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PLOS Medicine is a peer-reviewed journal published by PLOS, covering HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Global Maternal and Child Health, Malaria Research and Control. Over its lifetime it has published 5,815 papers, which have received 780,526 citations.
| Publisher | PLOS |
|---|---|
| Reference style | Numbered (Vancouver) Numbered — [1], [2] in the text 1. Smith A, Jones B, Lee C. A representative article title. PLOS Medicine. 2023;12(3):45–58.
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| Publishes research in | HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Global Maternal and Child Health Malaria Research and Control Child Nutrition and Water Access Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life |
| ISSN | 1549-1277 |
| Citation impact (2-yr) | 7.8 |
| h-index | 353 |
| i10-index | 4,291 |
| Article processing charge | $5,300 |
| Open access | Yes — indexed in DOAJ |
| Top institutions publishing here | Harvard University |
| Journal website | www.plosmedicine.org |
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Much biomedical research is observational. The reporting of such research is often inadequate, which hampers the assessment of its strengths and weaknesses and of a study's generalisability. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) Initiative developed recommendations on what should be included in an accurate and complete report of an observational study.…
Cathie Sudlow and colleagues describe the UK Biobank, a large population-based prospective study, established to allow investigation of the genetic and non-genetic determinants of the diseases of middle and old age.
BACKGROUND: Global and regional projections of mortality and burden of disease by cause for the years 2000, 2010, and 2030 were published by Murray and Lopez in 1996 as part of the Global Burden of Disease project. These projections, which are based on 1990 data, continue to be widely quoted, although they are substantially outdated;…
There is increasing concern that most current published research findings are false. The probability that a research claim is true may depend on study power and bias, the number of other studies on the same question, and, importantly, the ratio of true to no relationships among the relationships probed in each scientific field. In this…
Much medical research is observational. The reporting of observational studies is often of insufficient quality. Poor reporting hampers the assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of a study and the generalisability of its results. Taking into account empirical evidence and theoretical considerations, a group of methodologists, researchers, and editors developed the Strengthening the Reporting of…
