Plos Biology

PLOS Biology is the flagship open access journal of the Public Library of Science, launched on 13 October 2003 and edited by Nonia Pariente, publishing significant advances across all areas of biological science, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 6.9《PLOS 生物学》（PLOS Biology）是公共科学图书馆的旗舰开放获取期刊，2003 年 10 月 13 日创刊，主编为（Nonia Pariente），发表生物科学各领域的重大进展，2025 年影响因子为 6.9。

Scope

• The journal publishes significant advances across all areas of biological science, from molecules to ecosystems期刊发表生物科学各领域从分子到生态系统的重大进展。
• It emphasises works of exceptional significance, originality and relevance期刊强调具有突出重要性、原创性与相关性的成果。
• Work at the interface with other disciplines is included与其他学科交叉的研究亦在其列。
• Data-driven research is welcomed alongside more traditional biological studies除传统生物学研究外，期刊也欢迎以数据驱动的研究。
• All content is published under a Creative Commons Attribution licence全部内容均以（CC BY）许可协议发布。
• New articles are published online weekly while issues are published monthly新文章每周在线发表，期次则按月出版。

History

• Publication began on 13 October 2003, making it the first journal published by the Public Library of Science该刊 2003 年 10 月 13 日创刊，是公共科学图书馆出版的第一本期刊。
• The journal pioneered the open access model to make high-quality research freely available to the global scientific community期刊开创了开放获取模式，使高质量研究向全球科学界免费开放。
• Its editors-in-chief have been Hemai Parthasarathy from 2003 to 2007, Theodora Bloom from 2008 to 2014, Emma Ganley from 2014 to 2019 and Nonia Pariente since 2019历任主编为 2003 至 2007 年的（Hemai Parthasarathy）、2008 至 2014 年的（Theodora Bloom）、2014 至 2019 年的（Emma Ganley）以及 2019 年起的（Nonia Pariente）。
• It is published monthly under print ISSN 1544-9173 and electronic ISSN 1545-7885, with the publisher based in San Francisco期刊按月出版，印刷 ISSN 为 1544-9173，电子 ISSN 为 1545-7885，出版机构设于旧金山。
• Its Journal Impact Factor moved from 8.029 in 2021 through 9.593 in 2022 and 7.2 in 2024 to 6.9 in 2025, ranking 6th among 106 biology journals其影响因子由 2021 年的 8.029 经 2022 年的 9.593 与 2024 年的 7.2 变为 2025 年的 6.9，在 106 种生物学期刊中列第 6 位。

Editors

• The Editor-in-Chief is Nonia Pariente, who took up the post in 2019现任主编为（Nonia Pariente），2019 年就任。
• Earlier editors-in-chief were Hemai Parthasarathy, Theodora Bloom and Emma Ganley历任主编为（Hemai Parthasarathy）、（Theodora Bloom）与（Emma Ganley）。
• The journal maintains a rigorous editorial and peer-review process, with anonymous peer review and a median review time of about three months期刊保持严格的编辑与同行评审流程，实行匿名评审，审稿中位时间约三个月。
• It publishes monthly issues in the PLOS journal portfolio together with additional community content该刊在（PLOS）期刊组合中按月出版期次，并刊载额外的学界内容。
• Manuscripts are peer reviewed, and the journal is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded, Scopus, DOAJ and PubMed Central稿件经同行评审，期刊被（Science Citation Index Expanded）、（Scopus）、（DOAJ）与（PubMed Central）收录。