What is the impact factor for PLOS ONE?

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PLOS One/Impact Factor

Is Plos One a high impact journal?

PLOS journals also have fairly high impact factors. In 2018, the impact factor of PLOS ONE was 2.776. However, the importance of the impact factor is up for debate.

Is PLOS ONE a professional journal?

Peer Review at PLOS ONE PLOS ONE is a fully peer reviewed journal with a rigorous multi-stage editorial screening and assessment process.

Is PLOS Medicine a good journal?

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2014 impact factor of 14.429, ranking it 7th out of 153 journals in the category “Medicine, General & Internal”.

What was the first impact factor for PLOS One?

In January 2010, the journal was included in the Journal Citation Reports and received its first impact factor of 4.411. PLOS One papers are published under Creative Commons licenses .

Why is PLoS ONE included in the Journal Citation Reports?

According to the journal, papers are not to be excluded on the basis of lack of perceived importance or adherence to a scientific field. In January 2010, the journal was included in the Journal Citation Reports and received its first impact factor of 4.411. PLOS One papers are published under Creative Commons licenses .

What are the formatting requirements for PLOS One?

PLOS ONE waives all formatting requirements until your manuscript has received a provisional Editorial Accept decision. In order to proceed to publication, your figures must meet the requirements on this page. The more closely your figures adhere to these specifications, the more quickly your manuscript can be published once accepted.

How many peer reviewers are there for PLOS One?

In the first four years following launch, it made use of over 40,000 external peer reviewers. The journal uses an international board of academic editors with over 6,000 academics handling submissions and publishes approximately 50 % of all submissions, after review by, on average, 2.9 experts.