Public Library of Science (PLoS) Bibliometric Report

Introduction

This report provides a comprehensive analytics report of the publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) including basic bibliometric information, citation data, impact metrics, top journals, publication keywords, etc., over recent years. The Crossref database (up to the end of 2021) processed by ScienceGate has been used for this report as the source of data.

Public Library of Science (PLoS) has published 310648 documents so far, receiving a total of 6558093 citations. These numbers are equal to 0.25% and 0.59% of the total documents and citations in the scientific community, respectively. Public Library of Science (PLoS) has a score of 21.11 as a number of citations per document based on all recorded data. There are different types of documents published by Public Library of Science (PLoS). In this regard, Journal Article, and Dataset a with the total document number of 310641, and 7 have the largest share, respectively. These numbers are equal to 100.00%, and 0.00% of the total documents published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) so far, respectively. Public Library of Science (PLoS) has been an active publisher from 2003-2021.

Basic Bibliometric Information

This section provides the bibliometrics data of Public Library of Science (PLoS) over the last 11 years, including the number of published documents, total citations, citations per document, and scaled number of citations per document by year. Share of Public Library of Science (PLoS) documents and citations among all published scientific documents are also presented here. Public Library of Science (PLoS) has the highest annual number of publications in 2013, with 36496 published documents. Most annual citations are also received in 2010, with 495585 citations. The highest citations per document’s scores, scaled by the number of years ahead, are associated with 2020, with scores of 0.83.

Document Types

There are different types of documents published by publishers. In this section, the yearly publication data of Public Library of Science (PLoS) are presented by document type, including Journal Articles, and Datasets.

The number of published documents by Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 310641, and 7 for Journal Articles, and Datasets, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.34%, and 0.00% of the whole published Journal Articles, and Datasets in the database so far, respectively.

The number of received citations by Journal Articles, and Datasets of Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 6558093, and 0, respectively. These numbers are equal to 0.62%, and 0.00% of the citations received by whole Journal Articles, and Datasets of the database so far, respectively.

The h-index value for published Journal Articles, and Datasets by Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 439, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3201, and 98, respectively.

The g-index value for published Journal Articles, and Datasets by Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 38, and 0, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 129, and 20, respectively.

The score of citations per document for published Journal Articles, and Datasets by Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 21.111, and 0.000, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 11.521, and 0.070, respectively.

The highest number of annually published Journal Articles, and Datasets by Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 36496, and 7, respectively. The corresponding year of maximum publication for Journal Articles, and Datasets are 2013, and 2014, respectively.

The highest number of annual received citations by Journal Articles, and Datasets published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 979336, and 0, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum received citations for Journal Articles, and Datasets are 2013, and 2020, respectively.

The highest values of citations per number of document for Journal Articles, and Datasets published in Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 52.91, and 0.00, respectively. The corresponding years of maximum values of citations per document for Journal Articles, and Datasets are 2010, and 2014, respectively.

Impact Metrics

Various metrics and indicators are used to evaluate the impact and quality of publishers and journals. Here, h-index, g-index, and i-index are selected as impact evaluation metrics of the publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS).

H-index

H-index indicates the number of articles published by a journal/publisher, h, that have been cited at least h times. h5-index and h10-index are the h-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. h-index, h10-index, and h5-index of the documents published by Public Library of Science (PLoS), are 439, 323, and 148, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 3269, 1489, and 795, respectively.

G-index

The g-index indicator is the first g papers of a publisher/journal (sorted by the highest to the lowest number of citations) that have cumulatively received at least g^2 citations. Again, g5-index and g10-index are the g-index for papers of a publishers/journals published in the last 5 and 10 years, respectively. G-index, g10-index, and g5-index of the documents published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) are 38, 31, and 19, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 131, 80, and 55, respectively.

I-n index

I-n index shows the number of publications of a publisher/journal with at least n citations. Read another post here for more detailed information on different research impact metrics. It is to be noted that, i10-index, i25-index, i50-index, i100-index, i250-index, i500-index, i1000-index, i2500-index, i5000-index, and i10000-index of the documents published by Public Library of Science (PLoS), are 158822, 75165, 29757, 9178, 1490, 321, 69, 14, 4, and 1, respectively. The corresponding values for the whole data of the database are 21796896, 10617845, 4822066, 1785083, 390499, 114230, 31648, 5505, 1423, and 355, respectively.

Top Journals

This section provides the basic bibliometrics data of the Public Library of Science (PLoS) top journals, including the number of published documents, total citations, and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each journal among all published documents by Public Library of Science (PLoS) is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top journals are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

The Top 5 journals of Public Library of Science (PLoS) based on the number of published documents are PLoS ONE, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, PLoS Pathogens, and PLoS Computational Biology. The numbers of documents published so far by these top 5 journals are 260713, 9860, 9631, 9399, and 9022, respectively. These numbers are equal to 83.926%, 3.174%, 3.100%, 3.026%, and 2.904% of the total documents published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) so far, respectively.

Concerning the number of received citations, the top 5 journals of Public Library of Science (PLoS) are PLoS ONE, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, PLoS Biology, and PLoS Medicine. The total number of citations received so far by these top 5 journals are 260713, 9860, 9399, 6354, and 4815, respectively. These numbers are equal to 3.975%, 0.150%, 0.143%, 0.097%, and 0.073% of the total citations received by Public Library of Science (PLoS) publications so far, respectively.

Regarding the number of citations received per document, the top 5 journals of Public Library of Science (PLoS) are PLoS Medicine, PLoS Biology, PLoS Genetics, PLoS Pathogens, and PLoS Clinical Trials. The numbers of citations received per published document so far by these top 5 journals are 58.193, 56.474, 43.126, 42.303, and 30.647, respectively.

Top Keywords

The Most used keywords are of particular importance for reviewing a publisher. This section provides detailed information about basic bibliometrics data of top used keywords in Public Library of Science (PLoS). The metrics used here are the number of documents, citations and citations per document. Share of documents and citations of each keyword among whole published documents is also presented here. In the following tag cloud chart, top keywords are displayed based on the largest number of published documents.

According to the number of published documents, the top 10 keywords of the publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) are meta analysis, systematic review, gene expression, in vitro, cohort study, cross sectional, breast cancer, risk factors, hiv 1, and genome wide, respectively. The number of published documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 4633, 4137, 3668, 3282, 2849, 2793, 2721, 2252, 2234, and 2203, respectively.

Based on the number of received citations, the top 10 keywords of the publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) are systematic review, meta analysis, genome wide, gene expression, stem cells, hiv 1, breast cancer, in vitro, cancer cells, and t cells, respectively. The number of citations received by the documents in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 4137, 4633, 2203, 3668, 2140, 2234, 2721, 3282, 1717, and 1713, respectively.

Concerning the score of received citations per document, the top 10 keywords of the publisher Public Library of Science (PLoS) are genome wide association, genome wide, dna methylation, alzheimer’s disease, alzheimer’s disease, systematic review, plasmodium falciparum, stem cell, stem cells, and influenza a, respectively. The score of citations received per document in which the mentioned 10 keywords are used are, 48.188, 39.045, 38.604, 33.887, 33.742, 32.131, 31.117, 30.662, 30.584, and 29.864, respectively.