verified COP 9,1 · D1 • database Scopus / SJR & Web of Science & DOAJ indexed

United States · Public Library of Science

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PLoS Medicine

An influential venue for research and commentary on the major challenges to human health worldwide, PLOS Medicine publishes articles of general interest on biomedical, environmental, social and political determinants of health. The journal emphasizes work that advances clinical p...

ISSN: 1549-1277

Publisher: Public Library of Science

Category: Cell Biology

Indexation: verifiedScopus / SJR verifiedWeb of Science verifiedDOAJ

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COP Index trending_up

9,1 D1 Top 10%

21 of 388 journals in Biochemistry

H-index · SJR 289 · 4,279

Acceptance rate pie_chart

18% Selective

Source Acceptance_Rate

Time to publication hourglass_top

32 weeks

Field Average_time_publication_weeks

Publication cost (APC) payments

2.610 € Open Access

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Metrics

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Scopus / SJR Web of Science DOAJ

COP Index

9,1

D1 Top 10%

SJR Impact

4,279

H-index

289

Docs (year)

158

Docs 3y

714

Total refs

7301

Cites 3y

7147

Citable 3y

700

Cites/Doc 2y

8.71

Ref/Doc

46.21

Immediate OA

2610 €

Embargoed OA

NPD

Non OA / Submission

- €

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