLOS Genetics
DisciplineGenetics
LanguageEnglish
Edited byGregory S. Barsh, Gregory P. Copenhaver
Publication details
History2005–present
Publisher
FrequencyMonthly
Yes
LicenseCreative Commons Attribution License
6.020 (2021)
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4PLoS Genet.
Indexing
CODENPGLEB5
ISSN1553-7390 (print)
1553-7404 (web)
LCCN2004216451
OCLC no.57175564
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PLOS Genetics is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal established in 2005 and published by the Public Library of Science.[1] The founding editor-in-chief was Wayne N. Frankel (Columbia University Medical Center). The current editors-in-chief are Gregory S. Barsh (HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology and Stanford University School of Medicine) and Gregory P. Copenhaver (The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The journal covers research on all aspects of genetics and genomics.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.917.[10]

Research Prize

Since its tenth year of publication, the journal annually awards the $5000 PLOS Genetics Research Prize for the best paper published in the previous year based on nominations from members of the genetics community.[11][12]

References

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  1. ^ Frankel, W.N. (2005). "Introducing PLoS Genetics". PLOS Genetics. 1 (1): 227–8. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0010021. PMC 1183532. PMID 7411333.
  2. ^ "Biological Abstracts – Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  3. ^ a b c d "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  4. ^ "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  5. ^ "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  6. ^ "PLOS Genetics". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  7. ^ "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  8. ^ "PLOS Genetics". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  9. ^ "Source details: PLOS Genetics". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
  10. ^ "PLOS Genetics". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2020.
  11. ^ "PLOS Genetics launch $5000 research prize". Front Line Genomics. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  12. ^ "Launching the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2015". PLOS. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

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Public Library of Science
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