Find Springer Nature journals for your paper

Paste a title, an abstract or keywords to see which of the 2,467 Springer journals in our catalog publish the most on your topic. Switch the publisher filter to “Any publisher” to compare them with journals from every other publisher. Free, no sign-up, and your text is not stored.

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Example results

Showing 25 of 60 matching journals

For the sample paper “Gut microbiome composition and response to immune checkpoint inhibitors in melanoma”. Paste your own title or abstract above to replace it.

Topics we matched: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers · Gut microbiota and health · Melanoma and MAPK Pathways · Cutaneous Melanoma Detection and Management · Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

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  1. Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy72% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    5.3
    Access and APC
    Open access, $4,390
    Time to acceptance
    93 days
  2. Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology57% match
    Nature Portfolio
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    26.5
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid
    Time to acceptance
    —
  3. Nature Reviews Cancer55% match
    Nature Portfolio
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    24.1
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid
    Time to acceptance
    —
  4. Investigational New Drugs53% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    3.8
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $4,690
    Time to acceptance
    56 days
  5. British Journal of Cancer52% match
    Springer Nature
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    6.3
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $4,690
    Time to acceptance
    201 days
  6. Clinical & Translational Oncology48% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    2.5
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $4,290
    Time to acceptance
    83 days
  7. npj Precision Oncology46% match
    Nature Portfolio
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    8.1
    Access and APC
    Open access, $3,490
    Time to acceptance
    168 days
  8. Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology44% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    4.7
    Access and APC
    Open access, $4,190
    Time to acceptance
    48 days
  9. Nature Cancer44% match
    Nature Portfolio
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    16.2
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $11,690
    Time to acceptance
    331 days
  10. Current Oncology Reports43% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    6.1
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $5,090
    Time to acceptance
    —
  11. Journal of Translational Medicine42% match
    BioMed Central
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    7.7
    Access and APC
    Open access, $3,490
    Time to acceptance
    98 days
  12. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research39% match
    BioMed Central
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    11.9
    Access and APC
    Open access, $4,190
    Time to acceptance
    109 days
  13. Oncologie38% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q2
    Score
    1.7
    Access and APC
    Open access, $1,130
    Time to acceptance
    —
  14. International Cancer Conference Journal38% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q3
    Score
    0.8
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $3,590
    Time to acceptance
    —
  15. Targeted Oncology38% match
    Adis, Springer Healthcare
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    4.6
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $4,390
    Time to acceptance
    —
  16. BMC Cancer38% match
    BioMed Central
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    3.7
    Access and APC
    Open access, $2,990
    Time to acceptance
    130 days
  17. Cancer and Metastasis Reviews37% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    11.6
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $3,790
    Time to acceptance
    134 days
  18. Genes and Immunity37% match
    Springer Nature
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    3.5
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $4,590
    Time to acceptance
    190 days
  19. Nature Medicine36% match
    Nature Portfolio
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    30.0
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $11,690
    Time to acceptance
    172 days
  20. Medical Oncology35% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    4.4
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $3,990
    Time to acceptance
    115 days
  21. Biomarker Research34% match
    BioMed Central
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    14.0
    Access and APC
    Open access, $3,390
    Time to acceptance
    104 days
  22. Discover Oncology34% match
    Springer Nature
    Quartile
    Q2
    Score
    2.2
    Access and APC
    Open access, $1,520
    Time to acceptance
    150 days
  23. Clinical and Experimental Medicine34% match
    Springer Science+Business Media
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    5.0
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid · OA option $4,790
    Time to acceptance
    65 days
  24. BMC Immunology33% match
    BioMed Central
    Quartile
    Q2
    Score
    3.0
    Access and APC
    Open access, $3,090
    Time to acceptance
    113 days
  25. Nature Reviews Immunology33% match
    Nature Portfolio
    Quartile
    Q1
    Score
    22.6
    Access and APC
    Subscription or hybrid
    Time to acceptance
    —

Match is relative to the best journal for this search. Quartile is the journal’s best subfield quartile. Score is the Journal Metrics Score. APC is the indicative fee reported to OpenAlex. Time to acceptance is the PubMed median for 2024 and 2025, shown when enough articles report both dates. A dash means no data. Check fees, scope and timelines on the journal’s site before you submit.

How the matching works

The finder does not use an AI model. It compares the words in your title, abstract and keywords with 4,516 research topics from OpenAlex, each described by a name, a list of keywords and a short description. Words that are rare across topics, such as “zebrafish” or “cathode”, count for more than common ones, and a keyword phrase that appears in your text counts extra.

Each journal is then scored by how much of its recent output, the articles and reviews it published from 2021 to 2024, falls in the topics your text matches. A specialist journal that publishes mostly on your topic ranks above a large journal that publishes a little of everything, and a specific word from your title in a journal’s name, such as “Spine”, adds a small boost.

The “Topics we matched” line shows how your text was read. If it looks wrong, add a few field-specific keywords. Each result also lists the topics that earned it a place.

What the columns mean

Match
How well the journal’s output fits your text, relative to the best match for the same search. It is a ranking aid, not a probability of acceptance.
Quartile
The journal’s best quartile across the subfields it publishes in, where Q1 is the top 25% of a subfield by Journal Metrics Score. See Q1 vs Q2 journals.
Score
The Journal Metrics Score: two-year mean citedness from OpenAlex.
Access and APC
Whether the journal is fully open access, and the indicative article processing charge in US dollars reported to OpenAlex. Subscription and hybrid journals let you publish without a fee; the “OA option” is what they charge to make one article open access.
Time to acceptance
The median number of days from submission to acceptance in PubMed records from 2024 and 2025, available for 4,188 journals where enough articles report both dates. Where a publisher reports its acceptance rate, it is shown underneath. See journal acceptance times.

Journal finders by publisher

Publisher tools only suggest their own journals. This finder covers every publisher in the catalog, and these pages open it with one publisher selected. Switch the publisher filter to “Any publisher” at any time to compare across publishers. Here, Springer means journals OpenAlex lists under Springer, Springer Nature, Nature Portfolio, BioMed Central and Adis.

For a side-by-side look at the publisher tools, JANE and AI options, read journal finder tools compared.

Before you submit

  1. Read the aims and scope and a few recent articles of your top three to five matches.
  2. Check the fee, open access options and author guidelines on the journal’s own site.
  3. Confirm the indexing the journal claims in the database itself, not only on the journal’s website.
  4. Rule out predatory journals. See predatory journal lists compared.
  5. Plan a second and third choice in case of desk rejection, and prepare a cover letter for each.

Frequently asked questions

How do I find the right Springer journal for my paper?
Paste your title and abstract above. The finder compares your text with about 4,500 OpenAlex research topics and ranks the 2,467 Springer journals in the catalog by how much of their recent output falls in your topics. Open a journal to check its scope, quartile, fees and timing, then read its author guidelines on the publisher’s site.
Which journals count as Springer here?
Journals whose publisher OpenAlex lists as Springer, Springer Nature, Nature Portfolio, BioMed Central and Adis. Journals that Springer publishes on behalf of a society are included when OpenAlex credits Springer as the publisher.
How is this different from the official Springer journal finder?
This finder is independent and not affiliated with Springer. It shows each journal’s quartile, Journal Metrics Score, APC and PubMed time to acceptance side by side, and the publisher filter can be switched off to compare Springer journals with every other publisher.
Is it free, and is my abstract stored?
Searches are free with no sign-up. Your text is used only to run the search and is not saved, logged or sent to any other service, and no AI model reads it.
Are the APC and acceptance times official?
No. The APC is the indicative fee reported to OpenAlex and the time to acceptance is the median from PubMed records from 2024 and 2025. Fees and timelines change, so confirm both on the journal’s own website before you submit.

Sources

  • OpenAlex (CC0): research topics and their keywords, journal topic output for 2021 to 2024, publisher, open access status and APC.
  • PubMed: received and accepted dates for articles published in 2024 and 2025.
  • Acceptance rates: the publisher pages credited on each journal’s record.

Content updated November 1, 2026. See the methodology for how the journal data is built.