Nature Portfolio · ISSN 2041-1723
Nature Communications impact factor, and the open numbers behind it.
Short answer
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 18.60 citations per paper for Nature Communications, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 18.60Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 746Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 12,67093,636 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $6,990Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Nature Communications published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Nature Communications publishes.
Mostly Molecular Biology, Materials Chemistry and Genetics, within Multidisciplinary.
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Protein Structure and Dynamics
- Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Communications | 18.60 | 746 | Open |
| Nature | 19.50 | 1,840 | Subscription |
| Science | 21.67 | 1,754 | Subscription |
| Science Advances | 13.32 | 378 | Open |
| PNAS | 8.95 | 1,167 | Subscription |
About Nature Communications.
Comment 1What is the Nature Communications impact factor?
The Journal Impact Factor is a licensed Clarivate metric, so we do not reproduce it. The closest open equivalent is OpenAlex's two-year mean citedness: 18.60 citations per paper for Nature Communications, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Nature Communications open access?
Yes, Nature Communications is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $6,990.
Comment 3How many papers does Nature Communications publish a year?
OpenAlex records 12,670 works in 2025, and 93,636 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.