Discipline | Genetics |
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Language | English |
Edited by | Gregory S. Barsh, Gregory P. Copenhaver |
Publication details | |
History | 2005–present |
Publisher | |
Frequency | Monthly |
Yes | |
License | Creative Commons Attribution License |
4.0 (2023) | |
Standard abbreviations | |
ISO 4 | PLoS Genet. |
Indexing | |
CODEN | PGLEB5 |
ISSN |
1553-7390 (print) 1553-7404 (web) |
LCCN | 2004216451 |
OCLC no. | 57175564 |
Links | |
PLOS Genetics is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal established in 2005 and published by the Public Library of Science. [1] The founding editor-in-chief was Wayne N. Frankel ( Columbia University Medical Center). The current editors-in-chief are Gregory S. Barsh ( HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology and Stanford University School of Medicine) and Gregory P. Copenhaver ( The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill). The journal covers research on all aspects of genetics and genomics.
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.917. [10]
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. [11] [12]