PLoS Pathogens Impact Factor 2026: 5.51, Q1

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At a glancePLoS Pathogens is listed in SCIE, Scopus, JCR 2024. We track 359 papers published in it between 2007 and 2026, cited 0 times in total. Data updated 22 October 2026.

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01Impact factor

Impact factor of PLoS Pathogens (2026)

Impact factor (2-year)5.51calculated from OpenAlex citation data

QuartileQ1#2 of 43 by citedness

APC (listed)US$3,043open access

h-index315

Papers published12,949cited 870,062 times

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The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers PLoS Pathogens published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.

Rank in its subject categories

Q1Virologyrank 2 of 43 journals
Q1Parasitologyrank 3 of 47 journals
Q1Microbiologyrank 34 of 171 journals

Quartiles here rank journals of the same Web of Science category by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR quartiles.

Citations and papers per year

Citations per year

Papers per year

Open access (listed in DOAJ); article processing charge listed at about US$3,043.

Please check the final impact factor. The impact factor, quartile and APC on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (retrieved 17 October 2026) and can differ from the official values. Confirm the current impact factor and charges on the journal’s website or in Clarivate’s Journal Citation Reports before you submit.

02Indexing

Indexing of PLoS Pathogens

List	Status
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)	✓ Listed
Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)	Not listed
Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)	Not listed
Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)	Not listed
Scopus	✓ Listed
Journal Citation Reports 2024	✓ Listed

ISSN: 1553-7366
eISSN: 1553-7374
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Country: United States
Language: English
Scopus source type: Journal
Web of Science categories: Microbiology, Parasitology, Virology

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).

03What it publishes

What PLoS Pathogens publishes: real papers

Words that appear most often in the titles of the papers published here that we track. Choose one to see those papers:

infection 43 cell 42 virus 41 protein 37 plant 29 disease 25 response 25 host 23 pathogen 21 reveal 21 human 20 virulence 18

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2007–2026years

0median citations

Papers in this journal that we track, per year

04Published papers

Papers published in PLoS Pathogens

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05Reviewer comments

Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for PLoS Pathogens

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06Similar journals

Journals similar to PLoS Pathogens

Journals that publish the closest work to the papers above, from the indexing lists:

PLoS ONESCIEScopusJCR 202445 similar papers
Frontiers in Plant ScienceSCIEScopusJCR 202416 similar papers
Frontiers in MicrobiologySCIEScopusJCR 202417 similar papers
PeerJSCIEScopusJCR 202425 similar papers
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PLoS GeneticsSCIEScopusJCR 20245 similar papers

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08Questions

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What is the impact factor of PLoS Pathogens?

Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of PLoS Pathogens is 5.51: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 5.51 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.

What is the h-index of PLoS Pathogens?

The h-index of PLoS Pathogens is 315 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 315 of its papers have each been cited at least 315 times. Its i10-index is 10,174.

What is the APC of PLoS Pathogens?

OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$3,043 for PLoS Pathogens, an open access journal (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.

Is PLoS Pathogens a Q1 journal?

By 2-year citedness, PLoS Pathogens ranks 2 of 43 journals in Virology, which places it in Q1 of that Web of Science category. This ranking is calculated by ScholarsColab from OpenAlex data; the official JCR quartile can differ.

Is PLoS Pathogens indexed in Scopus?

Yes. PLoS Pathogens appears 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 Pathogens an SCIE journal?

Yes. PLoS Pathogens is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), 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 Pathogens in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?

Yes. PLoS Pathogens is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.

What topics does PLoS Pathogens publish?

The papers published in PLoS Pathogens that we track most often mention infection, cell, virus, protein, plant, disease. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.

How many papers published in PLoS Pathogens does ScholarsColab track?

We track 359 papers published in PLoS Pathogens between 2007 and 2026, cited 0 times in total, with a median of 0 citations per paper.

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