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| Categories | Rank | Trend in last 3 yrs |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences (all) | #6 of 209 |  down by 1 rank |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (all) | #17 of 204 | down by 2 ranks |
| Neuroscience (all) | #10 of 110 | down by 2 ranks |
| Immunology and Microbiology (all) | #6 of 45 | down by 1 rank |
Journal quality:
High
Last 4 years overview:
1445 Published Papers | 15955 Citations
Indexed in:
Scopus
Last updated:
15/07/2020
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CiteRatio |
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Determines the importance of a journal by taking a measure of frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. |
A measure of average citations received per peer-reviewed paper published in the journal. |
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7.07616% from 2018
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11.04% from 2019
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Source Normalized Impact per Paper (SNIP) |
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Measures weighted citations received by the journal. Citation weighting depends on the categories and prestige of the citing journal. |
Measures actual citations received relative to citations expected for the journal's category. |
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4.1278% from 2019
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2.0053% from 2019
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PLOS Biology is an open-access, peer-reviewed general biology journal published by the Public Library of Science (PLOS), a nonprofit organization of scientists and physicians committed to making the world's scientific and medical literature a public resource. New articles are ...... Read More
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SciSpace is a very innovative solution to the formatting problem and existing providers, such as Mendeley or Word did not really evolve in recent years.
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With SciSpace, you do not need a word template for PLOS Biology.
It automatically formats your research paper to PLOS formatting guidelines and citation style.
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PLOS Biology format uses plos2015 citation style.
Automatically format and order your citations and bibliography in a click.
SciSpace allows imports from all reference managers like Mendeley, Zotero, Endnote, Google Scholar etc.
Absolutely not! Our tool has been designed to help you focus on writing. You can write your entire paper as per the PLOS Biology guidelines and auto format it.
Yes, the template is compliant with the PLOS Biology guidelines. Our experts at SciSpace ensure that. If there are any changes to the journal's guidelines, we'll change our algorithm accordingly.
Of course! We support all the top citation styles, such as APA style, MLA style, Vancouver style, Harvard style, and Chicago style. For example, when you write your paper and hit autoformat, our system will automatically update your article as per the PLOS Biology citation style.
Sign up for our free trial, and you'll be able to use all our features for seven days. You'll see how helpful they are and how inexpensive they are compared to other options, Especially for PLOS Biology.
Yes. You can choose the right template, copy-paste the contents from the word document, and click on auto-format. Once you're done, you'll have a publish-ready paper PLOS Biology that you can download at the end.
It only takes a matter of seconds to edit your manuscript. Besides that, our intuitive editor saves you from writing and formatting it in PLOS Biology.
It is possible to find the Word template for any journal on Google. However, why use a template when you can write your entire manuscript on SciSpace , auto format it as per PLOS Biology's guidelines and download the same in Word, PDF and LaTeX formats? Give us a try!.
Of course! You can do this using our intuitive editor. It's very easy. If you need help, our support team is always ready to assist you.
SciSpace's PLOS Biology is currently available as an online tool. We're developing a desktop version, too. You can request (or upvote) any features that you think would be helpful for you and other researchers in the "feature request" section of your account once you've signed up with us.
Sure. You can request any template and we'll have it setup within a few days. You can find the request box in Journal Gallery on the right side bar under the heading, "Couldn't find the format you were looking for like PLOS Biology?”
After writing your paper autoformatting in PLOS Biology, you can download it in multiple formats, viz., PDF, Docx, and LaTeX.
To be honest, the answer is no. The impact factor is one of the many elements that determine the quality of a journal. Few of these factors include review board, rejection rates, frequency of inclusion in indexes, and Eigenfactor. You need to assess all these factors before you make your final call.
We extracted this data from Sherpa Romeo to help researchers understand the access level of this journal in accordance with the Sherpa Romeo Archiving Policy for PLOS Biology. The table below indicates the level of access a journal has as per Sherpa Romeo's archiving policy.
| RoMEO Colour | Archiving policy |
| Green | Can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF |
| Blue | Can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's version/PDF |
| Yellow | Can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) |
| White | Archiving not formally supported |
The 5 most common citation types in order of usage for PLOS Biology are:.
| S. No. | Citation Style Type |
| 1. | Author Year |
| 2. | Numbered |
| 3. | Numbered (Superscripted) |
| 4. | Author Year (Cited Pages) |
| 5. | Footnote |
It is possible to find the Word template for any journal on Google. However, why use a template when you can write your entire manuscript on SciSpace , auto format it as per PLOS Biology's guidelines and download the same in Word, PDF and LaTeX formats? Give us a try!.
Yes, SciSpace provides this functionality. After signing up, you would need to import your existing references from Word or Bib file to SciSpace. Then SciSpace would allow you to download your references in PLOS Biology Endnote style according to Elsevier guidelines.
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Typset automatically formats your research paper to PLOS Biology formatting guidelines and citation style.
Verifed journal formatsOne editor, 100K journal formats.
With the largest collection of verified journal formats, what you need is already there.
I spent hours with MS word for reformatting. It was frustrating - plain and simple. With SciSpace, I can draft my manuscripts and once it is finished I can just submit. In case, I have to submit to another journal it is really just a button click instead of an afternoon of reformatting.
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