Impact Factor 2024-2025
PLOS MEDICINE
9.9
PLOS MEDICINE
Basic Journal Info
| Country: | United States |
|---|---|
| Journal ISSN: | 1549-1277 |
| Journal EISSN: | 1549-1676eissn |
| History | 2004-ongoing |
| Publisher | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE |
| Journal Hompage: | Link |
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Research Categories
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,MedicineImpact Factor Ranking
PLOS MEDICINE
568
Scope/Description:
PLOS Medicine publishes articles relevant to clinicians, policymakers, and researchers across a range of settings that address the major biological, environmental, social, and political determinants of health. The editors make decisions on submissions based upon their potential to directly and substantially inform clinical practice or health policy, and their relevance to our international audience. Articles given highest priority for publication are those that address conditions or risk factors that cause the greatest losses in years of healthy life and quality of life worldwide. PLOS Medicine also seeks to publish articles in the area of translational medicine that provide substantial, novel mechanistic insights into disease processes, with potential implications for clinical care. Additionally PLOS Medicine considers articles on topics relating to the integrity and ethics of the research enterprise; the practice of medicine; and the application of research to practice to fall within its scope.
PLOS MEDICINE | Journal Impact factor 2025 Trends
Impact Factor Trend 2000 - 2025
Impact Factor
The impact factor (IF) or journal impact factor (JIF) of an academic journal is a scientometric factor based on the yearly average number of citations on articles published by a particular journal in the last two years. In other words, the impact factor of 2024 - 2025 is the average of the number of cited publications divided by the citable publications of a journal. A journal impact factor is frequently used as a proxy for the relative importance of a journal within its field. Normally, journals with higher impact factors are often deemed to have more influence than those with lower ones. However, the science community has also noted that review articles typically are more citable than research articles.Here you can check the journal performance trends based on last 20 years of data, also check the latest journal citation reports 2025. Also Check H-Index, SCImago journal rank and journal impact factor 2025.
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Impact Factor History
- 2024/2025 Impact Factor 9.9
- 2023 Impact Factor 10.5
- 2022 Impact Factor 15.8
- 2021 Impact Factor 11.613
- 2020 Impact Factor 11.069
- 2019 Impact Factor 11.048
- 2018 Impact Factor 9.386
- 2017 Impact Factor 9.964
- 2016 Impact Factor 9.635
- 2015 Impact Factor 9.969
- 2014 Impact Factor 9.832
- 2013 Impact Factor 10.197
- 2012 Impact Factor 10.734
- 2011 Impact Factor 9.781
- 2010 Impact Factor 10.028
- 2009 Impact Factor 8.982
- 2008 Impact Factor 6.841
- 2007 Impact Factor 5.406
- 2006 Impact Factor 5.646
- 2005 Impact Factor 3.87
- 2004 Impact Factor NA
- 2003 Impact Factor NA
- 2002 Impact Factor NA
- 2001 Impact Factor NA
- 2000 Impact Factor NA
Note: impact factor data for reference only
Other Journal Impact Indicator
Any journal impact factor or scientometric indicator alone will not give you the full picture of a science journal. That’s why every year, scholars review current metrics to improve upon them and sometimes come up with new ones. There are also other factors to sider for example, H-Index, Self-Citation Ratio, SJR (SCImago Journal Rank Indicator) and SNIP (Source Normalized Impact per Paper). Researchers may also consider the practical aspect of a journal such as publication fees, acceptance rate, review speed.