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Journal metrics: • Indexed in Web of , PubMed, • Articles have attracted 72,700+ • Our dedicated press team works PubMed Central, Scopus, Dimensions, mentions in the news1 with journalists worldwide 302,000+ citations in 2018 - the 11th Google Scholar, DOAJ and SAO/ • Our marketing team promotes most cited journal in the world in 20183 NASA ADS • Research published in 2018 appeared in international news and showcases our authors’ • Almost 2 million people from 180+ outlets including The New York discoveries • 2-year : 4.011 countries visit Scientific Reports every Times, BBC, Asahi Shimbun, • 5-year Impact Factor: 4.525 4 month, visiting 5 million pages National Geographic and Xinhua • Immediacy index: 0.679 Societal impact • Eigenfactor® score: 1.06154 220+ policy documents, including SWIFTLY VISIBLE AND HIGHLY DISCOVERABLE • Article Influence score: 1.286 reports from the World Bank, WHO, CDC and GOV.UK, have cited • H5-index of SREP is 158 and ranked 35th United 1 Kingdom China Scientific Reports articles out of all journals 6% Japan Number of USA 5% 5% visitors from 28% Ranks higher than 87% of all journals awarded an the top 5 India 5 articles have appeared in the 2018 Top 3 6% Impact Factor countries4 100, putting us in the top 20% of journals, alongside Science, , PNAS and The Lancet1

We only publish Editors We are a truly global 48% journal; Scientific Reports has research that is ü Overseen by a team of experienced, in-house Editors, ACCEPTANCE published articles with authors scientifically robust, including Chief Editor Dr Richard White RATE4 from 180 countries/territories2 original, and of the ü 10,000+ Editorial Board Members highest quality ü From 70+ countries GLOBAL INFLUENCE EXPERT All of the top 100 Times Higher Education Stringent standards ranked universities2 including Harvard ü Led by the same ethical and editorial policy guidelines as other Nature Research journals University, Tsinghua University and the ü We check every submission for 30+ items, including ethics approval, authorship, competing interests and plagiarism University of Oxford have published in ü 2 reviewers (average) plus an expert handling editor per accepted article Scientific Reports, representing 29,000+ author contributions2 ü 1.6 rounds of revision (average) per accepted article

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