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PLOS MEDICINE


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*Average Peer Review
Average 3 Month(s)
*Competitiveness
About 20%
CiteScore
16.4
CiteScore Rank
Subject Area Rank Percentile
Category: Medicine
Subcategory: General Medicine		 18 / 669
Link to PubMed Central (PMC)
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog?term=1549-1277%5BISSN%5D

Indexing (SCI collection)
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
Scopus (CiteScore)
Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

Country/Area of Publication
UNITED STATES
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Publisher
Public Library of Science

ISSN
1549-1277
E-ISSN
1549-1676
Year Publication Started
2004

Self-citation (2025-2026)
1.00%
Annual Article Volume
154
Gold OA Percentage
100.00%

Open Access Info
APC APC Waiver Other Charges
Yes: Check details
( USD6300; )		Yes: Check detailsNo
Journal Aim & Scope
An influential venue for research and commentary on the major challenges to human health worldwide, PLOS Medicine publishes articles of general interest on biomedical, environmental, social and political determinants of health. The journal emphasizes work that advances clinical practice, health policy or pathophysiological understanding to benefit health in a variety of settings.

Web of Science Quartiles
WOS Quartile: Q1

Quartiles By JIFCollectionQuartileRankPercentage
Category: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNALSCIEQ116/336
Quartiles By JCICollectionQuartileRankPercentage
Category: MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNALSCIEQ113/336
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  • Journals In The Same Subject Area
  • CiteScore Trends
  • Self Citation Trends
  • Annual Article Volume Trends
  • Journal Title h-index CiteScore
    LANCET70092.40
    NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE93374.80
    JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION62226.00
    Annual Review of Medicine14843.00
    ANNALS OF INTERNAL MEDICINE35912.20
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews24410.20
    CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL5410.90
    QJM-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICINE1083.00
    BMC Medicine10813.10
    Deutsches Arzteblatt International444.70
  • PLOS MEDICINE PLOS MEDICINE
    Predict CiteScore Trend：
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