科学公共图书馆,英文名为Public Library of Science (PLOS),目前共有7个核心期刊,分别如下: PLOS Biology (since the August of 2003, IF:14.10); PLOS Medicine (since the September of 2004, IF: 13.75); PLOS Compulational Biology (since the June of 2005, IF: 4.91); PLOS Genetics (since the June of 2005, IF: 7.67); PLOS Pathogens (since the July of 2005, IF: 6.06); PLOS ONE (since the December of 2006); PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases (since the August of 2007).