Open Access
Open access

Nature Communications

Springer Nature
Springer Nature
ISSN: 20411723
SCImago
Q1
WOS
Q1
Impact factor
14.7
SJR
4.887
CiteScore
24.9
Categories
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)
Chemistry (miscellaneous)
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
Areas
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Chemistry
Physics and Astronomy
Years of issue
2010-2025
journal names
Nature Communications
NAT COMMUN
Publications
71 238
Citations
4 899 339
h-index
596
Publications
42 478
Citations
3 805 727
Top-3 citing journals
Nature Communications
Nature Communications (111397 citations)
Physical Review B
Physical Review B (61196 citations)
Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports (60987 citations)
Top-3 organizations
Harvard University
Harvard University (3141 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (2039 publications)
Harvard University
Harvard University (1761 publications)
University of Oxford
University of Oxford (1142 publications)
Top-3 countries
USA (32199 publications)
China (18692 publications)
United Kingdom (11566 publications)
USA (17473 publications)
China (12552 publications)
Germany (6213 publications)

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