{{Short description|Scientific journal}} {{Distinguish|Nature (journal){{!}}''Nature'' (journal)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox journal | title = Nature Communications | cover = Nature_Communications_-_Journal_Cover.jpg | formernames = | abbreviation = Nat. Commun. | discipline = Natural sciences | editor = Nathalie Le Bot, Stephane Larochelle, Enda Bergin, Prabhjot Saini | publisher = Nature Portfolio | country = | history = 2010–present | frequency = Continuous | openaccess = Yes | license = Creative Commons licenses | impact = 15.7 | impact-year = 2024 | eISSN = 2041-1723 | CODEN = NCAOBW | JSTOR = | LCCN = | OCLC = 614340895 | website = https://www.nature.com/ncomms/ | link1 = https://www.nature.com/ncomms/articles | link1-name = Online access | link2 = https://www.nature.com/ncomms/volumes | link2-name = Online archive }}
'''''Nature Communications''''' is a peer-reviewed, open access, scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio since 2010. It is a multidisciplinary journal that covers the natural sciences, including physics, chemistry, earth sciences, medicine, and biology. The journal has editorial offices in London, Berlin, New York City, and Shanghai.
The founding editor-in-chief was Lesley Anson,<ref>[http://www.nature.com/press_releases/naturecommunications.html Announcing Nature Communications - a multidisciplinary, online-only journal with an open-access option], Press release from Nature Publishing Group.</ref> followed by Joerg Heber,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.com/ncomms/about_eds/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610000921/http://www.nature.com/ncomms/about_eds/index.html |url-status=live |archive-date=10 June 2015 |title=About the editors |work=Nature Communications |publisher=Nature Publishing Group |access-date=2019-04-28 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Magdalena Skipper, and Elisa De Ranieri.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/ncomms/about/editors |title=About the editors |work=Nature Communications |publisher=Nature Publishing Group |access-date=2019-04-28 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> {{as of|2022|post=,}} the editors are Nathalie Le Bot for health and clinical sciences, Stephane Larochelle for biological sciences, Enda Bergin for chemistry and biotechnology, and Prabhjot Saini for physics and earth sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Editors |url=https://www.nature.com/ncomms/editors |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Nature Communications }}</ref> Starting October 2014, the journal only accepted submissions from authors willing to pay an article processing charge. Until the end of 2015, part of the published submissions were only available to subscribers. In January 2016, all content became freely accessible.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.com/ncomms/open_access/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019184541/http://www.nature.com/ncomms/open_access/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=19 October 2009 |title=Open Access |work=Nature Communications |publisher=Nature Publishing Group |access-date=2015-11-21 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
Starting from 2017, the journal offers a deposition service to authors for preprints of articles "under consideration" as part of the submission process.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Evolving our support for early sharing |journal=Nature Communications |year=2020 |volume=11 |issue=1 |article-number=2959 |publisher=Nature Publishing Group |doi=10.1038/s41467-020-16788-3 |pmid=32541682 |pmc=7296007 |bibcode=2020NatCo..11.2959. }}</ref>
==Abstracting and indexing== The journal is abstracted and indexed in: {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * Science Citation Index Expanded<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=Thomson Reuters |work=Intellectual Property & Science |access-date=2014-09-27 |archive-date=26 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926150543/http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * Current Contents/Agriculture, Biology & Environmental Sciences<ref name=ISI/> * Current Contents/Life Sciences<ref name=ISI/> * Current Contents/Physical, Chemical & Earth Sciences<ref name=ISI/> * The Zoological Record<ref name=ISI/> * BIOSIS Previews<ref name=ISI/> * Chemical Abstracts Service<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=American Chemical Society |work=Chemical Abstracts Service |access-date=2015-03-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20100211180645/http://cassi.cas.org/ |archive-date=11 February 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> * Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed<ref name=MEDLINE>{{cite web |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nlmcatalog/101528555 |title=Nature Communications |work=NLM Catalog |publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information |access-date=2015-03-26}}</ref> * Scopus<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview |title=Content overview |publisher=Elsevier |work=Scopus |access-date=2015-03-26}}</ref> }} According to the ''Journal Citation Reports'', the journal has a 2024 impact factor of 15.7.<ref name="WoS">{{cite book |title=2024 Journal Citation Reports |title-link=Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Clarivate |year=2025 |edition=Science |via=Web of Science |chapter=Nature Communications}}</ref>
==Subjournals== In 2017, the creation of three "subjournals" under the ''Communications'' brand was announced: ''Communications Biology'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/commsbio/ |title=Communications Biology |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature |access-date=2017-12-22}}</ref> ''Communications Chemistry'',<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/commschem/ |title=Communications Chemistry |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature |access-date=2017-12-22}}</ref> and ''Communications Physics''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/commsphys/ |title=Communications Physics |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature|access-date=2017-12-22}}</ref> In the following years several additional ''Communications'' journals were established: ''Communications Materials'' in 2020,<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/commsmat/ |title=Communications Materials |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature |access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref> ''Communications Earth & Environment'' in 2020,<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/commsenv/ |title=Communications Earth & Environment |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature |access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref> ''Communications Medicine'' in 2021,<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/commsmed/ |title=Communications Medicine |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature |access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref> ''Communications Engineering'' in 2022 <ref name=":6">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/commseng/ |title=Communications Engineering |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature |access-date=2022-05-25}}</ref> and ''Communications Psychology'' in 2022.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/commspsychol/ |title=Communications Psychology |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature |access-date=2024-05-08}}</ref>
These open-access journals offer a lower publication fee than ''Nature Communications'', reflecting their more specialist remits.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nature.com/openresearch/publishing-with-npg/nature-journals/ |title=Nature Research open access journals |publisher=Macmillan Publishers – Springer Nature |access-date=2017-12-22 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003182644/https://www.nature.com/openresearch/publishing-with-npg/nature-journals/ |archive-date= 2017-10-03}}</ref> Manuscripts rejected by Nature Publishing Group journals can choose to transfer the manuscript together with reviewers' reports to the ''Communications''-branded journals via an automated transfer service.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nature.com/authors/author_resources/transfer_manuscripts.html |title=How to transfer manuscripts : authors & referees @ npg |website=Nature |access-date=2018-02-11 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170904092330/http://www.nature.com/authors/author_resources/transfer_manuscripts.html |archive-date= 2017-09-04}}</ref> Alternatively, authors may choose to request a fresh review.
==See also== *''Nature'' (journal) *''Science Advances'' *''Scientific Reports''
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==External links== {{Commons category|Media from Nature Communications |Nature Communications}} * {{Official website|http://www.nature.com/ncomms/index.html}}
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