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First published in 1869, Nature is an international weekly journal with interdisciplinary interest. It is responsible for many of the landmark papers of the past century and aims “to serve scientists through prompt publication of significant advances in any branch of science, and to provide a forum for the reporting and discussion of news and issues concerning science.” It is the lead title of the London-based Nature Publishing Group, which also publishes area-specific and editorially independent titles such as Nature Medicine, Nature Cell Biology and Nature Immunology.

 

Impact Factor: 31.434

Eigenfactor Score: 1.763

Article Influence Score: 17.279

 

Research Articles:

  • No more than five printed pages (with one page of undiluted text taking up approx. 1,300 words), and no more than 50 references.
  • Abstract of 150 words.
  • Articles are typically 3,000 words in length, featuring no more than five small figures and/or tables.
  • Titles must not exceed 75 characters including spaces.
  • Manuscripts to be ordered by: title, text, methods, references, supplementary information (if any, and if so, on-line), acknowledgements, author contributions, author information (containing data deposition statement, interest declaration and corresponding author line), tables, and figure legends.
  • Methods should be kept brief at no more than 300 words, but if additional space is necessary, then authors can title this initial section ‘Methods Summary’, which can be expanded upon in a ‘Methods’ section at the end of the text, of no more than 1,000 words.
  • This supplementary section will appear in on-line versions of the paper but not in the printed issue, whereas the ‘Methods Summary’ will only appear in the printed version. Therefore, any critical information in the summary should be included in Expanded Methods.
  • Spellings are in their British forms, as found in Oxford English Dictionary.
  • Units should have a single space between the number and the unit, and follow SI nomenclature or the nomenclature common to a particular field. Thousands should be separated by commas (1,000).

 

Letters:

  • Do not exceed four printed pages, with no more than 30 references.
  • Begin with a fully referenced paragraph containing 200–300 words of summary.
  • The remainder of the text is typically 1,500 words, with three or four small figures and/or tables.

 

Reviews:

  • No more than seven pages long, with up to 90 references (but ideally half that number).
  • The display of items and explanatory boxes (used for explanation of technical points or background material) is welcomed.
  • To highlight references, a sentence explaining the significance of the work should be added in bold text beneath each of the most important 5–10 per cent of the references.

 

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