The latest impact factors (for 2007) have just been released from Thomson Reuters [2]. They are as follows:
PLoS Biology - 13.5
PLoS Medicine - 12.6
PLoS Computational Biology - 6.2
PLoS Genetics - 8.7
PLoS Pathogens - 9.3
The latest impact factors (for 2007) have just been released from Thomson Reuters [2]. They are as follows:
PLoS Biology - 13.5
PLoS Medicine - 12.6
PLoS Computational Biology - 6.2
PLoS Genetics - 8.7
PLoS Pathogens - 9.3
The following is a statement from Peter Hotez, Editor in Chief of PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases [10], and President of the Sabin Vaccine Institute [11], in reaction to President Bush’s announcement [12] yesterday of a new global initiative to combat neglected tropical diseases.
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases [15] invited Dr Joana Lowell, Project Director at the non-profit Bio Ventures for Global Health [16], to write a Guest Blog on the upcoming Partnering for Global Health Forum [17].
Did Christopher Columbus and his men introduce syphilis into Renaissance Europe, after contracting it during their voyage to the New World? Or does this pathogen have a much older history? A study [20] by Kristin Harper and colleagues published last week in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases [21] lends support to what’s known as the Columbian theory of syphilis’s origin while suggesting that the non-sexually-transmitted subspecies arose earlier in the Old World.
The study spread throughout both mainstream press and science blogosphere alike, as did a related Expert Commentary [22], written by Connie Mulligan and colleagues, that challenged the methods and findings of the syphilis study.
As Frédéric Tangy and colleagues explained in their recent study [26] in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, "The development of an affordable pediatric vaccine that could provide long-term protection against all four dengue serotypes remains a global public health priority."
Links:
[1] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/node/366
[2] http://scientific.thomsonreuters.com/products/jcr/
[3] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/openaccess
[4] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/plosbiology
[5] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/plosmedicine
[6] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/ploscjs
[7] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/plosone
[8] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/pub
[9] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/node/329
[10] http://www.plosntds.org
[11] http://www.sabin.org/
[12] http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/02/20080220.html
[13] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/ploscjs
[14] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/node/321
[15] http://www.plosntds.org/home.action
[16] http://www.bvgh.org
[17] http://www.pghforum.org/opencms/pgh/2008/
[18] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/ploscjs
[19] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/node/317
[20] http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000148
[21] http://www.plosntds.org/
[22] http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000184
[23] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/news
[24] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/ploscjs
[25] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/node/300
[26] http://www.plosntds.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pntd.0000096
[27] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/ploscjs
[28] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/ploscjs%3Fpage%3D1
[29] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/ploscjs%3Fpage%3D1
[30] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/ploscjs%3Fpage%3D1
[31] http://www.plos.org/cms/cms/taxonomy/term/18/0/feed