2026 Impact Factor
18.1
Released June 2026 · Based on 2025 citation data
↑ 2.4 (+15.3%) vs last year
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Nature Communications's newest impact factor is 18.1, released June 17, 2026 and based on 2025 citation data. This verified record also shows JCR quartile, ISSN, publisher, and verification links for exact-title searches.
Metric year 2025
Released
Metric year 2024
| Category | Indexes | Quartile |
|---|---|---|
| MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | SCIE | Q1 |
Nature Communications's newest impact factor is 18.1, released June 17, 2026 and based on 2025 citation data.
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Ranked #79 in Biology & Basic Science by impact factor and #79 among Q1 Biology & Basic Science journals. This context helps compare Nature Communications against journals publishing in the same field.
Published 46,660 papers across the last 5 recorded years.
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