PLOS Biology

PLOS Biology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of biology. Publication began on October 13, 2003. It is the first journal published by the Public Library of Science. The editor-in-chief is Nonia Pariente.

In addition to research articles, the journal publishes magazine content aimed to be accessible to a broad audience. Article types in this section are essays, "unsolved mysteries", editorials, and synopses.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
 * Biological Abstracts
 * BIOSIS Previews
 * Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences
 * Current Contents/Life Sciences
 * Chemical Abstracts Service
 * Embase
 * Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed
 * Science Citation Index
 * Scopus
 * The Zoological Record

According to Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2019 impact factor of 7.076. The journal does not list this impact factor on its website. Instead, the journal promotes the use of article level metrics to provide a measure of the impact of their published articles.