American Association for the Advancement of Science · ISSN 2375-2548
Science Advances 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: 13.32 citations per paper for Science Advances, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 13.32Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 378Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 3,18420,758 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $4,500Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Science Advances published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Science Advances publishes.
Mostly Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience and Materials Chemistry, within Multidisciplinary.
- Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics
- Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- 2D Materials and Applications
- Advanced Materials and Mechanics
- Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
- Climate variability and models
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Advances | 13.32 | 378 | Open |
| PNAS | 8.95 | 1,167 | Subscription |
| Nature Communications | 18.60 | 746 | Open |
| Nature | 19.50 | 1,840 | Subscription |
| Scientific Reports | 5.31 | 462 | Open |
About Science Advances.
Comment 1What is the Science Advances 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: 13.32 citations per paper for Science Advances, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Science Advances open access?
Yes, Science Advances is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $4,500.
Comment 3How many papers does Science Advances publish a year?
OpenAlex records 3,184 works in 2025, and 20,758 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.