PLOS Computational Biology

Typepeer-reviewed, open-access online journal
Publisher Public Library of Science
DisciplinesComputer Science Biology
Papers published in PLOS Comp. Biol. frequently mention these topics.
  1. 18 papers (16%) mention
    • experimental data
  2. 14 papers (13%) mention
    • standard deviation
  3. 13 papers (12%) mention
    • gene expression
  4. 13 papers (12%) mention
    • model parameters
  5. 12 papers (11%) mention
    • firing rate
  6. 11 papers (10%) mention
    • p-value
  7. 11 papers (10%) mention
    • mathematical model
  8. 10 papers (9%) mention
    • statistically significant
  9. 10 papers (9%) mention
    • simulation results
  10. 9 papers (8%) mention
    • time step
  11. 9 papers (8%) mention
    • normal distribution
  12. 9 papers (8%) mention
    • uniformly distributed
  13. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • binding sites
  14. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • E. coli
  15. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • kinase
  16. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • amino acid
  17. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • sample size
  18. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • network model
  19. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • cell population
  20. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • computational model
  21. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • correlation coefficient
  22. 8 papers (7%) mention
    • molecular dynamics
  23. 7 papers (6%) mention
    • cell lines
  24. 7 papers (6%) mention
    • ligands
  25. 7 papers (6%) mention
    • transcriptional
  26. 7 papers (6%) mention
    • cancer cell
  27. 7 papers (6%) mention
    • parameter estimation
  28. 7 papers (6%) mention
    • RMSD
  29. 7 papers (6%) mention
    • steady state
  30. 7 papers (6%) mention
    • confidence intervals
  31. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • stem cells
  32. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • spike trains
  33. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • signaling pathways
  34. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • free energy
  35. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • immune response
  36. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • neural networks
  37. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • membrane potential
  38. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • decision making
  39. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • wild-type
  40. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • regulatory network
  41. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • maximum likelihood
  42. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • crystal structure
  43. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • parameter sets
  44. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • MD simulations
  45. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • substrates
  46. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • genome-wide
  47. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • decision-making
  48. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • transcription factors
  49. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • wild type
  50. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • sensitivity analysis
  51. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • differentially expressed
  52. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • positively correlated
  53. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • population level
  54. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • feature selection
  55. 6 papers (5%) mention
    • cell culture
  56. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • input-output
  57. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • mRNA
  58. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • breast cancer
  59. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • mutual information
  60. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • gene set
  61. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • neuronal activity
  62. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • initial conditions
  63. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • principal components
  64. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • single cell
  65. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • signaling networks
  66. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • cell division
  67. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • differential equation
  68. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • experimental conditions
  69. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • Hill coefficient
  70. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • simulated data
  71. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • fold change
  72. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • t-test
  73. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • force field
  74. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • simulation study
  75. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • biological systems
  76. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • linear model
  77. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • computational time
  78. 5 papers (4%) mention
    • simple model
  79. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • phosphorylation
  80. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • cytokine
  81. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • time series
  82. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • cell cycle
  83. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • growth rate
  84. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • synaptic weights
  85. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • cell-to-cell
  86. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • ANOVA
  87. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • functional connectivity
  88. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • synaptic inputs
  89. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • rate constants
  90. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • age group
  91. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • action potential
  92. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • hydrogen bond
  93. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • cell density
  94. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • long-range
  95. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • fixation point
  96. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • feedforward
  97. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • immune cells
  98. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • crystal structures
  99. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • predictive power
  100. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • R0
  101. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • meta-analysis
  102. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • time course
  103. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • drug target
  104. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • learning rule
  105. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • excitatory input
  106. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • ICA
  107. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • point mutations
  108. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • tumor growth
  109. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • cell growth
  110. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • subpopulations
  111. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • expression profiles
  112. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • sequencing data
  113. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • cell fate
  114. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • Poisson model
  115. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • Poisson process
  116. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • time constant
  117. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • cancer gene
  118. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • upregulation
  119. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • null model
  120. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • active site
  121. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • true positives
  122. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • reinforcement learning
  123. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • signal transduction
  124. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • enrichment analysis
  125. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • growth factor
  126. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • expression data
  127. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • AUC
  128. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • binding affinity
  129. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • false positives
  130. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • microarray
  131. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • kinetic parameters
  132. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • generative model
  133. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • cross-validated
  134. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • Gaussian distribution
  135. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • Fisher’s Exact
  136. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • RNA-Seq
  137. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • choice tasks
  138. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • energy barrier
  139. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • brain regions
  140. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • discovery rate
  141. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • interaction network
  142. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • steady-state
  143. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • MATLAB
  144. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • analytical results
  145. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • linear combination
  146. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • PSTH
  147. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • dynamics simulations
  148. 4 papers (3%) mention
    • molecular dynamics simulations
  149. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • haplotypes
  150. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • peptides
  151. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • T cell
  152. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • phylogenetic
  153. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • power-law
  154. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • lysis
  155. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • SNP
  156. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • optimisation
  157. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • basal ganglia
  158. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • MAPK
  159. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • optimal control
  160. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • adenocarcinoma
  161. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • log-likelihood
  162. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • simulated neurons
  163. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • machine learning
  164. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • power law
  165. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • budding yeast
  166. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • excitatory and inhibitory
  167. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • cytoskeleton
  168. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • coupling strength
  169. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • basis functions
  170. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • regression model
  171. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • Bayesian model
  172. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • feedback loop
  173. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • eukaryotic
  174. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • base pairs
  175. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • branching process
  176. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • in-vitro
  177. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • HeLa cells
  178. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • training set
  179. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • effort costs
  180. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • Hebbian
  181. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • growth conditions
  182. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • small molecules
  183. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • likelihood ratio
  184. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • synaptic connections
  185. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • protein targets
  186. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • proteome
  187. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • cytometry
  188. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • KEGG
  189. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • Wilcoxon
  190. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • destabilizing
  191. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • Monte Carlo
  192. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • log likelihood
  193. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • SVM
  194. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • PPI network
  195. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • water molecules
  196. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • de novo
  197. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • learning algorithms
  198. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • inhibitory inputs
  199. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • cell death
  200. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • protein-protein interactions
  201. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • drug discovery
  202. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • logistic regression
  203. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • synaptic plasticity
  204. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • AIC
  205. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • connected component
  206. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • probability distributions
  207. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • linear regression
  208. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • current injection
  209. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • epidemiological models
  210. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • posterior distribution
  211. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • Bonferroni correction
  212. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • Fisher’s Exact test
  213. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • cell differentiation
  214. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • EM algorithm
  215. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • immune system
  216. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • allele frequency
  217. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • X-ray
  218. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • synergistic effect
  219. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • estimation accuracy
  220. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • Spearman correlation
  221. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • false discovery rate
  222. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • distribution function
  223. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • real-time
  224. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • network-based
  225. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • Gene Ontology
  226. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • input-output relationship
  227. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • model simulations
  228. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • cell cycle regulation
  229. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • cycle regulation
  230. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • high-throughput
  231. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • energy difference
  232. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • web server
  233. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • prefrontal cortex
  234. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • sequencing technologies
  235. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • support vector
  236. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • associative learning
  237. 3 papers (2%) mention
    • case studies