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Scientific Reports

Nature Research · United Kingdom · Est. 2011

ISSN2045-2322eISSN2045-2322

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

/ 100

High Trust

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

✓ DOAJ Verified+15

Total75

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.874

H-Index

453

CiteScore

View ↗

Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

1.213

Total Works

290,149

Total Citations

7,575,449

2yr Mean Citedness

4.07

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Retractions

374

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.

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

weeks to review

Average · median is 15 wks

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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

Review Time~20 weeks

Acceptance Rate—

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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10/12 · 83%

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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

✅

Peer review process documented?

Single-blind

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

❌

APC fees clearly disclosed?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

✅

Long-term digital preservation?

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

✅

Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

✅

Primary language documented?

English

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

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2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

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