Nature
Last updated ISSN 0028-0836
Nature is published by Nature Portfolio in medicine. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $12,690.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Nature concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Science, Research, and Medicine
- History and Developments in Astronomy
- Human auditory perception and evaluation
- Biotechnology and Related Fields
- Astro and Planetary Science
- History and advancements in chemistry
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- History of Science and Natural History
- Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
Key facts
| Publisher | Nature Portfolio |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 0028-0836, 1476-4687 |
| Subject area | Medicine |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $12,690 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 448,613 |
| Publishing since | 1851 |
| Journal website | www.nature.com/nature/ |
Facts come from OpenAlex, DOAJ and Wikidata and may lag the journal’s own pages. Check the publisher’s site before submitting. Indexing shown here is what is recorded, not a complete picture — about a third of journals have no indexing recorded anywhere we can read, so “not recorded” does not mean a journal is absent from Scopus or Web of Science.
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