Nature Portfolio · ISSN 0028-0836 · 1476-4687
Nature 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: 19.50 citations per paper for Nature, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Key metrics
- Two-year mean citedness
- 19.50Citations per paper, papers from the two prior yearsSource: OpenAlex
- h-index
- 1,840Across all yearsSource: OpenAlex
- Papers in 2025
- 4,561449,064 in totalSource: OpenAlex
- Access
- SubscriptionAPC about $12,690Source: OpenAlex
Papers per year.
How many works Nature published in each complete year, as indexed by OpenAlex.
Fig. 1Works per year from OpenAlex. Retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
What Nature publishes.
Mostly History and Philosophy of Science, Information Systems and Management and Astronomy and Astrophysics, within Multidisciplinary.
- History of Science and Medicine
- Research, Science, and Academia
- History of Science and Natural History
- History and Developments in Astronomy
- Biographical and Historical Analysis
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
Most frequent research topics in OpenAlex.
Journals with a similar citation profile.
| Journal | Two-year mean citedness | h-index | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature | 19.50 | 1,840 | Subscription |
| Nature Communications | 18.60 | 746 | Open |
| Science | 21.67 | 1,754 | Subscription |
| Science Advances | 13.32 | 378 | Open |
| PNAS | 8.95 | 1,167 | Subscription |
About Nature.
Comment 1What is the Nature 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: 19.50 citations per paper for Nature, retrieved 23 Oct 2026.
Comment 2Is Nature open access?
Nature is not a fully open-access journal; check its author guidelines for open-access options and charges.
Comment 3How many papers does Nature publish a year?
OpenAlex records 4,561 works in 2025, and 449,064 in total.
Sources
- 1. OpenAlex source record · retrieved 23 Oct 2026
The Journal Impact Factor is a Clarivate metric and is not reproduced here.