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2021 Journal Performance Data for:

PLoS One
Open Access since 2006

ISSN EISSN
1932-6203 1932-6203

JCR ABBREVIATION ISO ABBREVIATION

PLOS ONE PLoS One

Journal Information
EDITION CATEGORY
Science Citation Index MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
Expanded (SCIE) - SCIE

LANGUAGES REGION 1ST ELECTRONIC JCR YEAR

English USA 2009

Publisher Information
PUBLISHER ADDRESS PUBLICATION FREQUENCY
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE 1160 BATTERY STREET, STE undefined issues/year
100, SAN FRANCISCO, CA
94111

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Journal's Performance

Journal Impact Factor

The Journal Impact Factor (JIF) is a journal-level metric calculated from data indexed in the Web of
Science Core Collection. It should be used with careful attention to the many factors that influence
citation rates, such as the volume of publication and citations characteristics of the subject area and
type of journal. The Journal Impact Factor can complement expert opinion and informed peer review.
In the case of academic evaluation for tenure, it is inappropriate to use a journal-level metric as a
proxy measure for individual researchers, institutions, or articles.

2021 JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR 2021 JOURNAL IMPACT FACTOR WITHOUT SELF CITATIONS

3.752 3.608

Journal Impact Factor Trend 2021

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 Journal Impact Factor is calculated using the following metrics

Citations in 2021 to items published in 2019 (61,930) -

2020 (55,697) 117,627
= = 3.752
Number of citable items in 2019 (15,303) + 2020 31,352
(16,049)

Journal Impact Factor without self cites is calculated using the following metrics

Citations in 2021 to items published in 2019 (61,930) +

2020 (55,697) - Self Citations in 2021 to items published
in 2019 (1,900) + 2020 (2,623) 117,627 -
4,523
= = 3.608
Number of citable items in 2019 (15,303) + 2020 31,352
(16,049)

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Journal Impact Factor Contributing Items

Citable Items (31,352)

TITLE CITATION COUNT

Mental health problems and social media exposure during COVID-19 outbreak 456
Authors: Gao, Junling;Zheng, PinPin;Jia, Yingnan;Chen, Hao;Mao,
Yimeng;Chen, Suhong;Wang, Yi;Fu, Hua;Dai, Junming
Volume: 15
Accession number: WOS:000536011400122
Document Type: Article

Prevalence, Severity and Mortality associated with COPD and Smoking in 222
patients with COVID-19: A Rapid Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Authors: Alqahtani, Jaber S.;Oyelade, Tope;Aldhahir, Abdulelah M.;Alghamdi,
Saeed M.;Almehmadi, Mater;Alqahtani, Abdullah S.;Quaderi,
Shumonta;Mandal, Swapna;Hurst, John R.
Volume: 15
Accession number: WOS:000537470300040
Document Type: Review

Students under lockdown: Comparisons of students' social networks and 221

mental health before and during the COVID-19 crisis in Switzerland
Authors: Elmer, Timon;Mepham, Kieran;Stadtfeld, Christoph
Volume: 15
Accession number: WOS:000575913700076
Document Type: Article

Public knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19: A cross- 214

sectional study in Malaysia
Authors: Azlan, Arina Anis;Hamzah, Mohammad Rezal;Sern, Tham Jen;Ayub,
Suffian Hadi;Mohamad, Emma
Volume: 15
Accession number: WOS:000537517800112
Document Type: Article

Data-based analysis, modelling and forecasting of the COVID-19 outbreak 186

Authors: Anastassopoulou, Cleo;Russo, Lucia;Tsakris, Athanasios;Siettos,
Constantinos
Volume: 15
Accession number: WOS:000535937400006
Document Type: Article

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Journal Impact Factor Contributing Items

Citing Sources (11,280)

SOURCE NAME COUNT

PLOS ONE 4,523

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 2,494

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC 2,220

HEALTH

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 1,493

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY 766

BMJ OPEN 739

JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE 690

SUSTAINABILITY 638

NUTRIENTS 637

CANCERS 626

ANIMALS 600

FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY 562

BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 562

FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 549

SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 523

MICROORGANISMS 477

FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH 458

FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE 442

APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 419

CELLS 408

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Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
0.88
The Journal Citation Indicator (JCI) is the average Category Normalized Citation Impact (CNCI) of
citable items (articles & reviews) published by a journal over a recent three year period. The average
JCI in a category is 1. Journals with a JCI of 1.5 have 50% more citation impact than the average in
that category. It may be used alongside other metrics to help you evaluate journals.

Total Citations
944,409
The total number of times that a journal has been cited by all journals included in the database in the
JCR year. Citations to journals listed in JCR are compiled annually from the JCR years combined
database, regardless of which JCR edition lists the journal.

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Citation Distribution
The Citation Distribution shows the frequency with which items published in the year or two years
prior were cited in the JCR data year (i.e., the component of the calculation of the JIF). The graph has
similar functionality as the JIF Trend graph, including hover-over data descriptions for each data
point, and an interactive legend where each data element's legend can be used as a toggle. You can
view Articles, Reviews, or Non-Citable (other) items to the JIF numerator.

ARTICLE CITATION MEDIAN REVIEW CITATION MEDIAN UNLINKED CITATIONS

2 4 2,704

0 times cited
ARTICLES REVIEWS OTHER

5,472 74 1,347

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Open Access (OA)

The data included in this tile summarizes the items published in the journal in the JCR data year and
in the previous two years. For example, in the 2020 JCR data, released in June 2021, the Open
Access (OA) data show the publication model (Gold OA or subscription) of materials published in
2018, 2019 and 2020, and citations in 2020 to these items. This three-year set of published items is
used to provide descriptive analysis of the content and community of the journal.

Items
TOTAL CITABLE % OF CITABLE OA

46,782 99.56%

CITABLE NON-CITABLE

GOLD OPEN ACCESS OTHER (NON-CITABLE ITEMS)

46,576 / 95.43% 2,026 / 4.15%

SUBSCRIPTION OR BRONZE
206 / 0.42%

Citations*
TOTAL CITABLE % OF CITABLE OA

126,749 99.66%

CITABLE NON-CITABLE

GOLD OPEN ACCESS OTHER (NON-CITABLE ITEMS)

126,322 / 97.18% 283 / 0.22%

SUBSCRIPTION OR BRONZE UNLINKED CITATIONS

427 / 0.33% 2,951 / 2.27%

* Citations in 2021 to items published in (2019-2021)

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Rank by Journal Impact factor
Journals within a category are sorted in descending order by Journal Impact Factor (JIF) resulting in
the Category Ranking below. A separate rank is shown for each category in which the journal is listed
in JCR. Data for the most recent year is presented at the top of the list, with other years shown in
reverse chronological order.

EDITION EDITION
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
CATEGORY CATEGORY
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES BIOLOGY
29/73 N/A
JCR JIF RANK QUART JIF PERCENTILE JCR JIF RANK QUART JIF PERCENTILE
YEAR ILE YEAR ILE
2021 29/73 Q2 60.96 2021 N/A N/A N/A
2020 26/72 Q2 64.58 2020 N/A N/A N/A
2019 27/71 Q2 62.68 2019 N/A N/A N/A
2018 24/69 Q2 65.94 2018 N/A N/A N/A
2017 15/64 Q1 77.34 2017 N/A N/A N/A
2016 15/64 Q1 77.34 2016 N/A N/A N/A
2015 11/63 Q1 83.33 2015 N/A N/A N/A
2014 9/57 Q1 85.09 2014 N/A N/A N/A
2013 8/55 Q1 86.36 2013 N/A N/A N/A
2012 7/56 Q1 88.39 2012 N/A N/A N/A
2011 N/A N/A N/A 2011 12/85 Q1 86.47
2010 N/A N/A N/A 2010 12/86 Q1 86.63
2009 N/A N/A N/A 2009 10/76 Q1 87.50

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Rank by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
Journals within a category are sorted in descending order by Journal Citation Indicator (JCI)
resulting in the Category Ranking below. A separate rank is shown for each category in which the
journal is listed in JCR. Data for the most recent year is presented at the top of the list, with other
years shown in reverse chronological order.

Only journals which have a calculated JCI value are included in the JCI ranking. The total number of
journals displayed in this ranking may be less than the category overall.

CATEGORY
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES
28/134
JCR JCI RANK QUART JCI PERCENTILE
YEAR ILE
2021 28/134 Q1 79.48
2020 29/128 Q1 77.73
2019 29/126 Q1 77.38
2018 24/121 Q1 80.58
2017 20/115 Q1 83.04

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Citation network
Cited Half-life
6.8 years
The Cited Half-Life is the median age of the items in this journal that were cited in the JCR year. Half
of a journal's cited items were published more recently than the cited half-life.

TOTAL NUMBER OF CITES NON-SELF CITATIONS SELF CITATIONS

944,409 924,266 20,143

# OF CITES FROM CUMULATIVE # OF CITING

2021 % SOURCES

944,409 citations 100.00% 15,964 sources

12,356 citations 1.31% 3,585 sources

55,697 citations 7.21% 8,513 sources
61,930 citations 13.77% 9,105 sources
75,688 citations 21.78% 9,835 sources
89,664 citations 31.27% 10,102 sources
90,106 citations 40.81% 10,069 sources
111,445 citations 52.61% 10,594 sources
116,672 citations 64.96% 9,973 sources
121,359 citations 77.81% 9,725 sources
90,671 citations 87.41% 8,501 sources

Previous years:
118,821 citations

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Citing titles in all years
PLoS One
SOURCE NAME COUNT

All Others 2,198

1 Scientific Reports 20,769

2 PLoS One 20,143

3 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES 18,988

4 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 8,679

5 Frontiers in Immunology 7,547

6 Cancers 6,917

7 Frontiers in Microbiology 6,343

8 Cells 5,828

9 SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 4,808

10 Nutrients 4,798

11 Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology 4,442

12 Microorganisms 4,110

13 Frontiers in Plant Science 3,992

14 Animals 3,746

15 Journal of Clinical Medicine 3,682

16 Frontiers in Oncology 3,671

17 Nature Communications 3,556

18 Frontiers in Psychology 3,478

19 Viruses-Basel 3,433

20 MOLECULES 3,306

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Citing Half-life
7.9 years
The Citing Half-Life is the median age of items in other publications cited by this journal in the JCR
year.

TOTAL NUMBER OF CITES NON-SELF CITATIONS SELF CITATIONS

774,295 754,152 20,143

# OF CITES FROM CUMULATIVE # OF CITED

2021 % SOURCES

774,295 citations 100.00% 113,539 sources

16,049 citations 2.07% 5,934 sources
80,429 citations 12.46% 19,845 sources
55,626 citations 19.64% 15,827 sources
55,338 citations 26.79% 15,788 sources
51,970 citations 33.50% 14,770 sources
47,468 citations 39.63% 13,590 sources
44,091 citations 45.32% 12,676 sources
39,797 citations 50.46% 11,723 sources
36,591 citations 55.19% 11,017 sources
32,939 citations 59.44% 10,167 sources
Previous years:
313,997 citations

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Cited titles in all years
PLoS One
SOURCE NAME COUNT

All Others 81,026

1 PLoS One 20,143

2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE 6,008

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

3 LANCET 5,603

4 Scientific Reports 5,299

5 NATURE 5,192

6 SCIENCE 4,605

7 NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE 4,356

8 JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 3,126

9 BMJ-British Medical Journal 2,902

10 NUCLEIC ACIDS RESEARCH 2,736

11 BMC PUBLIC HEALTH 2,303

12 JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY 2,138

13 BIOINFORMATICS 2,006

14 CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1,963

15 Nature Communications 1,830

16 International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 1,766

17 CELL 1,690

18 CIRCULATION 1,675

19 BMJ Open 1,564

20 JOURNAL OF PERSONALITY AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 1,407

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Journal Citation Relationships
Cited Data
Top 20 journals citing PLOS ONE by number of citations

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Citing Data
Top 20 journals cited by PLOS ONE by number of citations

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Content metrics
Source data
This tile shows the breakdown of document types published by the journal. Citable Items are Articles
and Reviews. For the purposes of calculating JIF, a JCR year considers the publications of that
journal in the two prior years.

15,430 total citable items

ARTICLES REVIEWS COMBINED (C) OTHER PERCENTAGE

DOCUMENT
TYPES (O)

NUMBER IN JCR 14,838 592 15,430 486 97%

YEAR 2021 (A)

NUMBER OF 733,633 39,947 773,580 715 100%

REFERENCES (B)

RATIO (B/A) 49.4 67.5 50.1 1.5

Average JIF Percentile

The Average Journal Impact Factor Percentile takes the sum of the JIF Percentile rank for each
category under consideration, then calculates the average of those values.

ALL CATEGORIES AVERAGE EDITION

60.96 Science Citation Index Expanded

MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES

60.96

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Contributions by Organizations
Organizations that have contributed the most papers to the journal in the most recent three-year
period.

RANK ORGANIZATION COUNT

1 LEAGUE OF EUROPEAN RESEARCH 4068

UNIVERSITIES - LERU

2 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SYSTEM 1577

3 UNIVERSITY OF LONDON 1102

4 UDICE-FRENCH RESEARCH 1038

UNIVERSITIES

5 HARVARD UNIVERSITY 909

6 CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE 701

SCIENTIFIQUE (CNRS)

7 INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET 586

DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE
(INSERM)

8 UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO 513

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Contributions by country/region
Countries or Regions that have contributed the most papers to the journal in the most recent three-
year period.

RANK COUNTRY/REGION COUNT

1 USA 13470

2 CHINA MAINLAND 5093

3 England 3968

4 GERMANY (FED REP GER) 3726

5 Japan 3005

6 Canada 2500

7 Australia 2482

8 South Korea 2013

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Additional metrics
Eigenfactor score
0.84782
The Eigenfactor Score is a reflection of the density of the network of citations around the journal
using 5 years of cited content as cited by the Current Year. It considers both the number of citations
and the source of those citations, so that highly cited sources will influence the network more than
less cited sources. The Eigenfactor calculation does not include journal self-citations.

Normalized Eigenfactor
181.17928
The Normalized Eigenfactor Score is the Eigenfactor score normalized, by rescaling the total number
of journals in the JCR each year, so that the average journal has a score of 1. Journals can then be
compared and influence measured by their score relative to 1.

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Article influence score
0.973
The Article Influence Score normalizes the Eigenfactor Score according to the cumulative size of the
cited journal across the prior five years. The mean Article Influence Score for each article is 1.00. A
score greater than 1.00 indicates that each article in the journal has above-average influence.

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5 year Impact Factor
4.069
The 5-year Impact Factor is the average number of times articles from the journal published in the
past five years have been cited in the JCR year. It is calculated by dividing the number of citations in
the JCR year by the total number of articles published in the five previous years.

5 year Impact Factor calculation

Citations in 2021 to items published in [2016-2020]

(373,085) 373,085
= = 4.069
Number of citable items in [2016-2020] (91,690) 91,690

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Immediacy Index
0.801
The Immediacy Index is the count of citations in the current year to the journal that reference content
in this same year. Journals that have a consistently high Immediacy Index attract citations rapidly.

Immediacy Index calculation

Cites in 2021 to items published in 2021 12,356

12,356 / 15,430 = 0.801
Number of items published in 2021 15,430

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