PLoS ONE
Impact Factor & Key Scientometrics

PLoS ONE
Overview

Impact Factor

3.24

H Index

435

Impact Factor

3.582

I. Basic Journal Info

Country

United States
Journal ISSN: 19326203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
History: 2006-ongoing
Journal Hompage: Link
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Research Categories

Scope/Description:

PLOS ONE welcomes original research submissions from the natural sciences, medical research, engineering, as well as the related social sciences and humanities, including: -Primary research that contributes to the base of scientific knowledge, including interdisciplinary, replication studies, and negative or null results. -Systematic reviews whose methods ensure the comprehensive and unbiased sampling of existing literature. -Submissions describing methods, software, databases, or other tools that meet the journal’s criteria for utility, validation and availability. -Qualitative research that adheres to appropriate study design and reporting guidelines.

II. Science Citation Report (SCR)



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SCR Impact Factor

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SCR Journal Ranking

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SCImago SJR Rank

SCImago Journal Rank (SJR indicator) is a measure of scientific influence of scholarly 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.

0.99

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Scopus 2-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 3-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Scopus 4-Year Impact Factor Trend

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Impact Factor History

2-year 3-year 4-year
  • 2023 Impact Factor
    3.107 3.445 3.535
  • 2022 Impact Factor
    3.747 3.837 3.888
  • 2021 Impact Factor
    3.582 3.795 3.971
  • 2020 Impact Factor
    2.959 3.344 3.494
  • 2019 Impact Factor
    2.851 3.132 3.306
  • 2018 Impact Factor
    2.9 3.216 3.405
  • 2017 Impact Factor
    2.992 3.323 3.527
  • 2016 Impact Factor
    3.09 3.482 3.674
  • 2015 Impact Factor
    3.502 3.83 3.986
  • 2014 Impact Factor
    3.706 NA NA
  • 2013 Impact Factor
    4.034 NA NA
  • 2012 Impact Factor
    4.285 NA NA
  • 2011 Impact Factor
    4.641 NA NA
  • 2010 Impact Factor
    4.864 NA NA
  • 2009 Impact Factor
    4.687 NA NA
  • 2008 Impact Factor
    3.948 NA NA
  • 2007 Impact Factor
    2.27 NA NA
  • 2006 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2005 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2004 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2003 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2002 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
  • 2001 Impact Factor
    0 NA NA
  • 2000 Impact Factor
    NA NA NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only

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Impact Factor

Impact factor (IF) is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Find out more: What is a good impact factor?

III. Other Science Influence Indicators

Any impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. There are also other factors such as H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR, SNIP, etc. Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed. (Learn More)

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H-Index

The h-index is an author-level metric that attempts to measure both the productivity and citation impact of the publications of a scientist or scholar. The index is based on the set of the scientist's most cited papers and the number of citations that they have received in other publications

435

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H-Index History

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