# PLOS Genetics Articles Scraper

**Use case:** 

Scrape open-access PLOS genetics articles with title, authors, DOI, abstract, publication date, subject areas, views, and citations. Export to JSON or CSV.

## Input

```json
{
  "maxItems": 50,
  "startUrl": "https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol/search?filterJournals=PLoSONE&q=genetics&page=1",
  "searchQuery": "genetics"
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "imageUrl": {
    "label": "Image",
    "format": "image"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "doi": {
    "label": "DOI",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "authors": {
    "label": "Authors",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "authorsInformation": {
    "label": "Authors information"
  },
  "publicationDate": {
    "label": "Publication Date",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "articleType": {
    "label": "Article Type",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "journal": {
    "label": "Journal",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "abstract": {
    "label": "Abstract",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "detailUrl": {
    "label": "Detail URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "pdfUrl": {
    "label": "PDF URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "subjectAreas": {
    "label": "Subject Areas",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "keywords": {
    "label": "Keywords"
  },
  "viewsCount": {
    "label": "Views",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "citationsCount": {
    "label": "Citations",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "savesCount": {
    "label": "Saves",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "sharesCount": {
    "label": "Shares",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "openAccessStatus": {
    "label": "Open access status"
  },
  "peerReviewStatus": {
    "label": "Peer review status"
  },
  "receivedDate": {
    "label": "Received date"
  },
  "acceptedDate": {
    "label": "Accepted date"
  },
  "copyrightInformation": {
    "label": "Copyright information"
  },
  "fundingInformation": {
    "label": "Funding information"
  },
  "dataAvailability": {
    "label": "Data availability"
  },
  "competingInterests": {
    "label": "Competing interests"
  },
  "editorInformation": {
    "label": "Editor information"
  },
  "authorContributions": {
    "label": "Author contributions"
  },
  "acknowledgments": {
    "label": "Acknowledgments"
  },
  "figures": {
    "label": "Figures"
  },
  "supportingInformation": {
    "label": "Supporting information"
  },
  "tables": {
    "label": "Tables"
  },
  "sections": {
    "label": "Sections"
  },
  "references": {
    "label": "References"
  },
  "scrapedTimestamp": {
    "label": "Scraped Date",
    "format": "datetime"
  }
}
```

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [PLOS Journals Scraper](https://apify.com/parseforge/plos-journals-scraper) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/parseforge/plos-journals-scraper) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.