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PLoS Currents
PLoS Currents is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Public Library of Science.
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ISSN 2157-3999Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Public Library of Science
Scopus · Inactive
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is PLoS Currents indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (2009–2017).
What is the impact factor of PLoS Currents?
PLoS Currents has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes PLoS Currents and what is its ISSN?
PLoS Currents is published by Public Library of Science. Its ISSN is 2157-3999.
Is PLoS Currents in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is PLoS Currents open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed PLoS Currents for 9 years, between 2009 and 2017. Coverage ended in 2017, 9 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 712 works and 28,663 citations for the title. Its most recent paper is from 2018, in line with the end of Scopus coverage in 2017, which suggests the journal stopped publishing around then.
How well cited is PLoS Currents? — open metrics via OpenAlex
PLoS Currents has an h-index of 85 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
85
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
500
i10-index
712
works indexed
28,663
total citations
PLoS Currents published 63 papers in 2018; its busiest recent year was 2015 with 116. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for PLoS Currents? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2017. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2017
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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