Nature Photonics' 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 24.0, ranking Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and 2 other subfields. Two-year citation average from OpenAlex data, updated August 2026.
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Journal Metrics Score 2026 · 2021–2024 window citedness 22.00.
Middle 50%: 209–328 days
27 of 31 PubMed-indexed articles · 87.1% coverage · 2024–2025
Nature Photonics accepts papers a median of 246 days after submission, including peer review and revisions. That is slower than 96% of comparable journals with PubMed timing data.
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462 of 838 works · same type, year & subfield
193 works · same type, year & subfield
Above field-year expectation
of 866 topic-associated OpenAlex sources by lifetime output
FWCI compares papers with the same publication year, type, and field. 1.0 is the world average; above 1.0 is above expectation. This journal's median is 3.90, so its typical recent paper runs about 290% above its field benchmark.
55.1% of recent papers rank in the global top 10% after field normalization. This is easier to compare across specialties than raw citation totals.
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838 OpenAlex works · 2021–2024
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| Category | Quartile |
|---|---|
| Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Q1 |
| Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics | Q1 |
| Artificial Intelligence | Q1 |
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2026 Journal Metrics Scores for 13 of 59 Nature journals published by Nature Portfolio, highest score first. Each journal is scored separately; there is no combined score for the Nature family.
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Nature Photonics' 2026 Journal Metrics Score is 24.0, from the August 2026 data release. The score is a two-year citation average computed from OpenAlex (CC0) data: citations received in the most recent complete year to works published in the two prior years, divided by the number of those works.
Nature Photonics' best quartile is Q1. By OpenAlex subfield: Q1 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering; Q1 in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics; Q1 in Artificial Intelligence. Quartiles rank journals by Journal Metrics Score within each subfield.
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Nature Photonics accepts papers a median of 246 days after submission across 27 recent PubMed records with both dates; the middle half took 209–328 days. This includes peer review, editorial handling, and revisions.
PubMed records when a manuscript was received and accepted, not the individual review stages, so peer review time on its own is not available. The full time from submission to acceptance at Nature Photonics, which includes peer review and revisions, has a median of 246 days. For the time to a first decision, check the journal's own website.
Nature Photonics' median of 246 days from submission to acceptance is slower than 96% of comparable journals with PubMed timing data.
OpenAlex lists an indicative article processing charge of $12,690 USD for Nature Photonics. This journal-level estimate may exclude taxes, waivers, discounts, or article-type fees, so confirm the current charge on the journal's website.
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