PLOS Computational Biology
{{Infobox journal
| title = PLOS Computational Biology
| cover =
| editor = Ruth Nussinov
| discipline = computational biology, bioinformatics
| abbreviation = PLOS Comput. Biol.
| publisher = Public Library of Science
| country =
| impact = 3.8
| impact-year = 2023
| ISSN = 1553-734X
| eISSN = 1553-7358
| history = 2005–present
| frequency = Monthly
| website = http://www.ploscompbiol.org/
| link1 = https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/issue
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://www.ploscompbiol.org/article/browseVolume.action?field=volume
| link2-name = Online archive
| openaccess = Yes
| license = Creative Commons Attribution License
| LCCN = 2004216490
| OCLC = 57176662
| CODEN = PCBLBG
}}
PLOS Computational Biology is a monthly peer-reviewed open access scientific journal covering computational biology. It was established in 2005 by the Public Library of Science in association with the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) in the same format as the previously established PLOS Biology and PLOS Medicine. The founding editor-in-chief was Philip Bourne and the current ones are Feilim Mac Gabhann and Jason Papin.{{Cite web | vauthors = Mac Gabhann F, Papin J |title=Editors-in-Chief |url= https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/s/editors-in-chief |access-date=2022-09-20 |website=journals.plos.org}}
Format
The journal publishes both original research and review articles. All articles are open access and licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.{{Cite web |url=http://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/s/journal-information |title=PLOS Computational Biology: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal |website=journals.plos.org |access-date=2017-03-24}}
Since its inception, the journal has published the Ten Simple Rules series of practical guides,{{cite journal | vauthors = Bourne PE | title = One year of PLoS Computational Biology | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | volume = 2 | issue = 8 | pages = e111 | date = August 2006 | pmid = 17523253 | pmc = 1553486 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0020111 | bibcode = 2006PLSCB...2..111B | doi-access = free }}{{cite web | url=https://collections.plos.org/collection/ten-simple-rules/ | title=Ten Simple Rules | work = PLOS }}[https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?filterJournals=PLoSCompBiol&q=title%3A%22Ten%20simple%20rules%22&sortOrder=DATE_NEWEST_FIRST&page=1 PLOS Computational Biology – List of ten simple rules articles] which has subsequently become one of the journal's most read article series.{{cite journal | vauthors = Bourne PE, Lewitter F, Markel S, Papin JA | title = One thousand simple rules | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | volume = 14 | issue = 12 | pages = e1006670 | date = December 2018 | pmid = 30571692 | pmc = 6301566 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006670 | bibcode = 2018PLSCB..14E6670B | doi-access = free }}
The Ten Simple Rules series then led to the Quick Tips collection, whose articles contain recommendations on computational practices and methods,{{cite journal | vauthors = Bourne PE, Lewitter F, Markel S, Papin JA | title = One thousand simple rules | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | volume = 14 | issue = 12 | pages = e1006670 | date = December 2018 | pmid = 30571692 | pmc = 6301566 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006670 | bibcode = 2018PLSCB..14E6670B | doi-access = free }}[https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?unformattedQuery=title%3A%22(quick%20tips)%22&q=title%3A%22(quick%20tips)%22&sortOrder=DATE_NEWEST_FIRST&page=1 PLOS Computational Biology – List of quick tips articles] such as dimensionality reduction{{cite journal | last1 = Nguyen | first1 = Lan Huong | last2 = Holmes | first2 = Susan | title = Ten quick tips for effective dimensionality reduction | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | date = 20 June 2019 | volume = 15 | issue = 6 | page = e1006907 | eissn = 1553-7358 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1006907 | pmid = 31220072 | pmc = 6586259 | bibcode = 2019PLSCB..15E6907N | doi-access = free }} for example.
In 2012, it launched the Topic Page review format, which dual-publishes peer-reviewed articles both in the journal and on Wikipedia.{{cite journal | vauthors = Wodak SJ, Mietchen D, Collings AM, Russell RB, Bourne PE | title = Topic pages: PLoS Computational Biology meets Wikipedia | journal = PLOS Computational Biology | volume = 8 | issue = 3 | pages = e1002446 | date = 2012-03-29 | pmid = 22479174 | pmc = 3315447 | doi = 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002446 | bibcode = 2012PLSCB...8E2446W | doi-access = free }}{{Cite web |url=http://collections.plos.org/topic-pages |title=PLOS Collections: Topic Pages |website=PLOS Computational Biology |access-date=2017-03-24}} It was the first publication of its kind to publish in this way.{{Cite web | vauthors = Shafee T, Heilman J, Masukume G, Häggström M |url=https://blog.wikimedia.org/2016/10/29/wikipedia-medical-content/ |title=Wikipedia's medical content: A new era of collaboration |website=blog.wikimedia.org |date=29 October 2016 |publisher=Wikimedia Foundation |access-date=2017-03-24}}{{Cite journal | vauthors = Shafee T |date=2017 |title=Wikipedia-integrated publishing: a comparison of successful models |url=https://www.hlinc.org.au/content/open-access/item/wikipedia-integrated-publishing-a-comparison-of-successful-models?category_id=28 |journal=Health Inform |volume=26 |issue=2 |pages= |doi=10.13140/RG.2.2.27470.77129}}
See also
References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://ploscompbiol.org/}}
- [https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?unformattedQuery=title%3A%22(quick%20tips)%22&q=title%3A%22(quick%20tips)%22&sortOrder=DATE_NEWEST_FIRST&page=1 PLOS Computational Biology - List of quick tips articles]
- [https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?filterJournals=PLoSCompBiol&filterArticleTypes=Editorial&filterArticleTypes=Education&filterArticleTypes=Perspective&filterArticleTypes=Correspondence&filterArticleTypes=Research%20Article&filterArticleTypes=Review&q=title%3A%22Ten%20simple%20rules%22&sortOrder=DATE_NEWEST_FIRST&page=1 PLOS Computational Biology - List of ten simple rules articles]
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