PLoS Pathogens

PLoS Pathogens is an open access journal published by the Public Library of Science, launched in 2005 and devoted to pathogen biology and host-pathogen interactions, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 4.9.《PLOS 病原体》（PLoS Pathogens）由美国科学公共图书馆出版，2005 年创刊，为开放获取期刊，专注病原体生物学与宿主—病原体相互作用，2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9。

Scope

• The journal addresses research on pathogens including bacteria, fungi, parasites, prions and viruses.刊物关注细菌、真菌、寄生虫、朊病毒与病毒等病原体的研究。
• It publishes outstanding original research and reviews that advance understanding of pathogens and how they interact with host organisms.刊物发表推动人们理解病原体及其与宿主生物相互作用的优秀原创研究与综述。
• Topics include innate and acquired defence mechanisms of the immune system.主题包括免疫系统的先天性与获得性防御机制。
• Emerging and re-emerging pathogens, pathogen cell biology, pathogenesis and virulence factors are covered.覆盖新发与再发病原体、病原体细胞生物学、发病机制与毒力因子。
• Rational vaccine development and therapeutic approaches are within scope.理性疫苗设计与治疗策略亦在其范围内。
• The study of pathogens is also presented as a route to insights into fundamental cellular and organismal processes.刊物还把病原体研究视为通往细胞与生物体基本过程洞见的途径。
• Articles are published under a Creative Commons attribution licence.文章在知识共享署名许可下发表。

History

• The Public Library of Science announced PLoS Pathogens in March 2005, and publication commenced on 30 September 2005.美国科学公共图书馆于 2005 年 3 月宣布创办《PLOS 病原体》，并于 2005 年 9 月 30 日开始出版。
• John A.T. Young of the Salk Institute was the founding Editor-in-Chief.索尔克研究所的（John A.T. Young）为创始主编。
• Kasturi Haldar and Grant McFadden were among the journal's early editorial leaders.（Kasturi Haldar）与（Grant McFadden）是刊物早期编辑领导层的成员。
• The journal is published monthly and operates as a fully open access title funded by article publication charges.刊物按月出版，采用完全开放获取模式，由文章出版费支持。
• A tenth anniversary collection in 2016 gathered 42 articles selected by more than sixty section editors.2016 年的十周年专辑汇集了由六十余位栏目编辑选出的 42 篇文章。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 4.9, after 4.9 in 2024, 7.464 in 2022 and 6.823 in 2021, with a five-year impact factor of 5.4.2025 年期刊影响因子为 4.9，此前 2024 年为 4.9，2022 年为 7.464，2021 年为 6.823，其五年影响因子为 5.4。
• Its 2025 CiteScore is about 10.2, and the journal ranks in the first quartile of microbiology, parasitology and virology.其 2025 年 CiteScore 约为 10.2，刊物在微生物学、寄生虫学与病毒学类别位列一区。

Editors

• The journal is led by editors-in-chief Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh and Michael Malim.刊物由主编（Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh）与（Michael Malim）领导。
• Michael Malim is a virologist known for work on host restriction factors and retroviral replication.（Michael Malim）是病毒学家，以宿主限制因子与逆转录病毒复制研究著称。
• A large corps of section editors, numbering around sixty-five, handles manuscripts across pathogen research.刊物设有约 65 位栏目编辑组成的团队，处理病原体研究各方向的稿件。
• Section editors are experts on viruses, bacteria, prions, fungi, oomycetes and parasites of animals and plants.栏目编辑是病毒、细菌、朊病毒、真菌、卵菌以及动植物寄生虫方面的专家。
• Manuscripts are submitted through the publisher's editorial manager system and peer reviewed before publication.稿件经出版方投稿系统提交，并在发表前接受同行评审。
• The journal emphasises rigorous, outstanding work across the wide spectrum of pathogen research.刊物强调在病原体研究广阔领域中严谨而优秀的工作。