8.9(top 2%)
impact factor
6.7K(top 5%)
papers
546.3K(top 1%)
citations
320(top 1%)
h-index
11.4(top 2%)
extended IF
48.1K
all documents
621.0K
doc citations
509(top 1%)
g-index
impact-factor
The graph shows the changes in the impact factor of PLoS Biology 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 Biology in terms of citations?

Based on the citation analysis of 6,691 articles PLoS Biology has published so far, 18% of its articles have received no citation at all. 320 articles (about 4% of the total articles) have received only one citation. 7.49% of the articles (1625) have received over 100 citations.