PLOS Pathogens
| Discipline | Biology |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Editedby | Kasturi Haldar Michael Malim |
| Publication details | |
| History | 2005-present |
| Publisher | |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Yes | |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
| 5.5 (2023) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | PLOS Pathog. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 1553-7366(print) 1553-7374(web) |
| LCCN | 2004216476 |
| OCLCno. | 57176478 |
| Links | |
PLOS Pathogensis apeer-reviewedopen-accessmedical journal.All content inPLOS Pathogensis published under theCreative Commons"by-attribution" license.
PLOS Pathogensbegan operation in September 2005. It was the fifth journal of thePublic Library of Science(PLOS), a non-profitopen-accesspublisher.
Journal
[edit]Scope
[edit]The journal scope ofPLOS Pathogensis to featurePLOS Pathogenspublishes original research and commentary that significantly advance the understanding of pathogens and how they interact with their host organisms.[citation needed]
Topics include (but are not limited to) adaptive and innate immune defenses as well as pathogen countermeasures, emerging pathogens, evolution, genomics and gene regulation, model host organisms, pathogen-cell biology, pathogenesis, prions, proteomics and signal transduction, rational vaccine design, structural biology, and virulence factors.[1]
Content
[edit]PLOS Pathogenspublishes primary research articles, Pearls, Research Matters, Reviews, Opinions and occasional Editorials.[2]
Metrics
[edit]PLOSsupports DORA – theSan Francisco Declaration on Research Assessmentand usesArticle-Level Metrics(ALMs) to measure the impact of articles based on their merits rather than using the journal impact factor. Traditionally, the impact of research articles has been measured by the publication journal, but this particular view examines the overall performance and reach of the articles themselves. ALMs are noted on each article to mark how often they are viewed, cited, saved, discussed/shared or recommended in order to assess work at the article level.[citation needed]
ALMs are available, upon publication, for every article published by PLOS.[3]
Abstracting and Indexing
[edit]PLOS Pathogensis indexed in PubMed, MEDLINE, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), EMBASE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Zoological Record, and Web of Science.[4]
Open Access
[edit]PLOS Pathogenspublishes under theOpen Accesslicense PLOS applies to all its published works, the Creative Commons Attribution license[5](CC BY).
PLOS PathogensBusiness Model
[edit]PLOS'sbusiness model requires in most cases that authors pay publication fees. PLOS provides individual and institutional fee support programs through its Global Participation Initiatives, Publication Fee Assistance and Institutional Fee Support.[6]
Measures of Impact
[edit]PLOS Pathogensuses Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) to measure the influence of articles based on their individual merits rather than using the journal impact factor. A signpost in the upper right of every article provides summary metrics of citations, views, shares and bookmarks.[7]
References
[edit]- ^"PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal".journals.plos.org.Retrieved2018-04-16.
- ^"PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal".journals.plos.org.Retrieved2018-01-09.
- ^Eldermire, Erin."LibGuides: Measuring your research impact: PLoS Article-Level Metrics".guides.library.cornell.edu.Retrieved2018-04-16.
- ^"PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal".journals.plos.org.Retrieved2018-01-09.
- ^"PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal".journals.plos.org.Retrieved2018-01-09.
- ^"PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal".journals.plos.org.Retrieved2018-01-09.
- ^"PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal".journals.plos.org.Retrieved2018-01-09.
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