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Editorial policies

Editorial Policies

A central resource for scientists and other users to find publication policies of Nature and Nature Research journals.

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Author Resources

Author Resources

A central resource for author services offered by Nature and Nature Research journals. Access our journals, their impact factors and editorial scope. Find author and submission information and benefits for published Nature journal authors.

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Peer review

Peer Review

The editors would like to thank the 37,464 individuals who served as reviewers on the Nature journals during 2016.

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Open research

Open research

A central resource for information about open access and open research at Nature Research. Find out about each journal's open access publishing options and discover funding sources.

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