PLoS Computational Biology
Last updated ISSN 1553-734X
PLoS Computational Biology is published by Public Library of Science in neuroscience. It is open access. The article processing charge is $3,043.
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What it publishes
Recent work in PLoS Computational Biology concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Neural dynamics and brain function
- Bioinformatics and Genomic Networks
- Gene Regulatory Network Analysis
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
- Gene expression and cancer classification
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
Key facts
| Publisher | Public Library of Science |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1553-734X, 1553-7358 |
| Subject area | Neuroscience |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $3,043 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 13,017 |
| Publishing since | 1911 |
| Journal website | journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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