PLoS Computational Biology
Public Library of Science · United States
POSI-J-000072eISSN 1553-7358pISSN 1553-734X
Evaluation status
1 · Core Collection
Listed in the journal directory. Certification is by application.
3 · Citation ranking
CITATION-RANK-1.0In Biological Sciences · percentile 84.6
PNCI 1.01 · 3268 eligible items · coverage 100.0%
Snapshot: September 2026
PQF is an eligibility and quality-framework assessment. It is not a citation ranking metric and does not determine Citation Quartiles or POSI Zones. PCS is a supplementary citation indicator and does not determine the official POSI Citation Rank, Citation Percentile, Citation Quartile, or POSI Zone.
Citations and output
- Articles
- 12,968
- OpenAlex / Crossref
- Subject
- Biological Sciences
- P1.06 · confidence high
Ranking history
- 2026currentC-Q1Zone 2
Biological Sciences · rank 312 of 2,027
Editions are kept as published; each ranks the journal within its category that year.
Record details
Identity
- POSI ID · posi-data registry/ · identifier
- POSI-J-000072
- eISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier
- 1553-7358
- pISSN · ISSN Portal / Crossref · identifier
- 1553-734X
- OpenAlex source · OpenAlex · identifier
- S86033158
- Title · ISSN Portal / Crossref · registry
- PLoS Computational Biology
- Publisher · Crossref / OpenAlex · registry
- Public Library of Science
Not recorded: ISSN country
Declared by the publisher
Stated by the journal about itself. POSI records these as declared and does not present them as measured.
- Declared country · Publisher · declared
- United States
- Language · Publisher / DOAJ · declared
- English
- Website · Publisher · declared
- journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/
Not recorded: Frequency, License, Peer review, Article processing charge
Registry and computed values
- Open access · DOAJ / OpenAlex · registry
- Yes
Not recorded: DOAJ status
Verification: Partially verified
ISSN resolved to an OpenAlex source record; journal-level evidence not reviewed by POSI.
Freshness: Current
Updated 2026-10-17. Record updated within 6 months of the data cutoff.
Indexed, benchmark set
Indexed. Also in the Global Benchmark reference set that POSI uses to validate its methodology.
Cite this record
Panorama Open Scholarly Index. (2026). PLoS Computational Biology [journal record, POSI-J-000072]. https://posi.panorama-sg.com/journal/bench-plos-computational-biology-0469/