PNAS Nexus

Aims & Scope

PNAS Nexus is a gold open access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research from across the biological, medical, physical, social, and political sciences, and engineering and mathematics, promoting collaboration across diverse fields.

Of particular interest are articles with broad, interdisciplinary appeal at the intersection of one or more disciplines.

PNAS Nexus welcomes transdisciplinary articles that are part of new or emerging scientific domains, consisting of the combination of two or more disciplines.

As a comprehensive multidisciplinary journal, PNAS Nexus articles collectively encompass the subject areas listed here, providing outstanding new advances in their respective fields.

A sibling journal to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the flagship journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), PNAS Nexus provides comprehensive scientific coverage through the timely dissemination of original research from the fields of engineering and medicine, as well as studies in the social, political, and economic sciences, and the biological and physical sciences and mathematics more broadly.

The Editorial Board of PNAS Nexus includes members of the NAS, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine, as well as select nonmembers who work in emerging fields not yet covered by academy membership.

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Multidisciplinary, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 4,202.00 USD. Learn more.

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