PLoS ONE 8.9M citations
304.2k papers · indexed · active since 1950
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Comparison fields: 5 of 252 Molecular Biology 2.1M Cancer Research 371.6k Infectious Diseases 458.9k Immunology 482.6k Ecology 607.4k Aging 38.0k Genetics 583.9k Biological Psychiatry 47.6k Epidemiology 640.0k Cognitive Neuroscience 366.0k Physiology 462.0k Ecological Modeling 81.9k Insect Science 225.0k Neurology 140.4k Microbiology 103.9k Cell Biology 273.0k Virology 73.9k Endocrinology 83.4k Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 423.5k Plant Science 614.2k Molecular Medicine 79.4k Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 284.3k Nature and Landscape Conservation 192.0k Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 303.0k Oncology 375.3k Sensory Systems 68.2k Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 89.8k Developmental Neuroscience 53.4k Parasitology 89.4k Developmental Biology 30.0k Nutrition and Dietetics 202.1k Geriatrics and Gerontology 43.0k Genetics 125.8k Global and Planetary Change 276.6k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 155.8k Behavioral Neuroscience 40.6k Health, 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Immunology and Allergy 46.6k Animal Science and Zoology 83.7k Reproductive Medicine 63.2k Biophysics 45.4k Rheumatology 107.5k Biochemistry 55.6k Hematology 81.4k Biochemistry 44.9k Pharmacology 62.9k General Health Professions 164.7k Biomedical Engineering 316.3k Biomaterials 93.5k Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 29.9k Health Informatics 8.6k Environmental Chemistry 65.3k Gastroenterology 31.4k Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 26.2k Soil Science 58.4k Developmental and Educational Psychology 72.3k Emergency Medicine 45.5k Toxicology 17.9k Dermatology 43.4k Equine 8.2k Pharmacy 21.6k Emergency Medical Services 31.0k Urology 27.2k Speech and Hearing 28.9k Family Practice 7.7k Human-Computer Interaction 25.4k Transportation 30.5k Otorhinolaryngology 17.7k Sociology and Political Science 193.4k Environmental Engineering 58.0k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 47.4k Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 26.6k General Decision Sciences 7.0k Safety Research 31.3k Economics and Econometrics 98.7k Health Information Management 15.8k Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 41.2k Transplantation 7.9k Computational Theory and Mathematics 51.9k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 27.6k Atmospheric Science 56.9k Occupational Therapy 12.2k Pharmaceutical Science 18.9k Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 4.3k Structural Biology 4.3k Water Science and Technology 41.1k Complementary and Manual Therapy 5.8k Artificial Intelligence 93.8k Internal Medicine 8.9k General Dentistry 4.2k Communication 19.3k Oral Surgery 17.4k Statistics and Probability 22.1k Forestry 11.0k Information Systems and Management 18.6k Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 12.4k Anthropology 24.8k Gender Studies 23.4k Business and International Management 5.0k Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 40.7k Archeology 2.5k Organic Chemistry 70.0k Archeology 24.2k Orthodontics 9.3k Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 11.0k Geography, Planning and Development 12.7k Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 46.5k Analytical Chemistry 21.7k Spectroscopy 36.2k Earth-Surface Processes 14.7k Geochemistry and Petrology 11.6k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16.7k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 19.9k Materials Chemistry 90.7k Ocean Engineering 29.8k Finance 18.5k Education 53.4k Building and Construction 24.7k Signal Processing 19.5k Marketing 16.6k Management Science and Operations Research 22.4k Information Systems 40.6k Demography 20.3k Automotive Engineering 20.5k Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 2.5k Music 4.6k Microbiology 1.1k Computer Science Applications 7.9k Medical Laboratory Technology 1.9k Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 11.9k Media Technology 10.5k Surfaces, Coatings and Films 8.4k Conservation 4.0k Computational Mathematics 691 Geometry and Topology 10.1k Space and Planetary Science 1.4k Electrochemistry 6.8k Management of Technology and Innovation 7.7k Cultural Studies 8.5k Electrical and Electronic Engineering 59.3k Strategy and Management 15.0k Computer Networks and Communications 22.4k Literature and Literary Theory 10.4k Radiation 7.9k Research and Theory 700 General Social Sciences 2.8k Issues, ethics and legal aspects 951 Management Information Systems 7.6k Bioengineering 4.7k Process Chemistry and Technology 2.4k Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 7.3k Mechanical Engineering 29.7k Civil and Structural Engineering 17.3k Inorganic Chemistry 10.9k Geology 4.3k Drug Discovery 129 Urban Studies 4.4k Polymers and Plastics 10.3k Philosophy 7.9k History and Philosophy of Science 3.2k Computational Mechanics 14.1k Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 20.6k Language and Linguistics 6.8k Leadership and Management 742 Linguistics and Language 2.8k Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6.1k Control and Systems Engineering 14.0k Anatomy 787 Aerospace Engineering 14.3k Accounting 6.5k Mechanics of Materials 13.7k Energy Engineering and Power 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Ceramics and Composites 435 Religious studies 325 Theoretical Computer Science 51 General Materials Science 131 General Engineering 46 Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics 76 Classics 69 General Arts and Humanities 16 Industrial relations 4 Algebra and Number Theory 16
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About PLoS ONE The 304.2k papers published in PLoS ONE in the last decades have received a total of 8.9M indexed citations . Papers published in PLoS ONE usually cover Molecular Biology (62.7k papers), Infectious Diseases (14.9k papers), Genetics (20.1k papers), Immunology (14.6k papers) and Virology (3.2k papers) specifically the topics of Plant and animal studies (4.0k papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (3.6k papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (3.2k papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (3.2k papers), MicroRNA in disease regulation (3.1k papers), RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms (2.9k papers), RNA Research and Splicing (2.8k papers) and Epigenetics and DNA Methylation (2.7k papers). The most active scholars publishing in PLoS ONE are Susan Holmes , Paul J. McMurdie , Adam P. Arkin , Morgan N. Price , Paramvir Dehal , Daniele Fanelli , Paul D. N. Hebert , Yong He , Marc Rehmsmeier and Takaya Saito .
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