3.5(top 10%)
impact factor
287.3K(top 0.1%)
papers
8.3M(top 0.1%)
citations
446(top 0.1%)
h-index
3.7(top 10%)
extended IF
2.5M
all documents
9.1M
doc citations
693(top 1%)
g-index
impact-factor
The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of PLoS ONE and its corresponding percentile for the sake of comparison with the entire literature. Impact Factor is the most common scientometric index, which is defined by the number of citations of papers in two preceding years divided by the number of papers published in those years.

How influential is PLoS ONE in terms of citations?

Based on the citation analysis of 287,345 articles PLoS ONE has published so far, 6% of its articles have received no citation at all. 9,533 articles (about 3% of the total articles) have received only one citation. 11.58% of the articles (14243) have received over 100 citations.