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PNAS Nexus

National Academy of Sciences · United States · Est. 1986

ISSN2752-6542eISSN2752-6542

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

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.339

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

1,900

Total Citationsi

17,202

2yr Mean Citednessi

5.49

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

PNAS Nexus is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes research in biological sciences, medical sciences, health sciences, physical sciences, social sciences, and political science. It also considers work at the intersection of multiple disciplines.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1986

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,900

Publisher OrgOxford University Press

OA Since2021

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewSingle-blind

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

CLOCKSSPMCPortico

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

National Academy of Sciences

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2752-6542 / 2752-6542

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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?

CLOCKSS, PMC, Portico

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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

311

6.1k

2022

500

6.6k

2023

587

6.8k

2024

390

1.6k

2025

298

175

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 SciencesSocial Sciences, Interdisciplinary

Scopus Categories

Multidisciplinary

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Media and PoliticsCOVID-19 epidemiological studiesSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchSocial and Intergroup PsychologyComplex Network Analysis TechniquesEvolutionary Game Theory and CooperationHate Speech and Cyberbullying DetectionOpinion Dynamics and Social InfluencePsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

Frequently asked questions about PNAS Nexus

Is PNAS Nexus a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for PNAS Nexus: 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 PNAS Nexus?

PNAS Nexus 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 5.49.

Is PNAS Nexus indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

PNAS Nexus is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.