Nature

Aims & Scope

Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions.

Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	48.5
2024	50.50

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	18.288

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	1442

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	21

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	161464

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Embase

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Multidisciplinary, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Cleavage of Structural Proteins during the Assembly of the Head of Bacteriophage T4

  Citation: 180439

  Authors: U. K.

• Deep learning

  Citation: 65714

  Authors: Yann, Yoshua, Geoffrey

• Helical microtubules of graphitic carbon

  Citation: 37803

  Authors: Sumio

• Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

  Citation: 34917

  Authors: John, Richard, Alexander, Tim, Michael, Olaf, Kathryn, Russ, Augustin, Anna, Alex, Clemens, Simon A. A., Andrew J., Andrew, Bernardino, Stanislav, Rishub, Jonas, Trevor, Stig, David, Ellen, Michal, Martin, Michalina, Tamas, Sebastian, David, Oriol, Andrew W., Koray, Pushmeet, Demis

• Collective dynamics of ‘small-world’ networks

  Citation: 32545

  Authors: Duncan J., Steven H.

• Electrochemical Photolysis of Water at a Semiconductor Electrode

  Citation: 30654

  Authors: AKIRA, KENICHI

• A low-cost, high-efficiency solar cell based on dye-sensitized colloidal TiO2 films

  Citation: 26138

  Authors: Brian, Michael

• Biodiversity hotspots for conservation priorities

  Citation: 21532

  Authors: Norman, Russell A., Cristina G., Gustavo A. B., Jennifer

• Learning representations by back-propagating errors

  Citation: 21294

  Authors: David E., Geoffrey E., Ronald J.

• Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning

  Citation: 20462

  Authors: Volodymyr, Koray, David, Andrei A., Joel, Marc G., Alex, Martin, Andreas K., Georg, Stig, Charles, Amir, Ioannis, Helen, Dharshan, Daan, Shane, Demis

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