PLOS Genetics
{{Infobox journal
| title = PLOS Genetics
| image = PLoSgenetlogo.png
| abbreviation = PLoS Genet.
| discipline = Genetics
| editor = Aimée Dudley, Anne Goriely
| publisher = Public Library of Science
| country =
| frequency = Monthly
| history = 2005–present
| openaccess = Yes
| license = Creative Commons Attribution License
| impact = 4.0
| impact-year = 2023
| ISSN = 1553-7390
| eISSN = 1553-7404
| CODEN = PGLEB5
| LCCN = 2004216451
| OCLC = 57175564
| website = http://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/
| link1 = https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/issue
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/volume
| link2-name = Online archive
}}
PLOS Genetics is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal established in 2005 and published by the Public Library of Science.{{Cite journal |last1=Frankel |first1=W.N. |doi= 10.1371/journal.pgen.0010021|title=Introducing PLoS Genetics |journal=PLOS Genetics |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=227–8 |year=2005 |pmid=7411333 |doi-access=free |pmc=1183532 }} The founding editor-in-chief was Wayne N. Frankel (Columbia University Medical Center). The current editors-in-chief are Aimée Dudley (Pacific Northwest Research Institute) and Anne Goriely (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine). The journal covers research on all aspects of genetics and genomics.
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
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- AGRICOLA
- Biological Abstracts{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=BA |title=Biological Abstracts – Journal List |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2018-12-14}}
- BIOSIS Previews{{cite web |url=http://mjl.clarivate.com/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2018-12-14}}
- CAB Abstracts{{cite web |url=http://www.cabi.org/publishing-products/online-information-resources/cab-abstracts/ |title=Serials cited |work=CAB Abstracts |publisher=CABI |access-date=2018-12-14}}
- Chemical Abstracts Service{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=American Chemical Society |work=Chemical Abstracts Service |access-date=2018-12-14 |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100310080057/http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |archive-date=2010-03-10 |url-status=dead }}
- Current Contents/Life Sciences
- EBSCO databases{{cite web |url=http://miar.ub.edu/issn/1553-7390 |work=MIAR: Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals |publisher=University of Barcelona |title=PLOS Genetics |access-date=2018-12-14}}
- Embase{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/solutions/embase/coverage |title=Embase Coverage |publisher=Elsevier |work=Embase |access-date=2018-12-14}}
- Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101239074 |title=PLOS Genetics |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=2018-12-14}}
- Science Citation Index
- Scopus{{cite web |url=https://www.scopus.com/sourceid/4000151808 |title=Source details: PLOS Genetics |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus preview |access-date=2018-12-14}}
- The Zoological Record
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According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.917.{{cite book |year=2020 |chapter=PLOS Genetics |title=2019 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate Analytics |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports}}
Research Prize
Since its tenth year of publication, the journal annually awards the $5000 PLOS Genetics Research Prize for the best paper published in the previous year based on nominations from members of the genetics community.{{cite web |url=http://www.frontlinegenomics.com/news/1807/plos-genetics-launch-5000-research-prize/ |title=PLOS Genetics launch $5000 research prize |publisher=Front Line Genomics |date=27 August 2015 |access-date=14 December 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://blogs.plos.org/biologue/2015/08/26/launching-the-plos-genetics-research-prize-2015/ |title=Launching the PLOS Genetics Research Prize 2015 |publisher=PLOS |date=25 August 2015 |access-date=14 December 2018}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/}}
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