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《公共科學(xué)圖書館·生物學(xué)》收錄了在從分子到生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的所有生物科學(xué)領(lǐng)域中具有特殊意義、獨創(chuàng)性和相關(guān)性的著作，包括化學(xué)、醫(yī)學(xué)和數(shù)學(xué)等其他學(xué)科交叉領(lǐng)域的著作。我們也歡迎數(shù)據(jù)驅(qū)動的元研究文章，這些文章評估并旨在提高生命科學(xué)和其他領(lǐng)域的研究標準。我們的聽眾是國際科學(xué)界以及世界各地的教育工作者、決策者、患者倡導(dǎo)團體和感興趣的公眾成員。