Nature Methods
Last updated ISSN 1548-7091
Nature Methods is published by Nature Portfolio in biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology. It is a subscription journal. The article processing charge is $12,690.
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What it publishes
Recent work in Nature Methods concentrates on these topics, taken from its published record rather than from its own description:
- Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
- Cell Image Analysis Techniques
- Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
- RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms
- CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications
- Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and Applications
- Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
- RNA modifications and cancer
Key facts
| Publisher | Nature Portfolio |
|---|---|
| ISSN | 1548-7091, 1548-7105 |
| Subject area | Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology |
| Access | Subscription |
| Article processing charge | $12,690 |
| Indexed in | Web of Science — Science Citation Index Expanded · Scopus |
| Articles published | 8,441 |
| Publishing since | 1919 |
| Journal website | www.nature.com/nmeth/ |
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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