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Nature Portfolio · ISSN 1548-7091 · 1548-7105

Nature Methods 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: 25.12 citations per paper for Nature Methods, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

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Key metrics

Two-year mean citedness
25.12Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
h-index
505Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
Papers in 2025
4328,471 in totalSource: OpenAlex
Access
SubscriptionAPC about $12,690Source: OpenAlex
Output

Papers per year.

How many works Nature Methods published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.

2503003504004505002019202020212022202320242025432

Fig. 1 — Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Scope

What Nature Methods publishes.

Mostly Biophysics, Molecular Biology and Spectroscopy, within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

  • Advanced Fluorescence Microscopy Techniques
  • Cell Image Analysis Techniques
  • Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications

Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.

Alternatives

Journals with a similar citation profile.

JournalTwo-year mean citednessh-indexAccess
Nature Methods25.12505Subscription
Molecular Cancer29.95284Open
Cell Stem Cell19.73372Subscription
Nature Genetics19.35776Subscription
Nature Metabolism18.48147Subscription
Questions

About Nature Methods.

Comment 1What is the Nature Methods impact factor?
Response

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: 25.12 citations per paper for Nature Methods, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.

Comment 2Is Nature Methods open access?
Response

Nature Methods is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.

Comment 3How many papers does Nature Methods publish a year?
Response

OpenAlex records 432 works in 2025, and 8,471 in total.

Sources

  1. 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026

The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.

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