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Scientific Reports

Nature Research · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2045-2322eISSN2045-2322

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.893

H-Indexi

453

SNIPi

1.213

Total Worksi

290,149

Total Citationsi

7,575,449

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.07

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

460

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

An open access Nature Portfolio journal publishing research from the natural sciences, psychology, medicine, and engineering. We offer authors a trustworthy, highly respected home for their research.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2011

FrequencyContinuously Updated

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications290,149

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

OA Since2010

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCNational Digital Preservation Program, ChinaCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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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?

2045-2322 / 2045-2322

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC, National Digital Preservation Program, China, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

20k

814k

2019

23k

762k

2020

25k

633k

2021

23k

439k

2022

23k

346k

2023

32k

335k

2024

49k

220k

2025

33k

13k

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.

MultidisciplinaryQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Cancer-related molecular mechanisms researchMicroRNA in disease regulationRNA modifications and cancerGut microbiota and healthNeural dynamics and brain functionLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentPlant and animal studiesEpigenetics and DNA MethylationGenomics and Phylogenetic StudiesGraphene research and applications

Frequently asked questions about Scientific Reports

Is Scientific Reports a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Scientific Reports: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Scientific Reports?

Scientific Reports 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 4.07.

Is Scientific Reports indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Scientific Reports is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Scientific Reports?