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Nature Methods

Country

United Kingdom

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

Subject Area and Category

Publisher

Nature Research

SJR 2024

17.251 Q1

H-Index

408

Publication type

Journals

ISSN

15487091, 15487105

Coverage

2004-2025

Information

Homepage

How to publish in this journal

methods@us.nature.com

Scope

Nature Methods is a forum for the publication of novel methods and significant improvements to tried-and-tested basic research techniques in the life sciences. This monthly publication is aimed at a broad, interdisciplinary audience of academic and industry researchers actively involved in laboratory practice. It provides them with new tools to conduct their research and places a strong emphasis on the immediate practical relevance of the work presented. The journal publishes primary research papers as well as overviews of recent technical and methodological developments. We are actively seeking primary methods papers of relevance to the biological and biomedical sciences, including methods grounded in chemistry that have a practical application to the study of biological problems. To enhance the practical relevance of each paper, description of the method must be accompanied by its validation, its application to an important biological question and results illustrating its performance in comparison to available approaches. Articles are selected for publication that present broad interest, thorough assessments of methodological performance and comprehensive technical descriptions that facilitate immediate application. 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
Biochemistry2005Q1
Biochemistry2006Q1
Biochemistry2007Q1
Biochemistry2008Q1
Biochemistry2009Q1
Biochemistry2010Q1
Biochemistry2011Q1
Biochemistry2012Q1
Biochemistry2013Q1
Biochemistry2014Q1
Biochemistry2015Q1
Biochemistry2016Q1
Biochemistry2017Q1
Biochemistry2018Q1
Biochemistry2019Q1
Biochemistry2020Q1
Biochemistry2021Q1
Biochemistry2022Q1
Biochemistry2023Q1
Biochemistry2024Q1
Biotechnology2005Q1
Biotechnology2006Q1
Biotechnology2007Q1
Biotechnology2008Q1
Biotechnology2009Q1
Biotechnology2010Q1
Biotechnology2011Q1
Biotechnology2012Q1
Biotechnology2013Q1
Biotechnology2014Q1
Biotechnology2015Q1
Biotechnology2016Q1
Biotechnology2017Q1
Biotechnology2018Q1
Biotechnology2019Q1
Biotechnology2020Q1
Biotechnology2021Q1
Biotechnology2022Q1
Biotechnology2023Q1
Biotechnology2024Q1
Cell Biology2005Q1
Cell Biology2006Q1
Cell Biology2007Q1
Cell Biology2008Q1
Cell Biology2009Q1
Cell Biology2010Q1
Cell Biology2011Q1
Cell Biology2012Q1
Cell Biology2013Q1
Cell Biology2014Q1
Cell Biology2015Q1
Cell Biology2016Q1
Cell Biology2017Q1
Cell Biology2018Q1
Cell Biology2019Q1
Cell Biology2020Q1
Cell Biology2021Q1
Cell Biology2022Q1
Cell Biology2023Q1
Cell Biology2024Q1
Molecular Biology2005Q1
Molecular Biology2006Q1
Molecular Biology2007Q1
Molecular Biology2008Q1
Molecular Biology2009Q1
Molecular Biology2010Q1
Molecular Biology2011Q1
Molecular Biology2012Q1
Molecular Biology2013Q1
Molecular Biology2014Q1
Molecular Biology2015Q1
Molecular Biology2016Q1
Molecular Biology2017Q1
Molecular Biology2018Q1
Molecular Biology2019Q1
Molecular Biology2020Q1
Molecular Biology2021Q1
Molecular Biology2022Q1
Molecular Biology2023Q1
Molecular Biology2024Q1
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
20052.910
20066.398
20075.716
20086.640
20097.628
20108.798
20119.662
20128.778
201310.259
201415.458
201521.488
201620.494
201719.939
201821.178
201920.148
202019.469
202112.115
202214.358
202314.796
202417.251
Total Documents

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

YearDocuments
200462
2005312
2006261
2007265
2008259
2009276
2010312
2011307
2012349
2013340
2014350
2015368
2016300
2017271
2018350
2019389
2020329
2021305
2022345
2023389
2024415
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)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20053.548
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20065.567
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20076.172
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20086.612
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20097.994
Cites / Doc. (4 years)20109.489
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201110.816
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201212.295
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201313.083
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201415.492
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201517.006
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201618.421
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201715.225
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201815.837
Cites / Doc. (4 years)201916.185
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202016.745
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202118.326
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202215.194
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202317.100
Cites / Doc. (4 years)202417.674
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20053.548
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20065.567
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20076.172
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20086.536
Cites / Doc. (3 years)20098.645
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201010.079
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201110.777
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201211.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201313.286
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201415.155
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201517.719
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201614.024
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201713.750
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201814.718
Cites / Doc. (3 years)201914.980
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202014.949
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202113.518
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202215.730
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202316.306
Cites / Doc. (3 years)202418.357
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20040.000
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20053.548
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20065.567
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20075.995
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20086.797
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20099.200
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201010.127
Cites / Doc. (2 years)20119.260
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201210.955
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201312.576
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201415.720
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201513.212
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201612.393
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201711.686
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201813.769
Cites / Doc. (2 years)201913.662
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202010.062
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202113.554
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202214.263
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202317.638
Cites / Doc. (2 years)202413.510
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 Cites20040
Self Cites20058
Self Cites200653
Self Cites200785
Self Cites2008122
Self Cites2009158
Self Cites2010159
Self Cites2011242
Self Cites2012215
Self Cites2013199
Self Cites2014248
Self Cites2015264
Self Cites2016220
Self Cites2017222
Self Cites2018194
Self Cites2019185
Self Cites2020206
Self Cites2021266
Self Cites2022248
Self Cites2023291
Self Cites2024478
Total Cites20040
Total Cites2005220
Total Cites20062082
Total Cites20073919
Total Cites20085477
Total Cites20096786
Total Cites20108063
Total Cites20119128
Total Cites201210101
Total Cites201312861
Total Cites201415094
Total Cites201518410
Total Cites201614837
Total Cites201713998
Total Cites201813820
Total Cites201913797
Total Cites202015098
Total Cites202114437
Total Cites202216092
Total Cites202315964
Total Cites202419073
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 document20040
External Cites per document20053.419
External Cites per document20065.425
External Cites per document20076.038
External Cites per document20086.390
External Cites per document20098.443
External Cites per document20109.880
External Cites per document201110.491
External Cites per document201211.046
External Cites per document201313.081
External Cites per document201414.906
External Cites per document201517.465
External Cites per document201613.816
External Cites per document201713.532
External Cites per document201814.511
External Cites per document201914.780
External Cites per document202014.745
External Cites per document202113.269
External Cites per document202215.488
External Cites per document202316.009
External Cites per document202417.897
Cites per document20040.000
Cites per document20053.548
Cites per document20065.567
Cites per document20076.172
Cites per document20086.536
Cites per document20098.645
Cites per document201010.079
Cites per document201110.777
Cites per document201211.286
Cites per document201313.286
Cites per document201415.155
Cites per document201517.719
Cites per document201614.024
Cites per document201713.750
Cites per document201814.718
Cites per document201914.980
Cites per document202014.949
Cites per document202113.518
Cites per document202215.730
Cites per document202316.306
Cites per document202418.357
% 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
20046.45
20059.94
200612.26
200715.85
200820.08
200918.84
201024.04
201119.22
201221.78
201325.00
201425.43
201526.90
201623.67
201730.63
201823.71
201923.39
202027.96
202129.84
202226.38
202324.42
202433.73
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 documents20040
Non-citable documents20051
Non-citable documents2006185
Non-citable documents2007238
Non-citable documents2008276
Non-citable documents2009127
Non-citable documents2010120
Non-citable documents2011135
Non-citable documents2012218
Non-citable documents2013315
Non-citable documents2014415
Non-citable documents2015446
Non-citable documents2016459
Non-citable documents2017428
Non-citable documents2018388
Non-citable documents2019371
Non-citable documents2020361
Non-citable documents2021361
Non-citable documents2022357
Non-citable documents2023390
Non-citable documents2024463
Citable documents20040
Citable documents200561
Citable documents2006189
Citable documents2007397
Citable documents2008562
Citable documents2009658
Citable documents2010680
Citable documents2011712
Citable documents2012677
Citable documents2013653
Citable documents2014581
Citable documents2015593
Citable documents2016599
Citable documents2017590
Citable documents2018551
Citable documents2019550
Citable documents2020649
Citable documents2021707
Citable documents2022666
Citable documents2023589
Citable documents2024576
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 documents20040
Uncited documents200527
Uncited documents2006202
Uncited documents2007315
Uncited documents2008384
Uncited documents2009302
Uncited documents2010280
Uncited documents2011292
Uncited documents2012321
Uncited documents2013328
Uncited documents2014347
Uncited documents2015337
Uncited documents2016360
Uncited documents2017345
Uncited documents2018320
Uncited documents2019342
Uncited documents2020419
Uncited documents2021447
Uncited documents2022412
Uncited documents2023367
Uncited documents2024323
Cited documents20040
Cited documents200535
Cited documents2006172
Cited documents2007320
Cited documents2008454
Cited documents2009483
Cited documents2010520
Cited documents2011555
Cited documents2012574
Cited documents2013640
Cited documents2014649
Cited documents2015702
Cited documents2016698
Cited documents2017673
Cited documents2018619
Cited documents2019579
Cited documents2020591
Cited documents2021621
Cited documents2022611
Cited documents2023612
Cited documents2024716
% Female Authors

Evolution of the percentage of female authors.

YearFemale Percent
200429.41
200529.50
200626.00
200727.40
200826.73
200926.92
201028.81
201127.83
201224.10
201325.90
201426.61
201526.79
201624.83
201726.71
201826.93
201927.02
202027.99
202128.36
202234.21
202333.99
202432.36
Documents cited by public policy (Overton)

Evolution of the number of documents cited by public policy documents according to Overton database.

DocumentsYearValue
Overton20040
Overton200512
Overton200613
Overton200715
Overton200819
Overton200915
Overton201027
Overton201134
Overton201234
Overton201329
Overton201433
Overton201535
Overton201623
Overton201723
Overton201820
Overton201926
Overton202017
Overton202123
Overton202216
Overton20236
Overton20244
Documents related to SDGs (UN)

Evolution of the number of documents related to Sustainable Development Goals defined by United Nations. Available from 2018 onwards.

DocumentsYearValue
SDG201822
SDG201921
SDG202020
SDG202118
SDG202221
SDG202319
SDG202425
Estimated APC

It estimates the article processing charges (APCs) a journal might charge, based on its visibility, prestige, and impact as measured by the SJR. It does not reflect the actual APC, but rather a calculated approximation based on journal quality.

YearEst. APC (USD)
2004
20054054
20064421
20074481
20084546
20094612
20104771
20114849
20124918
20134995
20145144
20155352
20165505
20175645
20185769
20195818
20205797
20215706
20225641
20235562
20245525
Estimated financial value

It represents the potential financial worth of a journal. It is obtained by multiplying the journal's Estimated APC by the total number of citable documents published over the past five years. This value reflects the hypothetical revenue a journal could generate based on its estimated publication costs and scholarly output.

YearEst. value (USD)
2004
20051264842
20062533038
20073754931
20084986971
20096332699
20106550241
20116881365
20127392451
20137911877
20148529485
20159173871
20169397372
20179196094
20189455070
20199763393
20209501807
20219380149
20229690956
20239773124
20249851267
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