PLOS Genetics (formerly PLoS Genetics) is an Open Access peer-reviewed journal published monthly by PLOS. Out of the seven PLOS journals, it is one of the four "community journals" (along with PLOS Computational Biology, PLOS Pathogens, and PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases) and aims to reflect "the full breadth and interdisciplinary nature of genetics and genomics research by publishing original contributions in all areas of biology”. PLOS Genetics was founded in 2005 by Wayne N.