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SCImago
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
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)
Top-3 countries
USA (32199 publications)
China (18692 publications)
United Kingdom (11566 publications)

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USA, 32199, 45.2%
China, 18692, 26.24%
United Kingdom, 11566, 16.24%
Germany, 11377, 15.97%
France, 6088, 8.55%
Japan, 5716, 8.02%
Switzerland, 4513, 6.34%
Canada, 4089, 5.74%
Australia, 3934, 5.52%
Netherlands, 3551, 4.98%
Spain, 3287, 4.61%
Italy, 3123, 4.38%
Republic of Korea, 3012, 4.23%
Sweden, 2755, 3.87%
Denmark, 1929, 2.71%
Singapore, 1883, 2.64%
Austria, 1577, 2.21%
Belgium, 1486, 2.09%
Israel, 1481, 2.08%
Finland, 1035, 1.45%
Norway, 982, 1.38%
Russia, 895, 1.26%
India, 859, 1.21%
Brazil, 748, 1.05%
Czech Republic, 669, 0.94%
Poland, 623, 0.87%
Saudi Arabia, 539, 0.76%
Portugal, 534, 0.75%
Ireland, 484, 0.68%
New Zealand, 430, 0.6%
South Africa, 376, 0.53%
Hungary, 332, 0.47%
Greece, 307, 0.43%
Mexico, 274, 0.38%
Argentina, 265, 0.37%
Turkey, 225, 0.32%
Chile, 225, 0.32%
Estonia, 210, 0.29%
Thailand, 189, 0.27%
Iceland, 175, 0.25%
Egypt, 169, 0.24%
Slovenia, 164, 0.23%
UAE, 153, 0.21%
Luxembourg, 132, 0.19%
Croatia, 131, 0.18%
Kenya, 128, 0.18%
Malaysia, 120, 0.17%
Colombia, 119, 0.17%
Ukraine, 113, 0.16%
Iran, 109, 0.15%
Romania, 98, 0.14%
Qatar, 96, 0.13%
Indonesia, 81, 0.11%
Pakistan, 78, 0.11%
Vietnam, 77, 0.11%
Slovakia, 76, 0.11%
Uganda, 74, 0.1%
Lithuania, 65, 0.09%
Nigeria, 64, 0.09%
Peru, 61, 0.09%
Ghana, 59, 0.08%
Ecuador, 59, 0.08%
Bulgaria, 58, 0.08%
Cyprus, 56, 0.08%
Tanzania, 50, 0.07%
Panama, 47, 0.07%
Bangladesh, 46, 0.06%
Ethiopia, 46, 0.06%
Serbia, 45, 0.06%
Philippines, 45, 0.06%
Latvia, 40, 0.06%
Burkina Faso, 37, 0.05%
Lebanon, 32, 0.04%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 30, 0.04%
Morocco, 30, 0.04%
Cameroon, 29, 0.04%
Uruguay, 29, 0.04%
Senegal, 27, 0.04%
Costa Rica, 26, 0.04%
Malawi, 26, 0.04%
Côte d'Ivoire, 23, 0.03%
Georgia, 22, 0.03%
Puerto Rico, 21, 0.03%
Sri Lanka, 20, 0.03%
Cambodia, 19, 0.03%
Mali, 19, 0.03%
North Macedonia, 19, 0.03%
Iraq, 18, 0.03%
Venezuela, 17, 0.02%
Jordan, 17, 0.02%
Papua New Guinea, 17, 0.02%
Gambia, 16, 0.02%
Mozambique, 16, 0.02%
Nepal, 16, 0.02%
Bolivia, 15, 0.02%
Gabon, 15, 0.02%
Zimbabwe, 15, 0.02%
Belarus, 14, 0.02%
Tunisia, 14, 0.02%
Algeria, 13, 0.02%
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Germany, 6213, 14.63%
United Kingdom, 6211, 14.62%
France, 3101, 7.3%
Japan, 2805, 6.6%
Switzerland, 2535, 5.97%
Canada, 2307, 5.43%
Australia, 2160, 5.08%
Netherlands, 1989, 4.68%
Spain, 1826, 4.3%
Italy, 1716, 4.04%
Republic of Korea, 1617, 3.81%
Sweden, 1583, 3.73%
Denmark, 1107, 2.61%
Singapore, 1051, 2.47%
Austria, 906, 2.13%
Belgium, 834, 1.96%
Israel, 782, 1.84%
Norway, 602, 1.42%
Finland, 571, 1.34%
India, 507, 1.19%
Brazil, 429, 1.01%
Russia, 418, 0.98%
Czech Republic, 418, 0.98%
Poland, 371, 0.87%
Portugal, 298, 0.7%
Saudi Arabia, 273, 0.64%
Ireland, 250, 0.59%
New Zealand, 247, 0.58%
South Africa, 235, 0.55%
Hungary, 190, 0.45%
Mexico, 173, 0.41%
Greece, 172, 0.4%
Argentina, 167, 0.39%
Chile, 146, 0.34%
Turkey, 142, 0.33%
Estonia, 114, 0.27%
UAE, 111, 0.26%
Thailand, 98, 0.23%
Egypt, 95, 0.22%
Slovenia, 95, 0.22%
Kenya, 88, 0.21%
Iceland, 87, 0.2%
Luxembourg, 81, 0.19%
Colombia, 74, 0.17%
Croatia, 68, 0.16%
Malaysia, 65, 0.15%
Romania, 63, 0.15%
Iran, 60, 0.14%
Ukraine, 56, 0.13%
Pakistan, 54, 0.13%
Uganda, 54, 0.13%
Nigeria, 52, 0.12%
Vietnam, 50, 0.12%
Qatar, 50, 0.12%
Slovakia, 47, 0.11%
Ecuador, 45, 0.11%
Ghana, 44, 0.1%
Indonesia, 44, 0.1%
Peru, 42, 0.1%
Cyprus, 37, 0.09%
Lithuania, 37, 0.09%
Tanzania, 35, 0.08%
Bangladesh, 34, 0.08%
Panama, 31, 0.07%
Ethiopia, 31, 0.07%
Bulgaria, 29, 0.07%
Philippines, 26, 0.06%
Serbia, 25, 0.06%
Democratic Republic of the Congo, 23, 0.05%
Uruguay, 21, 0.05%
Burkina Faso, 20, 0.05%
Cameroon, 20, 0.05%
Latvia, 20, 0.05%
Malawi, 20, 0.05%
Côte d'Ivoire, 19, 0.04%
Morocco, 19, 0.04%
Senegal, 19, 0.04%
Georgia, 16, 0.04%
Lebanon, 15, 0.04%
Mozambique, 15, 0.04%
Sri Lanka, 15, 0.04%
Zimbabwe, 14, 0.03%
Puerto Rico, 14, 0.03%
Mali, 13, 0.03%
Bolivia, 12, 0.03%
Algeria, 11, 0.03%
Venezuela, 11, 0.03%
Jordan, 11, 0.03%
Costa Rica, 11, 0.03%
Nepal, 11, 0.03%
North Macedonia, 11, 0.03%
Gabon, 10, 0.02%
Gambia, 10, 0.02%
Zambia, 10, 0.02%
Monaco, 10, 0.02%
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