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NATURE REVIEWS DISEASE PRIMERS

NATURE PORTFOLIO · DE · Est. 1985

ISSN2056-676XeISSN2056-676X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Trust

PubScope credibility score from verifiable indexing & ethics signals

Score Breakdown

◆ WoS flagship (SCIE/SSCI/AHCI)78

✓ Corroboration (2 more)+12

Total90

Level data: Norwegian Register (HK-dir), NLOD 2.0. · Third-party records · how this is calculated · Report an error →

⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

Publication speed: not measurable

publisher doesn’t disclose per-article submission dates — we never estimate

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

SJR Scorei

15.606

H-Indexi

267

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIPi

28.493

Total Worksi

1,040

Total Citationsi

256,676

2yr Mean Citednessi

29.84

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Medical specialties that Nature Reviews Disease Primers covers include: Cardiology Dermatology Ear, nose and throat Emergency medicine Endocrinology Gastroenterology Genetic conditions Gynaecology and obstetrics Hepatology Haematology Infectious diseases Maxillofacial and oral medicine Nephrology Neurology Nutrition Oncology Ophthalmology Orthopaedics Psychiatry Respiratory medicine Rheumatology Sleep medicine Urology

General Information

Country / RegionDE

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

Annual Volume~ 88 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,040

Publisher OrgNature Portfolio

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Submission Info

Peer Review—

Review Time—

Acceptance Rate—

OA LicenseCreative Commons 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

7/12 · 58%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

NATURE PORTFOLIO

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2056-676X / 2056-676X

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

32k

2019

101

29k

2020

30k

2021

11k

2022

8.2k

2023

5.9k

2024

1.8k

2025

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Medicine, General & Internal

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Autoimmune Bullous Skin DiseasesLiver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentRenal Diseases and GlomerulopathiesSystemic Lupus Erythematosus ResearchLymphoma Diagnosis and TreatmentMetabolism and Genetic DisordersDiet and metabolism studiesGlioma Diagnosis and TreatmentNeuroendocrine Tumor Research AdvancesCoagulation, Bradykinin, Polyphosphates, and Angioedema

Frequently asked questions about NATURE REVIEWS DISEASE PRIMERS

Is NATURE REVIEWS DISEASE PRIMERS a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for NATURE REVIEWS DISEASE PRIMERS: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Its PubScope Trust Score is 90/100. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of NATURE REVIEWS DISEASE PRIMERS?

NATURE REVIEWS DISEASE PRIMERS 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 29.84.

Is NATURE REVIEWS DISEASE PRIMERS indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

NATURE REVIEWS DISEASE PRIMERS is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.