Nature Communications is the 22nd out of 2,084 Physics journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Physics. This Journal is the 30th out of 2,661 Chemistry journals. This means the journal is among the top 2% in the discipline of Chemistry. This Journal is the 62nd out of 11,479 Physical Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Physical Sciences. This Journal is the 68th out of 8,993 Life Sciences journals. This means the journal is among the top 1% in the science branch of Life Sciences.
How are inpact factors calculated?
The impact factor (IF) is calculated by counting citations from peer-reviewed journals only.
extended IF also counts citations from books and conference papers. However, no patent, abstract, working papers, online documents, etc., are covered.