PLoS Medicine 492.1k citations
4.1k papers · indexed · active since 1950
Impact in HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Malaria Research and Control Mosquito-borne diseases and control Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Papers in i HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions 240 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology 140 Malaria Research and Control 154 show more fields Overview Impact Peers Geography Research Space Peers PLoS Medicine
Comparison fields: 5 of 242 Infectious Diseases 51.5k Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 59.1k Virology 7.9k Health 13.0k Epidemiology 51.8k Modeling and Simulation 7.4k General Health Professions 36.2k Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 25.6k Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 2.5k Obstetrics and Gynecology 9.0k Health Informatics 1.6k Clinical Psychology 22.5k Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 7.7k Physiology 24.4k Psychiatry and Mental health 13.3k Nutrition and Dietetics 14.5k Parasitology 6.3k Geriatrics and Gerontology 3.0k Biological Psychiatry 2.0k Applied Psychology 3.9k Emergency Medicine 6.7k Microbiology 4.7k Family Practice 1.3k Oncology 18.8k Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 21.6k Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14.4k Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 9.7k Surgery 27.9k Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 10.3k Health Information Management 2.8k Immunology 12.8k Emergency Medical Services 3.8k Genetics 16.5k Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 2.6k Nephrology 3.9k Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 7.5k Cancer Research 8.2k Neurology 7.8k Pharmacology 4.8k Genetics 5.5k Internal Medicine 1.7k Safety Research 4.6k Pathology and Forensic Medicine 8.8k Reproductive Medicine 4.2k Endocrinology 2.7k Economics and Econometrics 14.3k Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 5.4k Hepatology 3.7k Pharmacology 8.0k Social Psychology 10.1k Molecular Biology 33.1k Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 3.0k Hematology 5.0k Rheumatology 6.5k Molecular Medicine 2.3k Pharmacy 2.0k Speech and Hearing 2.7k Neurology 3.5k Cognitive Neuroscience 8.2k Rehabilitation 2.6k Behavioral Neuroscience 1.4k Complementary and alternative medicine 3.1k Periodontics 1.7k Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3.1k Sociology and Political Science 17.2k Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8.0k Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology 527 Aging 624 Finance 3.6k Statistics and Probability 2.7k Small Animals 2.4k Gastroenterology 1.6k Medical Terminology 71 Clinical Biochemistry 1.8k Occupational Therapy 1.1k Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 1.3k Transportation 1.8k Transplantation 645 Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1.1k Developmental Neuroscience 994 Urology 1.5k Immunology and Allergy 1.4k Dermatology 2.0k Information Systems and Management 1.7k Toxicology 801 Gender Studies 2.2k Oral Surgery 1.5k Ophthalmology 1.9k Otorhinolaryngology 921 Complementary and Manual Therapy 471 Sensory Systems 1.1k Food Science 4.0k Orthodontics 849 General Dentistry 320 Pollution 2.5k Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 3.6k Business and International Management 397 Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.5k Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 926 Demography 2.2k Research and Theory 152 Issues, ethics and legal aspects 205 Agronomy and Crop Science 1.8k Biochemistry 1.0k Ecology 4.6k Cell Biology 2.8k Animal Science and Zoology 1.6k Medical Laboratory Technology 218 Biotechnology 1.2k Management of Technology and Innovation 963 General Decision Sciences 252 Biomedical Engineering 5.7k Education 3.8k Insect Science 1.6k Biochemistry 900 Artificial Intelligence 4.0k History and Philosophy of Science 557 Computational Theory and Mathematics 1.9k Management Science and Operations Research 1.5k Philosophy 1.3k Human-Computer Interaction 624 Marketing 1.0k Information Systems 2.4k Biophysics 606 Computer Science Applications 573 Plant Science 3.9k Physiology 448 Global and Planetary Change 2.1k Ecological Modeling 399 Environmental Engineering 1.2k Development 289 Communication 553 Strategy and Management 1.2k Paleontology 550 Conservation 251 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 631 Water Science and Technology 1.0k Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 868 Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 642 Urban Studies 422 Public Administration 244 Management Information Systems 598 Biomaterials 862 General Social Sciences 207 Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 1.2k General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 479 Organic Chemistry 1.6k Statistical and Nonlinear Physics 661 Pharmaceutical Science 321 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition 1.1k Building and Construction 713 Political Science and International Relations 1.2k Soil Science 481 Equine 78 Environmental Chemistry 441 Leadership and Management 47 Chemical Health and Safety 25 Literature and Literary Theory 411 Microbiology 27 Developmental Biology 78 General Psychology 45 Ocean Engineering 553 Spectroscopy 590 Media Technology 309 Drug Discovery 6 Life-span and Life-course Studies 30 Geography, Planning and Development 190 Nature and Landscape Conservation 413 Automotive Engineering 404 Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management 50 Analytical Chemistry 317 Forestry 126 Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 297 Accounting 330 Anatomy 36 Music 82 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 415 Law 244 Horticulture 24 Aquatic Science 173 Archeology 235 Signal Processing 239 Atmospheric Science 397 Computer Networks and Communications 506 Human Factors and Ergonomics 49 Library and Information Sciences 31 Radiation 165 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 59 General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 154 Cultural Studies 143 Materials Chemistry 810 Anthropology 152 Computational Mathematics 9 Bioengineering 76 Civil and Structural Engineering 282 Linguistics and Language 58 Language and Linguistics 129 History 126 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 665 Geochemistry and Petrology 66 Software 41 Electrochemistry 62 Inorganic Chemistry 130 Visual Arts and Performing Arts 42 Museology 29 Earth-Surface Processes 55 Polymers and Plastics 113 Space and Planetary Science 10 Oceanography 95 Physical and Theoretical Chemistry 70 Mechanical Engineering 289 Surfaces, Coatings and Films 51 Process Chemistry and Technology 20 Architecture 10 Control and Systems Engineering 151 General Energy 6 Geology 32 Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 91 Structural Biology 6 Applied Mathematics 39 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 114 Aerospace Engineering 85 Filtration and Separation 7 Geometry and Topology 26 Mechanics of Materials 71 Religious studies 14 General Arts and Humanities 3 Metals and Alloys 7 Computational Mechanics 52 Catalysis 17 Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design 8 Geophysics 28 Hardware and Architecture 14 Archeology 2 Astronomy and Astrophysics 30 Condensed Matter Physics 19 Mathematical Physics 9 Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes 6 Nuclear and High Energy Physics 10 Numerical Analysis 3 Ceramics and Composites 3 Instrumentation 1
Infectious Diseases 51.5k Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 59.1k Virology 7.9k Health 13.0k Epidemiology 51.8k American Journal of Epidemiology United States
BMC Public Health United States
International Journal of Epidemiology United States
The Medical Journal of Australia Australia
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health China
MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report United States
The Lancet Infectious Diseases United States
Annals of Internal Medicine United States
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About PLoS Medicine The 4.1k papers published in PLoS Medicine in the last decades have received a total of 492.1k indexed citations . Papers published in PLoS Medicine usually cover Infectious Diseases (535 papers), Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health (586 papers), Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health (312 papers), Medical Terminology (4 papers) and Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (31 papers) specifically the topics of HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (240 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (209 papers), Malaria Research and Control (154 papers), Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology (140 papers), Child Nutrition and Water Access (104 papers), Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life (99 papers), Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (85 papers) and Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare (75 papers). The most active scholars publishing in PLoS Medicine are Douglas G. Altman , David Moher , Jennifer Tetzlaff , Alessandro Liberati , John P. A. Ioannidis , Peter C Gøtzsche , Colin Mathers , Dejan Lončar , Erik von Elm and Matthias Egger .
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