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PLoS Computational Biologyopen access

Country

United States

Universities and research institutions in United States
Media Ranking in United States

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Public Library of Science

H-Index

217

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

1553734X, 15537358

Coverage

2005-2023

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

ploscompbiol@plos.org.

Scope

PLOS Computational Biology features works of exceptional significance that further our understanding of living systems at all scales—from molecules and cells, to patient populations and ecosystems—through the application of computational methods. Readers include life and computational scientists, who can take the important findings presented here to the next level of discovery. Research articles must be declared as belonging to a relevant section. More information about the sections can be found in the submission guidelines. Research articles should model aspects of biological systems, demonstrate both methodological and scientific novelty, and provide profound new biological insights. Generally, reliability and significance of biological discovery through computation should be validated and enriched by experimental studies. Inclusion of experimental validation is not required for publication, but should be referenced where possible. Inclusion of experimental validation of a modest biological discovery through computation does not render a manuscript suitable for PLOS Computational Biology. Research articles specifically designated as Methods papers should describe outstanding methods of exceptional importance that have been shown, or have the promise to provide new biological insights. The method must already be widely adopted, or have the promise of wide adoption by a broad community of users. Enhancements to existing published methods will only be considered if those enhancements bring exceptional new capabilities. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2006Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2007Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2008Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2009Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2010Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2011Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2012Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2013Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2014Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2015Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2016Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2017Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2018Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2019Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2020Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2021Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2022Q1
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience2023Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2006Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2007Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2008Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2009Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2010Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2011Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2012Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2013Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2014Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2015Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2016Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2017Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2018Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2019Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2020Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2021Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2022Q1
Computational Theory and Mathematics2023Q1
Ecology2006Q1
Ecology2007Q1
Ecology2008Q1
Ecology2009Q1
Ecology2010Q1
Ecology2011Q1
Ecology2012Q1
Ecology2013Q1
Ecology2014Q1
Ecology2015Q1
Ecology2016Q1
Ecology2017Q1
Ecology2018Q1
Ecology2019Q1
Ecology2020Q1
Ecology2021Q1
Ecology2022Q1
Ecology2023Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2006Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2007Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2008Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2009Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2010Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2011Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2012Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2013Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2014Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2015Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2016Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2017Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2018Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2019Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2020Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2021Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2022Q1
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics2023Q1
Genetics2006Q1
Genetics2007Q1
Genetics2008Q1
Genetics2009Q1
Genetics2010Q1
Genetics2011Q1
Genetics2012Q1
Genetics2013Q1
Genetics2014Q1
Genetics2015Q1
Genetics2016Q1
Genetics2017Q1
Genetics2018Q1
Genetics2019Q1
Genetics2020Q1
Genetics2021Q1
Genetics2022Q1
Genetics2023Q1
Modeling and Simulation2006Q1
Modeling and Simulation2007Q1
Modeling and Simulation2008Q1
Modeling and Simulation2009Q1
Modeling and Simulation2010Q1
Modeling and Simulation2011Q1
Modeling and Simulation2012Q1
Modeling and Simulation2013Q1
Modeling and Simulation2014Q1
Modeling and Simulation2015Q1
Modeling and Simulation2016Q1
Modeling and Simulation2017Q1
Modeling and Simulation2018Q1
Modeling and Simulation2019Q1
Modeling and Simulation2020Q1
Modeling and Simulation2021Q1
Modeling and Simulation2022Q1
Modeling and Simulation2023Q1
Molecular Biology2006Q1
Molecular Biology2007Q1
Molecular Biology2008Q1
Molecular Biology2009Q1
Molecular Biology2010Q1
Molecular Biology2011Q1
Molecular Biology2012Q1
Molecular Biology2013Q1
Molecular Biology2014Q1
Molecular Biology2015Q1
Molecular Biology2016Q1
Molecular Biology2017Q1
Molecular Biology2018Q1
Molecular Biology2019Q1
Molecular Biology2020Q1
Molecular Biology2021Q1
Molecular Biology2022Q1
Molecular Biology2023Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20062.419
20073.396
20084.045
20093.428
20103.709
20113.613
20123.523
20133.467
20143.412
20153.476
20163.243
20173.097
20182.949
20192.910
20202.628
20211.960
20221.872
20231.652
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
200571
2006159
2007239
2008287
2009376
2010413
2011418
2012521
2013551
2014577
2015614
2016589
2017600
2018570
2019679
2020752
20211011
2022895
2023713
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20064.028
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20075.178
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20085.814
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20095.869
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20106.325
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20116.457
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20126.699
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20136.376
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20145.650
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20155.573
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20165.180
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20174.978
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20185.048
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20195.044
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20205.075
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20215.823
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20224.872
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20234.195
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20064.028
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20075.178
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20085.814
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20095.866
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20106.089
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20116.344
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20126.472
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20135.834
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20145.472
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20155.359
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20164.956
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20174.807
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20184.582
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20194.964
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20205.055
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20215.062
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20224.647
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20233.895
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20050.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20064.028
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20075.178
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20085.729
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20095.287
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20105.792
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20115.967
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20125.597
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20135.374
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20145.104
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20155.056
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20164.676
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20174.145
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20184.347
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20194.746
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20204.227
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20214.724
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20224.109
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20233.650
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20050
Self Cites200620
Self Cites20077
Self Cites2008134
Self Cites2009193
Self Cites2010250
Self Cites2011287
Self Cites2012367
Self Cites2013405
Self Cites2014407
Self Cites2015421
Self Cites2016378
Self Cites2017363
Self Cites2018353
Self Cites2019435
Self Cites2020391
Self Cites2021505
Self Cites2022486
Self Cites2023416
Total Cites20050
Total Cites2006286
Total Cites20071191
Total Cites20082727
Total Cites20094018
Total Cites20105492
Total Cites20116826
Total Cites20127812
Total Cites20137888
Total Cites20148153
Total Cites20158837
Total Cites20168634
Total Cites20178557
Total Cites20188261
Total Cites20198732
Total Cites20209347
Total Cites202110130
Total Cites202211347
Total Cites202310354
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20050
External Cites per document20063.746
External Cites per document20075.148
External Cites per document20085.529
External Cites per document20095.584
External Cites per document20105.812
External Cites per document20116.077
External Cites per document20126.168
External Cites per document20135.535
External Cites per document20145.199
External Cites per document20155.104
External Cites per document20164.739
External Cites per document20174.603
External Cites per document20184.386
External Cites per document20194.717
External Cites per document20204.844
External Cites per document20214.810
External Cites per document20224.448
External Cites per document20233.739
Cites per document20050.000
Cites per document20064.028
Cites per document20075.178
Cites per document20085.814
Cites per document20095.866
Cites per document20106.089
Cites per document20116.344
Cites per document20126.472
Cites per document20135.834
Cites per document20145.472
Cites per document20155.359
Cites per document20164.956
Cites per document20174.807
Cites per document20184.582
Cites per document20194.964
Cites per document20205.055
Cites per document20215.062
Cites per document20224.647
Cites per document20233.895
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
200519.72
200635.85
200730.96
200831.71
200934.57
201036.56
201138.04
201241.27
201340.29
201439.86
201542.18
201636.84
201737.00
201842.98
201941.38
202040.69
202139.76
202238.10
202338.85
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20050
Non-citable documents20063
Non-citable documents200715
Non-citable documents200829
Non-citable documents200934
Non-citable documents201029
Non-citable documents201118
Non-citable documents201219
Non-citable documents201319
Non-citable documents201423
Non-citable documents201523
Non-citable documents201636
Non-citable documents201743
Non-citable documents201861
Non-citable documents201964
Non-citable documents202066
Non-citable documents202143
Non-citable documents202225
Non-citable documents202313
Citable documents20050
Citable documents200668
Citable documents2007215
Citable documents2008440
Citable documents2009651
Citable documents2010873
Citable documents20111058
Citable documents20121188
Citable documents20131333
Citable documents20141467
Citable documents20151626
Citable documents20161706
Citable documents20171737
Citable documents20181742
Citable documents20191695
Citable documents20201783
Citable documents20211958
Citable documents20222417
Citable documents20232645
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20050
Uncited documents200612
Uncited documents200730
Uncited documents200860
Uncited documents200977
Uncited documents201094
Uncited documents201175
Uncited documents201292
Uncited documents2013101
Uncited documents2014142
Uncited documents2015164
Uncited documents2016183
Uncited documents2017210
Uncited documents2018256
Uncited documents2019244
Uncited documents2020247
Uncited documents2021252
Uncited documents2022357
Uncited documents2023455
Cited documents20050
Cited documents200659
Cited documents2007200
Cited documents2008409
Cited documents2009608
Cited documents2010808
Cited documents20111001
Cited documents20121115
Cited documents20131251
Cited documents20141348
Cited documents20151485
Cited documents20161559
Cited documents20171570
Cited documents20181547
Cited documents20191515
Cited documents20201602
Cited documents20211749
Cited documents20222085
Cited documents20232203
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
200522.22
200617.77
200721.75
200821.34
200923.42
201022.75
201124.50
201224.15
201324.69
201425.94
201523.59
201624.82
201724.85
201826.80
201928.48
202029.46
202130.97
202232.88
202330.85
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20056
Overton200615
Overton200722
Overton200831
Overton200932
Overton201035
Overton201122
Overton201237
Overton201339
Overton201427
Overton201538
Overton201624
Overton201730
Overton201828
Overton201927
Overton202019
Overton202123
Overton202210
Overton20232
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evoution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201898
SDG2019174
SDG2020192
SDG2021267
SDG2022216
SDG2023198
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