PLOS Genetics

Discipline	Genetics
Language	English
Edited by	Aimée Dudley, and Anne Goriely
Publication details
History	2005–present
Publisher	Public Library of Science
Frequency	Monthly
Open access	Yes
License	Creative Commons Attribution License
Impact factor	3.7 (2024)
Standard abbreviations ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt) NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4	PLoS Genet.
Indexing CODEN (alt · alt2) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt) MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
CODEN	PGLEB5
ISSN	1553-7390 (print) 1553-7404 (web)
LCCN	2004216451
OCLC no.	57175564
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PLOS Genetics is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal established in 2005 and published by the Public Library of Science.^[1] The founding editor-in-chief was Wayne N. Frankel (Columbia University Medical Center). The current editors-in-chief are Aimée Dudley (Pacific Northwest Research Institute) and Anne Goriely (MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine). The journal covers research on all aspects of genetics and genomics.

Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in:

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2020 impact factor of 5.917.^[10]

Research Prize

Since its tenth year of publication, the journal annually awards the $5000 PLOS Genetics Research Prize for the best paper published in the previous year based on nominations from members of the genetics community.^[11][12]

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External links

• Official website