Nature Communications impact factor, indexing, ranking (2024)

Aim and Scope

The Nature Communications is a research journal that publishes research related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy. This journal is published by the Nature Publishing Group. The ISSN of this journal is 20411723. Based on the Scopus data, the SCImago Journal Rank (SJR) of nature communications is 5.116.

Also, please check the following important details about nature communications: Publisher, ISSN, Ranking, Indexing, Impact Factor (if applicable), Publication fee (APC), Review Time, and Acceptance Rate.

According to Clarivate's JCR, journals indexed in SCIE/SSCI have an impact factor.

Nature Communications Ranking

The Impact Factor of Nature Communications is 17.694.

The impact factor (IF) is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by calculating the times its articles are cited.

The impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) in Philadelphia. Impact factors began to be calculated yearly starting from 1975 for journals listed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR). ISI was acquired by Thomson Scientific & Healthcare in 1992, and became known as Thomson ISI. In 2018, Thomson-Reuters spun off and sold ISI to Onex Corporation and Baring Private Equity Asia. They founded a new corporation, Clarivate, which is now the publisher of the JCR.

Important Metrics

nature communications Indexing

The nature communications is indexed in:

• UGC CARE
• Scopus
• Web of Science (SCIE)
• DOAJ
• PubMed

An indexed journal means that the journal has gone through and passed a review process of certain requirements done by a journal indexer.

The Web of Science Core Collection includes the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI), and Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI).

Nature Communications Impact Factor 2024

The latest impact factor of nature communications is 17.694.

The impact factor (IF) is a measure of the frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a particular year. It is used to measure the importance or rank of a journal by calculating the times it's articles are cited.

Note: Every year, The Clarivate releases the Journal Citation Report (JCR). The JCR provides information about academic journals including impact factor. The latest JCR was released in June, 2023. The JCR 2024 will be released in the June 2024.

Nature Communications Quartile

The latest Quartile of nature communications is Q1.

Each subject category of journals is divided into four quartiles: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4. Q1 is occupied by the top 25% of journals in the list; Q2 is occupied by journals in the 25 to 50% group; Q3 is occupied by journals in the 50 to 75% group and Q4 is occupied by journals in the 75 to 100% group.

Publication fee

According to journal website, the publication fee of nature communications is around 5090 GBP; 6790 USD; 5690 EUR.

The nature communications has also Journal waiver policy (for developing countries, authors etc).

An article processing charge (APC), also known as a publication fee, is a fee which is sometimes charged to authors. Most commonly, it is involved in making a work available as open access (OA), in either a full OA journal or in a hybrid journal.

Call for Papers

Visit to the official website of the journal/ conference to check the details about call for papers.

How to publish in Nature Communications?

If your research is related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy, then visit the official website of nature communications and send your manuscript.

Tips for publishing in Nature Communications:

• Selection of research problem.
• Presenting a solution.
• Designing the paper.
• Make your manuscript publication worthy.
• Write an effective results section.
• Mind your references.

Acceptance Rate

Journal Publication Time

The Journal Publication Time means the average number of weeks between article submission and publication. According to the journal website, the nature communications publishes research articles in 28 weeks on an average.

Final Summary