Nature Research Group Journals
Ran Schweitzer & Rene Aernoudts
May 2017
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After Merger … 2016 eBook packages: The changes 12 Palgrave Collections
Packages no longer available as of copyright
year 2016 are: Humanities, social • Humanities, Social sciences and Law science + Business + law • Behavioral Sciences economics • Business and Economics Palgrave content available on SpringerLink Behavioral Science
Springer Humanities & Social Sciences Complete Collection
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The 2016 eBook collections and number of titles
Humanities and Social Sciences Collection Science, Technology and Medicine Collection
Behavioral Science & Psychology +260 Biomedical & Life Science +640 Business & Management +430 Chemistry & Materials Science +300 Economics & Finance +480 Computer Science +1100 Education +450 Earth & Environmental Science +390 History +230 Energy +130 Literature, Cultural & Media Studies +500 Engineering +930 Political Science & Internl. Studies +410 Mathematics & Statistics +545 Philosophy & Religion +320 Medicine +785 Social Sciences +560 Physics & Astronomy +420 Law & Criminology +250 Professional & Applied Computing +230
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• 43 publications spanning the life, physical and clinical sciences
• Original, peer-reviewed research and high quality review papers
• news articles
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Nature then
• The first issue of Nature was published in 1869
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Nature today Current • #1 in Multidisciplinary Sciences, five years in a row. Impact Factor • World's most cited scientific journal with 617,363 citations* 41.456
• The Journal of two halves! • Front Half: Offers News and Views, Research Highlights, arts and book reviews, supplements and analysis. • Online resources: Daily News • Back Half: The best original research made up of articles and letters &Comment articles, weekly across the life, physical and clinical sciences podcasts, regular videos featuring the scientists behind the research
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Key Facts: • First ‘launched’ Nature branded research journal was Nature Genetics, in 1992 • The sister journal, Nature Reviews Genetics, was one of the first review journals to be launched in 2000 • 11,149 journals have an impact factor • 19 of the top 50 journals are Nature journals • Only 179 of the 11,149 journals have an impact factor of > 10 • 29 of the 179 journals (16%) are Nature journals
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Nature Research and Nature Review Journals Differences and USPs
Research titles
• 24 titles publishing monthly in the life and physical sciences • Original research submitted for consideration by the editorial teams
• ~10% acceptance rate • 5 of the Nature research journals are the #1 primary research journal in one or more categories • Each journal includes News & Views, and Commentaries
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Access External 2015 launches Leads Denied
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• Monthly, online-only • Physical / Life Sciences • Interdisciplinary: physical and social sciences with integrated scope from bench to biosphere
• Launched May 2015 • Publishes weekly ‘Primers’ – a new article type • Clinical / Life Sciences • ‘Primers’ provide overviews of diseases and disorders; one disease, one article • Each Primer accompanied by illustrated guides to the research called ‘PrimeViews’
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Upsell to Access existing 2016 launches Denied customers
• Launched in January 2016
• Physical Sciences (+ Social Sciences)
• Launched in January 2016 • Life Sciences
• Launched in January 2016 • Physical Sciences – first Nature Review title in this subject area
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2017 launches
• Physical Sciences
• A multidisciplinary journal for the field, representing and fostering closer interaction between all of the key astronomy-relevant disciplines
• Clinical (+Life and Physical) • Will appeal to bench scientists, clinicians and engineers interested in understanding or combatting disease
• Life Sciences • Will bring together scientists and practitioners interested in all aspects of life's diversity — past, present and future.
• Life Sciences • will have both social and natural science at its core, and provide a multidisciplinary home for researchers who want a high-profile journal to showcase their work.
• Physical Sciences • will build on the success of Nature Chemistry and emulate the principles of authoritative, high-quality content and exceptional editorial standards that are the hallmark of the Nature Reviews titles
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