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Nature Reviews Immunology

Nature Research · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN1474-1741

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

17.646

H-Indexi

562

SNIPi

8.357

Total Worksi

4,950

Total Citationsi

1,014,541

2yr Mean Citednessi

18.56

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Immunology; Immunology and Allergy; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyMonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,950

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

7/11 · 64%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Nature Research

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1474-1741

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

161

41k

2019

221

47k

2020

189

33k

2021

154

18k

2022

154

9.6k

2023

139

6.4k

2024

132

2025

160

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

ImmunologyQ1

Immunology and AllergyQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Immunology

Scopus Categories

ImmunologyImmunology and AllergyMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Immune Cell Function and InteractionT-cell and B-cell ImmunologyImmunotherapy and Immune ResponsesImmune Response and InflammationImmune cells in cancerCAR-T cell therapy researchinterferon and immune responsesIL-33, ST2, and ILC PathwaysSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInflammasome and immune disorders

Frequently asked questions about Nature Reviews Immunology

Is Nature Reviews Immunology a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature Reviews Immunology: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Nature Reviews Immunology?

Nature Reviews Immunology is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 18.56.

Is Nature Reviews Immunology indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature Reviews Immunology is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nature Reviews Immunology?