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{{Infobox journal
| cover =
| discipline = [[Biology]]
| abbreviation = PLOS Pathog.
| editor = [[Sumita Bhaduri-McIntosh]], and [[Michael Malim]]
| impact = 4.9
| impact-year = 2024
| website = http://www.plospathogens.org/
| publisher = [[Public Library of Science]]
| country =
| history = 2005-present
| frequency = Weekly
| openaccess = Yes
| license = [[Creative Commons licenses|Creative Commons Attribution License]]
| link1 = http://www.plospathogens.org/article/browseIssue.action
| link1-name = Online access
| link2 = http://www.plospathogens.org/article/browseVolume.action
| link2-name = Online archive
| ISSN = 1553-7366
| eISSN = 1553-7374
| LCCN = 2004216476
| OCLC = 57176478
}}
'''''PLOS Pathogens''''' is a [[Peer review|peer-reviewed]] [[open-access]] [[medical journal]]. All content in ''PLOS Pathogens'' is published under the [[Creative Commons]] "by-attribution" license.

''PLOS Pathogens'' began operation in September 2005. It was the fifth journal of the [[Public Library of Science]] (PLOS), a non-profit [[Open access (publishing)|open-access]] publisher.

== Journal ==

=== Scope ===
The journal scope of ''PLOS Pathogens'' is to feature ''PLOS Pathogens'' publishes original research and commentary that significantly advance the understanding of pathogens and how they interact with their host organisms.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

Topics include (but are not limited to) adaptive and innate immune defenses as well as pathogen countermeasures, emerging pathogens, evolution, genomics and gene regulation, model host organisms, pathogen-cell biology, pathogenesis, prions, proteomics and signal transduction, rational vaccine design, structural biology, and virulence factors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/s/journal-information#loc-scope|title=PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal|website=journals.plos.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-16}}</ref>

=== Content ===
''PLOS Pathogens'' publishes primary research articles, Pearls, Research Matters, Reviews, Opinions and occasional Editorials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/s/journal-information#loc-contents|title=PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal|website=journals.plos.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>

=== Metrics ===
[[PLOS]] supports DORA – the [[San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment]] and uses [[Article-Level Metrics]] (ALMs) to measure the impact of articles based on their merits rather than using the journal impact factor. Traditionally, the impact of research articles has been measured by the publication journal, but this particular view examines the overall performance and reach of the articles themselves. ALMs are noted on each article to mark how often they are viewed, cited, saved, discussed/shared or recommended in order to assess work at the article level.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}}

ALMs are available, upon publication, for every article published by PLOS.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://guides.library.cornell.edu/c.php?g=32272&p=203402|title=LibGuides: Measuring your research impact: PLoS Article-Level Metrics|last=Eldermire|first=Erin|website=guides.library.cornell.edu|language=en|access-date=2018-04-16}}</ref>

=== Abstracting and Indexing ===
''PLOS Pathogens'' is indexed in PubMed, MEDLINE, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), EMBASE, EMBASE, SCOPUS, Zoological Record, and Web of Science.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/s/publishing-information#loc-indexing|title=PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal|website=journals.plos.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>

== Open Access ==
''PLOS Pathogens'' publishes under the [[Open access|Open Access]] license PLOS applies to all its published works, the Creative Commons Attribution license<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/s/journal-information#loc-open-access|title=PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal|website=journals.plos.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref> (CC BY).

== ''PLOS Pathogens'' Business Model ==
''P''LOS{{'s}} business model requires in most cases that authors pay publication fees. PLOS provides individual and institutional fee support programs through its Global Participation Initiatives, Publication Fee Assistance and Institutional Fee Support.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/s/publication-fees|title=PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal|website=journals.plos.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>

== Measures of Impact ==
''PLOS Pathogens'' uses Article-Level Metrics (ALMs) to measure the influence of articles based on their individual merits rather than using the journal impact factor. A signpost in the upper right of every article provides summary metrics of citations, views, shares and bookmarks.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/s/article-level-metrics|title=PLOS Pathogens: A Peer-Reviewed Open-Access Journal|website=journals.plos.org|language=en|access-date=2018-01-09}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Media from PLOS Pathogens}}
* {{Official website|http://www.plospathogens.org/}}

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