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PLOS Genetics
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PLOS Genetics is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal established in 2005 and published by the Public Library of Science.cite-ref-1[1] The founding editor-in-chief was Wayne N. Frankel (Columbia University Medical Center). The current editors-in-chief are Aimée Dudley (Pacific Northwest Research Institute) and Anne Goriely (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine). The journal covers research on all aspects of genetics and genomics.

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

Biological Abstractscite-ref-ba-2-0[2]
BIOSIS Previewscite-ref-isi-3-0[3]
CAB Abstractscite-ref-cabab-4-0[4]
Chemical Abstracts Servicecite-ref-cassi-5-0[5]
Current Contents/Life Sciencescite-ref-isi-3-1[3]
EBSCO databasescite-ref-miar-6-0[6]
Embasecite-ref-embase-7-0[7]
Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMedcite-ref-medline-8-0[8]
Science Citation Indexcite-ref-isi-3-2[3]
Scopuscite-ref-scopus-9-0[9]
The Zoological Recordcite-ref-isi-3-3[3]

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.917.cite-ref-wos-10-0[10]

Research Prize

Since its tenth year of publication, the journal annually awards the $5000 PLOS Genetics Research Prize for the best paper published in the previous year based on nominations from members of the genetics community.cite-ref-11[11]cite-ref-12[12]

References

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cite-note-11. citereffrankel2005Frankel, W.N. (2005). "Introducing PLoS Genetics". PLOS Genetics. 1 (1): 227–8. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0010021. PMC 1183532. PMID 7411333.
cite-note-ba-22. "Biological Abstracts – Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
cite-note-isi-33. "Master Journal List". Intellectual Property & Science. Clarivate Analytics. Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
cite-note-cabab-44. "Serials cited". CAB Abstracts. CABI. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
cite-note-cassi-55. "CAS Source Index". Chemical Abstracts Service. American Chemical Society. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
cite-note-miar-66. "PLOS Genetics". MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. University of Barcelona. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
cite-note-embase-77. "Embase Coverage". Embase. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
cite-note-medline-88. "PLOS Genetics". NLM Catalog. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
cite-note-scopus-99. "Source details: PLOS Genetics". Scopus preview. Elsevier. Retrieved 2018-12-14.
cite-note-wos-1010. "PLOS Genetics". 2019 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Clarivate Analytics. 2020.
cite-note-1111. "PLOS Genetics launch $5000 research prize". Front Line Genomics. 27 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 December 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
cite-note-1212. "Launching the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2015". PLOS. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

External links

• Official website