PLoS Pathogens

10.7k papers and 579.4k indexed citations i.

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The 10.7k papers published in PLoS Pathogens in the last decades have received a total of 579.4k indexed citations. Papers published in PLoS Pathogens usually cover Epidemiology (3.4k papers), Molecular Biology (3.1k papers) and Immunology (3.0k papers) specifically the topics of HIV Research and Treatment (1.0k papers), Immune Cell Function and Interaction (933 papers) and Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research (835 papers). The most active scholars publishing in PLoS Pathogens are Eric P. Skaar, Peter Palese, George Dimopoulos, Paul D. Bieniasz, Anice C. Lowen, John Steel, Alexander R. Horswill, Blaise R. Boles, Konstantin A. Tsetsarkin and Samira Mubareka.

In The Last Decade

Fields of papers published in PLoS Pathogens

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 Pathogens. Nodes represent fields, and links connect fields that are likely to share authors.

Countries where authors publish in PLoS Pathogens

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This map shows the geographic distribution of research published in PLoS Pathogens. 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 Pathogens 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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