Nature Portfolio · ISSN 1078-8956 · 1546-170X · 1744-7933
Nature Medicine 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: 33.43 citations per paper for Nature Medicine, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 33.43Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 763Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 74816,810 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- SubscriptionAPC about $12,690Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Nature Medicine published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Nature Medicine publishes.
Mostly Immunology, Virology, Public Health and Environmental and Occupational Health, within Medicine.
- T-cell and B-cell Immunology
- Immunotherapy and Immune Responses
- HIV Research and Treatment
- Health and Medical Research Impacts
- Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers
- Science, Research, and Medicine
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature Medicine | 33.43 | 763 | Subscription |
| Cancer Cell | 35.29 | 485 | Subscription |
| J Hematol Oncol | 35.29 | 230 | Open |
| Cell Metabolism | 30.38 | 452 | Subscription |
| Nature Cancer | 18.16 | 132 | Subscription |
About Nature Medicine.
Comment 1What is the Nature Medicine 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: 33.43 citations per paper for Nature Medicine, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Nature Medicine open access?
Nature Medicine is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.
Comment 3How many papers does Nature Medicine publish a year?
OpenAlex records 748 works in 2025, and 16,810 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.