PLOS Medicine publishes manuscripts that are of general interest for biomedical, environmental, social, and political determinants of health. The journal is geared towards work that can advance clinical practice, health policy, or understanding of the pathophysiological underpinnings to promote improvements in health in a variety of environments.

PLOS Medicine

PLOS Medicine publishes manuscripts that are of general interest for biomedical, environmental, social, and political determinants of health. The journal is geared towards work that can advance clinical practice, health policy, or understanding of the pathophysiological underpinnings to promote improvements in health in a variety of environments.

v1-Plos Medicine-journal template

PLOS Medicine

Impact Factor

98.4

Impact Factor

15.8

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

3.845

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

4.279.

CiteScore

CiteScore

13.20

CiteScore

17.6.

Frequency

Frequency

Weekly

Frequency

Monthly

Publisher

American College of Physicians (ACP)

Publisher

PLOS

Acceptance Rate

Approximately 6-8%

Acceptance Rate

10%

Key Highlights

5-Year Impact Factor

Not mentioned

H-Index

258

Ranking

Q1

Indexing

PubMed, PubMed Central, Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar

Initial Editorial Decision

1 Week

First Post-Review Decision

Around 43 days

Submission to Acceptance

3 Months

Acceptance to Publication

10 %

Publication Type

Original Research articles

Open Access Model

PLOS Medicine is an open-access journal, meaning all articles are freely available to read online upon publication.

Article Processing Charges (APC)

$6,460

Main text

Should not exceed 3000 words. This excludes figure and table legends, tables themselves, acknowledgements, and the reference list.

Abstract

The abstract should be a maximum of 300 words

References

75 references

Tables/Figures

A maximum of 5 combined, with supplementary options available.

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