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Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Springer Nature · United Kingdom · Est. 1971

ISSN2662-8449eISSN2662-8449

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

14.459

H-Indexi

102

SNIPi

15.928

Total Worksi

480

Total Citationsi

44,485

2yr Mean Citednessi

22.93

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Nature Reviews Methods Primers is an online-only journal publishing high-quality Primer articles covering analytical, applied, statistical, theoretical and computational methods used in the life and physical sciences.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

FrequencyAnnual

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications480

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?

Springer Nature

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2662-8449 / 2662-8449

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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

2006

2018

20k

2021

102

16k

2022

2023

4.9k

2024

1.4k

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scopus Categories

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy TechniquesSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical ResearchAdvanced Electron Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsForce Microscopy Techniques and ApplicationsInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomicsSpectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchCell Image Analysis TechniquesElectrochemical Analysis and Applications

Frequently asked questions about Nature Reviews Methods Primers

Is Nature Reviews Methods Primers a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nature Reviews Methods Primers: 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 Methods Primers?

Nature Reviews Methods 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 22.93.

Is Nature Reviews Methods Primers indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nature Reviews Methods Primers is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.