PLoS Medicine

Public Library of Science · Open Access· Medline

Data up to Jan 2025

Total Papers4,633

Total Citations650,056

Years Active2004–2024

ISSN1549-1277, 1549-1676

EISSN15491676

Primary Fields

Impact Metrics

2-Year IF (2024)10.38

5-Year IF (2024)13.20

CiteScore (2024)11.22

Metrics computed from OpenAlex data unless marked (official).

Retraction Statistics

Retractions1

Retraction Rate0.03%

Based on Retraction Watch data. Tracked 2012–2012.

Publishing Details

LicenseCC BY

APC$6,460 (2025)

LanguagesENG

Data from Scopus & DOAJ.