PLoS Computational Biology

International Society for Computational Biology · Open Access· Medline

Data up to Jan 2025

Total Papers10,994

Total Citations572,150

Years Active2005–2024

ISSN1553-734X, 1553-7358

EISSN15537358

Primary Fields

Impact Metrics

2-Year IF (2024)4.81

5-Year IF (2024)5.53

CiteScore (2024)4.28

Metrics computed from OpenAlex data unless marked (official).

Retraction Statistics

Retractions2

Corrections1

Retraction Rate0.02%

Based on Retraction Watch data. Tracked 2007–2017.

Publishing Details

LicenseCC BY

APC$3,043 (2025)

LanguagesENG

Data from Scopus & DOAJ.