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Indexing of PLOS Complex Systems
| List | Status |
|---|---|
| Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) | Not listed |
| Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) | Not listed |
| Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) | Not listed |
| Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) | Not listed |
| Scopus | Not listed |
| Journal Citation Reports 2024 | Not listed |
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
02What it publishes
What PLOS Complex Systems publishes: real papers
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03Published papers
Papers published in PLOS Complex Systems
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
- Weakly supervised contrastive representation learning to encode narrative viewpoint of COVID-19 tweets20260 citations
- Fast algorithms to improve fair information access in networks20260 citations
- A green vehicle routing methodology for assessing optimal fleet mix and cost/emissions tradeoffs given environmental policy incentives20260 citations
- A generalized Bayesian framework for maximizing information gain and model selection20260 citations
- Can adversarial attacks by large language models be attributed?20260 citations
- Cascades and convergence: Dynamic signal flow in a synapse-level brain network20260 citations
- Identifying stable communities in Hi-C using multifractal network modularity20250 citations
- Efficient and accurate simulation of infectious diseases on adaptive networks20250 citations
- How local spectral gaps regulate the multistability of Turing patterns on graphs20250 citations
- Decentralized renewable energy integration in the urban energy markets: A system dynamics approach20250 citations
- Informing pandemic intervention strategies through coupled contact tracing and network node prioritization20250 citations
- Connect-while-in-range: Modelling the impact of spatial constraints on dynamic network structures20250 citations
- Urban scaling with censored data20250 citations
- Environmental variability promotes the evolution of cooperation among geographically dispersed groups on dynamic networks20250 citations
- FastEnsemble: Scalable ensemble clustering on large networks20250 citations
- Troika algorithm: Approximate optimization for accurate clique partitioning and clustering of weighted networks20250 citations
- Describing Medellín as a complex tropical high Andean urban system20250 citations
- Reinforcement learning to develop policies for fair and productive employment: A case study on wage theft within the day-laborer community20250 citations
- Energy landscape analysis based on the Ising model: Tutorial review20250 citations
- Network inference applicable to both synchronous and desynchronous systems from oscillatory signals20250 citations
- Behavioral dynamics of social propagation for weight loss: Evidence from a randomized controlled trial in a low-income Appalachian community20250 citations
- Exploring temperature effects on tick population dynamics: What are agent-based models saying?20250 citations
- Food purchase data reveals the locations of London's 'food deserts'20250 citations
- A systematic review of ecosystem services analysis and network theory20250 citations
- Multilayer modular fusion graph attention network (MMF-GAT) for epidemic prediction20250 citations
- Evolution of conditional cooperation in a spatial public goods game20250 citations
- Investigating the link between impulsivity and obesity through urban scaling laws20250 citations
- Neural complexity in preterm infants is predicted by developmental variables20250 citations
- Predictive Coding algorithms induce brain-like responses in Artificial Neural Networks20250 citations
- Vertex clustering in diverse dynamic networks20240 citations
04Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for PLOS Complex Systems
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05Similar journals
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07Questions
Frequently asked questions
Is PLOS Complex Systems indexed in Scopus?
PLOS Complex Systems is not listed in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is PLOS Complex Systems an SCIE journal?
PLOS Complex Systems is not listed in SCIE or the other Web of Science indexes, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is PLOS Complex Systems in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
PLOS Complex Systems is not listed in the JCR 2024 list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
What topics does PLOS Complex Systems publish?
The papers published in PLOS Complex Systems that we track most often mention network, dynamic, model, urban, algorithm, community. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
How many papers published in PLOS Complex Systems does ScholarsColab track?
We track 30 papers published in PLOS Complex Systems between 2024 and 2026, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.
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