Domain authority
plos.org domain authority
plos.org has a domain authority score of 73 out of 100 (high), based on 81,976 referring domains and a web graph rank of 1,128 among 133 million domains; its traffic rank is Top 100K websites (Chrome).
All metrics for plos.org
| Authority score | 73 / 100 |
|---|---|
| Referring domains | 81,976 |
| Web graph rank (harmonic centrality) | #1,128 (top 0.01%) |
| PageRank position | #863 |
| Subdomains seen in the crawl | 108 |
| Majestic Million rank | #319 |
| Majestic referring subnets / IPs | 32,107 / 69,455 |
| Traffic rank | Top 100K websites (Chrome) |
| Position by authority in our top 20,000 | #451 |
How the authority score is calculated
The score is the average of two parts, each from 0 to 100:
- Rank part:
100 × (1 − log10(rank) / log10(N))^0.6, where rank is the domain's harmonic centrality position in the Common Crawl web graph (how close it is to every other domain through links) and N is the number of ranked domains (133,241,980). - Link part:
100 × log10(1 + referring domains) / 7, so 10 million referring domains = 100.
For this domain: rank part 75.4 (web graph rank 1,128 of 133,241,980), link part 70.2 (81,976 referring domains), average 72.8, rounded to 73.
It is consistent across all 120 million domains in the data, so it is good for ranking and filtering lists. It is not Moz Domain Authority or Ahrefs Domain Rating. Referring domains count other domains that link to this one, not individual backlinks; no list of linking pages is included.
Domains with a similar authority score
| # | Domain | Authority | Referring domains | Web graph rank | Traffic rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 447 | recaptcha.net | 73 | 87,461 | 973 | not in Chrome's top 1M |
| 448 | noaa.gov | 73 | 84,112 | 1,333 | Top 10K websites (Chrome) |
| 449 | disqus.com | 73 | 83,561 | 1,234 | Top 50K websites (Chrome) |
| 450 | jimdo.com | 73 | 82,446 | 882 | Top 500K websites (Chrome) |
| 452 | yale.edu | 73 | 81,824 | 983 | Top 500K websites (Chrome) |
| 453 | abc.net.au | 73 | 79,545 | 1,209 | Top 5K websites (Chrome) |
| 454 | mapbox.com | 73 | 78,776 | 1,160 | Top 500K websites (Chrome) |
| 455 | census.gov | 73 | 77,762 | 1,035 | Top 50K websites (Chrome) |
Tech stack
plos.org is built with WordPress, jQuery, jQuery Migrate, jQuery UI, Slick, X (Twitter) Pixel, Cloudflare and PHP and 4 more (detected from the public home page). Full tech stack of plos.org →
AI crawler policy
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FAQ
- What is the domain authority of plos.org?
- plos.org has a domain authority score of 73 out of 100 (high), based on 81,976 referring domains and a web graph rank of 1,128 among 133 million domains; its traffic rank is Top 100K websites (Chrome). The score is our own open-data metric (0-100) and is not Moz Domain Authority or Ahrefs Domain Rating.
- How many backlinks does plos.org have?
- plos.org is linked to from 81,976 other domains in the Common Crawl web graph (release cc-main-2026-jul-aug-sep). This counts referring domains, not individual backlinks, and Common Crawl does not see the whole web, so commercial tools that crawl more will show larger numbers.
- How does plos.org rank among all websites?
- Its web graph rank (harmonic centrality) is 1,128 out of 133,241,980 ranked domains, which puts it in the top 0.01%. Its PageRank position is 863. Majestic Million ranks it #319.
- Is the plos.org authority score the same as Moz DA or Ahrefs DR?
- No. It is an independent score computed from open data (Common Crawl, Majestic Million, Chrome UX Report). It is consistent across all domains, so it works for comparing and filtering sites, but the numbers will not match the commercial tools.