# Nature Communications

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{{Short description|Scientific journal}}
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{{Infobox journal
| title = Nature Communications
| cover = Nature_Communications_-_Journal_Cover.jpg
| formernames = 
| abbreviation = Nat. Commun.
| discipline = [Natural science](/source/Natural_science)s
| editor = [Nathalie Le Bot](/source/Nathalie_Le_Bot), Stephane Larochelle, Enda Bergin, Prabhjot Saini
| publisher = [Nature Portfolio](/source/Nature_Portfolio)
| country = 
| history = 2010–present
| frequency = Continuous
| openaccess = Yes
| license = [Creative Commons license](/source/Creative_Commons_license)s
| 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](/source/peer_review), [open access](/source/open_access), [scientific journal](/source/scientific_journal) published by [Nature Portfolio](/source/Nature_Portfolio) since 2010. It is a multidisciplinary journal that covers the [natural sciences](/source/natural_sciences), including [physics](/source/physics), [chemistry](/source/chemistry), [earth sciences](/source/earth_sciences), [medicine](/source/medicine), and [biology](/source/biology). The journal has editorial offices in London, Berlin, New York City, and Shanghai.

The founding [editor-in-chief](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Magdalena_Skipper), and [Elisa De Ranieri](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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 [preprint](/source/preprint)s 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](/source/Science_Citation_Index_Expanded)<ref name=ISI>{{cite web |url=http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.com/mjl/ |title=Master Journal List |publisher=[Thomson Reuters](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Zoological_Record)<ref name=ISI/>
* [BIOSIS Previews](/source/BIOSIS_Previews)<ref name=ISI/>
* [Chemical Abstracts Service](/source/Chemical_Abstracts_Service)<ref name=CASSI>{{cite web |url=http://cassi.cas.org/search.jsp |title=CAS Source Index |publisher=[American Chemical Society](/source/American_Chemical_Society) |work=[Chemical Abstracts Service](/source/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](/source/Index_Medicus)/[MEDLINE](/source/MEDLINE)/[PubMed](/source/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](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information) |access-date=2015-03-26}}</ref>
* [Scopus](/source/Scopus)<ref name=Scopus>{{cite web |url=http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/content-overview |title=Content overview |publisher=[Elsevier](/source/Elsevier) |work=Scopus |access-date=2015-03-26}}</ref>
}}
According to the ''[Journal Citation Reports](/source/Journal_Citation_Reports)'', the journal has a 2024 [impact factor](/source/impact_factor) of 15.7.<ref name="WoS">{{cite book |title=2024 Journal Citation Reports |title-link=Journal Citation Reports |publisher=[Clarivate](/source/Clarivate) |year=2025 |edition=Science |via=[Web of Science](/source/Web_of_Science) |chapter=Nature Communications}}</ref>

==Subjournals==
In 2017, the creation of three "subjournals" under the ''Communications'' brand was announced: ''[Communications Biology](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/Communications_Earth_%26_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](/source/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)](/source/Nature_(journal))
*''[Science Advances](/source/Science_Advances)''
*''[Scientific Reports](/source/Scientific_Reports)''

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://www.nature.com/ncomms/index.html}}

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