5.4(top 5%)
impact factor
11.4K(top 2%)
papers
625.9K(top 1%)
citations
257(top 1%)
h-index
5.7(top 5%)
extended IF
90.8K
all documents
702.7K
doc citations
349(top 1%)
g-index
impact-factor
The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of PLoS Pathogens 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 Pathogens in terms of citations?

Based on the citation analysis of 11,418 articles PLoS Pathogens has published so far, 12% of its articles have received no citation at all. 205 articles (about 1% of the total articles) have received only one citation. 5.66% of the articles (2058) have received over 100 citations.