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Nature Communicationsopen access

Country

United Kingdom

Universities and research institutions in United Kingdom
Media Ranking in United Kingdom

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Nature Publishing Group

H-Index

410

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

20411723

Coverage

2010-2021

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

naturecommunications@nature.com

Scope

The journal began life with the purpose to publish “rigorous and comprehensive papers that represent advances of significance to specialists within each field”, as well as to serve communities that don’t have a dedicated home in the Nature family or researchers seeking publication in a broad journal. Another founding principle was to offer a platform for multidisciplinary works, given that, “the number of truly multidisciplinary primary research journals can be counted on one hand”. We wish to continue to meet those needs for authors and readers. Join the conversation about this journal
Quartiles

The set of journals have been ranked according to their SJR and divided into four equal groups, four quartiles. Q1 (green) comprises the quarter of the journals with the highest values, Q2 (yellow) the second highest values, Q3 (orange) the third highest values and Q4 (red) the lowest values.

CategoryYearQuartile
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2011Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2012Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2013Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2014Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2015Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2016Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2017Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2018Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2019Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2020Q1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)2021Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2011Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2012Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2013Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2014Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2015Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2016Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2017Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2018Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2019Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2020Q1
Chemistry (miscellaneous)2021Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2011Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2012Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2013Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2014Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2015Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2016Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2017Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2018Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2019Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2020Q1
Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)2021Q1
SJR

The SJR is a size-independent prestige indicator that ranks journals by their 'average prestige per article'. It is based on the idea that 'all citations are not created equal'. SJR is a measure of scientific influence of journals that accounts for both the number of citations received by a journal and the importance or prestige of the journals where such citations come from It measures the scientific influence of the average article in a journal, it expresses how central to the global scientific discussion an average article of the journal is.

YearSJR
20113.137
20125.866
20136.206
20146.410
20156.287
20166.414
20176.582
20185.992
20195.569
20205.559
20214.846
Total Documents

Evolution of the number of published documents. All types of documents are considered, including citable and non citable documents.

YearDocuments
2010141
2011439
2012672
20131553
20142732
20153124
20163488
20174326
20185216
20195537
20206117
20217126
Citations per document

This indicator counts the number of citations received by documents from a journal and divides them by the total number of documents published in that journal. The chart shows the evolution of the average number of times documents published in a journal in the past two, three and four years have been cited in the current year. The two years line is equivalent to journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Cites per documentYearValue
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20117.674
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201210.988
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201312.199
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201412.657
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201512.885
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201613.485
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201713.908
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201813.510
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201913.121
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202013.878
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202115.888
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20117.674
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201210.988
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201312.199
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201412.561
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201512.681
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201613.258
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201713.534
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201812.900
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201912.409
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202013.549
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202115.817
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20100.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20117.674
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201210.988
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201311.942
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201412.158
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201512.198
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201612.536
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201712.669
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201811.688
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201911.571
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202013.038
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202115.405
Total Cites 
Self-Cites

Evolution of the total number of citations and journal's self-citations received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years.
Journal Self-citation is defined as the number of citation from a journal citing article to articles published by the same journal.

CitesYearValue
Self Cites20100
Self Cites201114
Self Cites201285
Self Cites2013299
Self Cites2014920
Self Cites20151619
Self Cites20162222
Self Cites20173109
Self Cites20183723
Self Cites20194173
Self Cites20204998
Self Cites20216423
Total Cites20100
Total Cites20111082
Total Cites20126373
Total Cites201315273
Total Cites201433462
Total Cites201562860
Total Cites201698227
Total Cites2017126459
Total Cites2018141102
Total Cites2019161693
Total Cites2020204310
Total Cites2021266827
External Cites per Doc 
Cites per Doc

Evolution of the number of total citation per document and external citation per document (i.e. journal self-citations removed) received by a journal's published documents during the three previous years. External citations are calculated by subtracting the number of self-citations from the total number of citations received by the journal’s documents.

CitesYearValue
External Cites per document20100
External Cites per document20117.683
External Cites per document201210.898
External Cites per document201311.989
External Cites per document201412.220
External Cites per document201512.357
External Cites per document201612.965
External Cites per document201713.235
External Cites per document201812.616
External Cites per document201912.218
External Cites per document202013.374
External Cites per document202115.686
Cites per document20100.000
Cites per document20117.674
Cites per document201210.988
Cites per document201312.199
Cites per document201412.561
Cites per document201512.681
Cites per document201613.258
Cites per document201713.534
Cites per document201812.900
Cites per document201912.409
Cites per document202013.549
Cites per document202115.817
% International Collaboration

International Collaboration accounts for the articles that have been produced by researchers from several countries. The chart shows the ratio of a journal's documents signed by researchers from more than one country; that is including more than one country address.

YearInternational Collaboration
201046.10
201146.92
201250.30
201351.13
201452.86
201556.56
201658.34
201754.18
201855.64
201957.40
202056.63
202156.60
Citable documents 
Non-citable documents

Not every article in a journal is considered primary research and therefore "citable", this chart shows the ratio of a journal's articles including substantial research (research articles, conference papers and reviews) in three year windows vs. those documents other than research articles, reviews and conference papers.

DocumentsYearValue
Non-citable documents20100
Non-citable documents20112
Non-citable documents20123
Non-citable documents20133
Non-citable documents20141
Non-citable documents20151
Non-citable documents20164
Non-citable documents201724
Non-citable documents201849
Non-citable documents2019138
Non-citable documents2020176
Non-citable documents2021269
Citable documents20100
Citable documents2011139
Citable documents2012577
Citable documents20131249
Citable documents20142663
Citable documents20154956
Citable documents20167405
Citable documents20179320
Citable documents201810889
Citable documents201912892
Citable documents202014903
Citable documents202116601
Cited documents 
Uncited documents

Ratio of a journal's items, grouped in three years windows, that have been cited at least once vs. those not cited during the following year.

DocumentsYearValue
Uncited documents20100
Uncited documents20117
Uncited documents201210
Uncited documents201330
Uncited documents201458
Uncited documents2015105
Uncited documents2016125
Uncited documents2017159
Uncited documents2018363
Uncited documents2019695
Uncited documents2020879
Uncited documents2021911
Cited documents20100
Cited documents2011134
Cited documents2012570
Cited documents20131222
Cited documents20142606
Cited documents20154852
Cited documents20167284
Cited documents20179185
Cited documents201810575
Cited documents201912335
Cited documents202014200
Cited documents202115959
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