PLoS Biology

5.8k papers and 483.3k indexed citations i.

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The 5.8k papers published in PLoS Biology in the last decades have received a total of 483.3k indexed citations. Papers published in PLoS Biology usually cover Molecular Biology (2.6k papers), Genetics (905 papers) and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience (750 papers) specifically the topics of Neural dynamics and brain function (406 papers), Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (266 papers) and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (245 papers). The most active scholars publishing in PLoS Biology are Simon Y. W. Ho, Alexei J. Drummond, Matthew J. Phillips, Andrew Rambaut, Innes C. Cuthill, Michael Emerson, Douglas G. Altman, Carol Kilkenny, William J. Browne and Ron Sender.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in PLoS Biology

Since Specialization
EngineeringComputer SciencePhysics and AstronomyMathematicsEarth and Planetary SciencesEnergyEnvironmental ScienceMaterials ScienceChemical EngineeringChemistryAgricultural and Biological SciencesVeterinaryDecision SciencesArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and AccountingSocial SciencesPsychologyEconomics, Econometrics and FinanceHealth ProfessionsDentistryMedicineBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyNeuroscienceNursingImmunology and MicrobiologyPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics

This network shows the specialization of papers published in PLoS Biology. Nodes represent fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors.

Countries where authors publish in PLoS Biology

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Total citations of papers

This map shows the geographic distribution of research published in PLoS Biology. It shows the number of citations received by papers published by authors working in each country. You can also color the map by specialization and compare the number of papers published in PLoS Biology with the expected number of papers based on a country's size and research output (numbers larger than one mean the country's share of papers is larger than expected).

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