Scientific publisher Nature Publishing Group (NPG), UK, has announced that its journal Nature Communications recently celebrated its first successful year, publishing its 300th research paper in the natural sciences. Launched in April 2010, nearly half of the papers published in Nature Communications to date are open access.
The online-only multidisciplinary journal has grown substantially and added new functionality since launch. In 2011 Nature Communications has published 177 papers and is now on track to publish more than 400 papers this year.
Nature Communications can opt to make their published article open access, through payment of an article processing charge (APC). Almost half of the papers published in the journal are open access, published under Creative Commons licenses. These papers will be freely accessible in perpetuity. Site license and licensed pay per view are available for institutions to access subscription content.
The journal is indexed in ISI Web of Science and PubMed, and will receive its first Impact Factor in 2012.
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