Nature Portfolio · ISSN 2045-2322
Scientific Reports 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: 5.31 citations per paper for Scientific Reports, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 5.31Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 462Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 48,727318,446 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- OpenAPC about $2,690Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Scientific Reports published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Scientific Reports publishes.
Mostly Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Molecular Biology and Genetics, within Multidisciplinary.
- Advanced Neural Network Applications
- Gut microbiota and health
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Computational Drug Discovery Methods
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- MicroRNA in disease regulation
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific Reports | 5.31 | 462 | Open |
| iScience | 4.85 | 141 | Open |
| PLOS ONE | 3.48 | 594 | Open |
| PNAS | 8.95 | 1,167 | Subscription |
| Science Advances | 13.32 | 378 | Open |
About Scientific Reports.
Comment 1What is the Scientific Reports 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: 5.31 citations per paper for Scientific Reports, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Scientific Reports open access?
Yes, Scientific Reports is fully open access, with an article processing charge of about $2,690.
Comment 3How many papers does Scientific Reports publish a year?
OpenAlex records 48,727 works in 2025, and 318,446 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.