Plos Pathogens impact factor, indexing, ranking (2024)

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Aim and Scope

The Plos Pathogens is a research journal that publishes research related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology. This journal is published by the Public Library of Science. The ISSN of this journal is 15537374, 15537366. Based on the Scopus data, the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) of plos pathogens is 2.49.

Also, please check the following important details about plos pathogens: Publisher, ISSN, Ranking, Indexing, Impact Factor (if applicable), Publication fee (APC), Review Time, and Acceptance Rate.

According to Clarivate's JCR, journals indexed in SCIE/SSCI have an impact factor.

Plos Pathogens Ranking

The latest Impact Factor list (JCR) is released in June 2024.

The Impact Factor of Plos Pathogens is 5.5.

The impact factor (IF) is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by calculating the times its articles are cited.

The impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. Impact factors began to be calculated yearly starting from 1975 for journals listed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). ISI was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992, and became known as Thomson ISI. In 2018, Thomson-Reuters spun off and sold ISI to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia. They founded a new corporation, Clarivate, which is now the publisher of the JCR.

Important Metrics

Journal Title:	PLoS Pathogens
Publisher:	Public Library of Science
ISSN:	15537374, 15537366
Type:	journal
Journal Scope:	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology
Country:	United States
H-Index:	233
SJR:	2.49
Quartile:	Genetics (Q1); Immunology (Q1); Microbiology (Q1); Molecular Biology (Q1); Parasitology (Q1); Virology (Q1)

Indexing

The plos pathogens is indexed in:

• UGC CARE
• Scopus
• Web of Science (SCIE)
• DOAJ
• PubMed

An indexed journal means that the journal has gone through and passed a review process of certain requirements done by a journal indexer.

The Web of Science Core Collection includes the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

Plos Pathogens Impact Factor 2024

The latest impact factor of plos pathogens is 5.5 which is recently updated in June, 2024.

The impact factor (IF) is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by calculating the times it's articles are cited.

Note: Every year, The Clarivate releases the Journal Citation Report (JCR). The JCR provides information about academic journals including impact factor. The latest JCR was released in June, 2023. The JCR 2024 will be released in the June 2024.

Quartile

The latest Quartile of plos pathogens is Q1.

Each subject category of journals is divided into four quartiles: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4. Q1 is occupied by the top 25% of journals in the list; Q2 is occupied by journals in the 25 to 50% group; Q3 is occupied by journals in the 50 to 75% group and Q4 is occupied by journals in the 75 to 100% group.

Publication fee

According to journal website, the publication fee of plos pathogens is around 2926 USD.

The plos pathogens has also Journal waiver policy (for developing countries, authors etc).

An article processing charge (APC), also known as a publication fee, is a fee which is sometimes charged to authors. Most commonly, it is involved in making a work available as open access (OA), in either a full OA journal or in a hybrid journal.

Journal Publication Time

The Journal Publication Time means the average number of weeks between article submission and publication. According to the journal website, the plos pathogens publishes research articles in 24 weeks on an average.

Call for Papers

Visit to the official website of the journal/ conference to check the details about call for papers.

How to publish in Plos Pathogens?

If your research is related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Immunology and Microbiology, then visit the official website of plos pathogens and send your manuscript.

Tips for publishing in Plos Pathogens:

• Selection of research problem.
• Presenting a solution.
• Designing the paper.
• Make your manuscript publication worthy.
• Write an effective results section.
• Mind your references.

Acceptance Rate

Acceptance rate is the ratio of the number of articles submitted to the number of articles published. Researchers can check the acceptance rate on the journal website. Alternatively, they can contact the editor of the journal.

Final Summary

Sources: https://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/

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