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| List | Status |
|---|---|
| Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE) | ✓ Listed |
| Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) | Not found |
| Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI) | Not found |
| Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) | Not found |
| Scopus | ✓ Listed |
| Journal Citation Reports 2024 | ✓ Listed |
- eISSN
- 2041-1723
- Publisher
- Nature Research
- Country
- England
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Multidisciplinary Sciences
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. ScholarsColab does not show impact factors or quartiles, which are licensed; see how JCR and CiteScore quartiles work.
What Nature Communications publishes: real papers
Words that appear most often in the titles of papers our mentors published here:
Papers by ScholarsColab mentors in Nature Communications
- Smooth 2D manifold extraction from 3D image stack EElton Rexhepaj
- A crowdsourced analysis to identify ab initio molecular signatures predictive of susceptibility to viral infection
Ronesh Sharma - Characterising acute and chronic care needs: insights from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
Tarek Tawfik Amin
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Journals where our mentors published the closest work to the papers above:
- International Journal of Advanced Networking and ApplicationsNot found in our indexing lists4 mentor papers
- Microsystem TechnologiesScopus44 mentor papers
- DataESCIScopusJCR 20241 mentor paper
- MDPINot found in our indexing lists8 mentor papers
- International Journal of Computational Intelligence SystemsSCIEScopusJCR 202417 mentor papers
- NeurocomputingSCIEScopusJCR 20249 mentor papers
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How it works: no AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of real published papers by our mentors; journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; “not found in our indexing lists” does not prove a journal is unindexed. Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
Frequently asked questions
Is Nature Communications indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Nature Communications appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Nature Communications an SCIE journal?
Yes. Nature Communications is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Nature Communications in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Nature Communications is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
What topics does Nature Communications publish?
Papers by ScholarsColab mentors in Nature Communications most often mention smooth, manifold, extraction, image, stack, crowdsourced. Check the journal’s aims and scope for its full coverage.
Have ScholarsColab mentors published in Nature Communications?
Yes. 3 papers by 3 mentors were published in Nature Communications between 2017 and 2025, with 106 citations in total.
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