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.
PLOS Medicine
Impact Factor
98.4
Impact Factor
15.8
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
3.845
SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)
4.279.
CiteScore
13.20
CiteScore
17.6.
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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