PLoS Pathogens
Last updated ISSN 1553-7366
PLoS Pathogens is published by Public Library of Science in immunology and microbiology. It is open access. The article processing charge is $3,043.
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What it publishes
Recent work in PLoS Pathogens concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Immune Cell Function and Interaction
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research
- interferon and immune responses
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Plant Virus Research Studies
- Immune Response and Inflammation
Key facts
| Publisher | Public Library of Science |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1553-7366, 1553-7374 |
| Subject area | Immunology and Microbiology |
| Access | Open access |
| Article processing charge | $3,043 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus · DOAJ |
| Articles published | 12,851 |
| Publishing since | 1919 |
| Journal website | www.plospathogens.org/ |
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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