Nature Communications - Impact Factor, Overall Ranking, h-index, SJR, Rating, Publisher, ISSN, and other Important Metrics

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Note: The impact factor shown here is equivalent to citescore and is, therefore, used as a replacement for the same. Citescore is produced by Scopus, and can be a little higher or different compared to the impact factor produced by Journal Citation Report. Please refer to Web of Science data source for checking the exact journal impact factor ™ (Thomson Reuters) metric.

Title	Nature Communications
Publication Type	journal
Subject Area, Categories, Scope	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q1); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q1)
h-index	248
Overall Rank/Ranking	226
SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)	5.992
Impact Factor	11.80
Publisher	Nature Publishing Group
Country	United Kingdom
ISSN	20411723

About Nature Communications

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Nature Communications is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q1); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q1). It is published by Nature Publishing Group. The overall rank of Nature Communications is 226. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 5.992. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come. SJR acts as an alternative to the Journal Impact Factor (or an average number of citations received in last 2 years). This journal has an h-index of 248. The best quartile for this journal is Q1.

The ISSN of Nature Communications journal is 20411723. An International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) is a unique code of 8 digits. It is used for the recognition of journals, newspapers, periodicals, and magazines in all kind of forms, be it print-media or electronic. Nature Communications is cited by a total of 141425 articles during the last 3 years (Preceding 2018).

Nature Communications Impact Factor 2018-2019

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Nature Communications Impact Factor 2019 Prediction

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IF 2018 of Nature Communications is 11.80. If the same downward trend persists, impact factor of joule may fall in 2019 as well.

Nature Communications h-index

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Nature Communications ISSN

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Nature Communications Rank and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)

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The overall rank of Nature Communications is 226. According to SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), this journal is ranked 5.992. SCImago Journal Rank is an indicator, which measures the scientific influence of journals. It considers the number of citations received by a journal and the importance of the journals from where these citations come.

Nature Communications Publisher

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How to publish in Nature Communications

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If your research field is/are related to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) (Q1); Chemistry (miscellaneous) (Q1); Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous) (Q1), then you can visit the official website of the journal.

Acceptance Rate

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To check the acceptance rate of this journal, visit here.

Call for Paper, Submission Guidelines, Notification Date, and Submission Deadline 2020/2019

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Visit the official website of the journal/conference for the call for paper, submission guidelines, notification date, and submission deadlines.

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