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PLOS Biology

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PLOS Biology

Summary

PLOS Biology is a scientific journal[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of scientific_journal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • PLOS Biology's field of work was biology[3].
  • PLOS Biology received the DOAJ seal[4].
  • PLOS Biology is in the country of United States[5].
  • PLOS Biology's instance of is recorded as scientific journal[6].
  • PLOS Biology's instance of is recorded as open-access journal[7].
  • PLOS Biology's instance of is recorded as academic journal[8].
  • PLOS Biology's publisher is recorded as Public Library of Science[9].
  • PLOS Biology's headquarters location is recorded as Lawrence[10].
  • PLOS Biology's ISSN is recorded as 1544-9173[11].
  • PLOS Biology's ISSN is recorded as 1545-7885[12].
  • PLOS Biology's OCLC number is recorded as 265381048[13].
  • PLOS Biology's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic[14].
  • PLOS Biology's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported[15].
  • PLOS Biology's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International[16].
  • PLOS Biology's copyright license is recorded as Creative Commons Attribution[17].
  • PLOS Biology's Commons category is recorded as Media from PLOS Biology[18].
  • PLOS Biology's language of work or name is recorded as English[19].
  • PLOS Biology's archives at is recorded as CLOCKSS[20].
  • PLOS Biology's country of origin is recorded as United States[21].
  • +2003-10-13T00:00:00Z marks the founding of PLOS Biology[22].
  • PLOS Biology's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02657x[23].
  • PLOS Biology's official website is recorded as https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/[24].
  • PLOS Biology's official website is recorded as http://www.plosbiology.org[25].
  • PLOS Biology's official website is recorded as http://bibpurl.oclc.org/web/8459[26].
  • PLOS Biology's official website is recorded as http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?journal=212[27].

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Career and Affiliations

PLOS Biology's field of work was biology[3].

Recognition

PLOS Biology received the DOAJ seal[4].

Why It Matters

PLOS Biology ranks in the top 2% of scientific_journal entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

FAQs

What awards did PLOS Biology receive?

Honors received include DOAJ seal[4].

Related Entities

biology scientific journal United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Q1227538. doaj.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . Q1227538. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Q1227538. journals.plos.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . theguardian.com. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . ISSN Portal. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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