Scientific Reports
Abbreviated title (ISO 4) | Sci. Rep. |
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Discipline | Natural sciences |
Language | English |
Edited by | Suzanne Farley |
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Publisher | |
Publication history | 2011-present |
Frequency | Continuous |
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License | Creative Commons Attribution |
5.578 | |
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ISSN |
2045-2322 |
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Scientific Reports is an online open access scientific mega journal published by the Nature Publishing Group, covering all areas of the natural sciences.
Abstracting and indexing
Scientific Reports is abstracted and indexed in PubMed/MEDLINE and the Science Citation Index. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal's impact factor has increased from 2.927 in 2012 to 5.578 in 2014.[1]
Peer review
Scientific Reports has been described as a mega journal, conceptually similar to PLoS ONE, based on article processing charges and a peer review model emphasizing scientific quality, rather than perceived impact.[2] In 2015, an editor resigned from Scientific Reports [3] when the journal introduced a trial of a fast-track peer-review service for biology manuscripts in exchange for an additional fee. [4]
See also
References
- ↑ "Scientific Reports". 2014 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2015.
- ↑ "Nature's open-access offering may sound death knell for subs model". The Times Higher Education. 13 January 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2011.
- ↑ Bohannon, John (27 March 2015). "Editor quits journal over pay-for-expedited peer-review offer". Science Insider. Science/AAAS. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ Quaderi, Nandita (24 March 2015). "NPG announces fast-track service". Nature. NPG. Retrieved 23 July 2015.