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Manuscript Auditing →01Impact factor
Impact factor of Nature Electronics (2026)
The impact factor shown here is the 2-year mean citedness: citations received in a year by the papers Nature Electronics published in the two previous years, divided by the number of those papers. That is the same formula as the Journal Impact Factor, applied to the open citation data of OpenAlex. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so it also has an official Journal Impact Factor published by Clarivate, which can differ because it counts citations from Web of Science journals only.
Rank in its subject categories
- Engineering, Electrical & Electronicrank 1 of 382 journals
Ranks here compare journals of the same Web of Science category in our data by 2-year citedness; they are not the official JCR rank.
Quartile of Nature Electronics
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Nature Electronics is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Citations and papers per year
Article processing charge listed at about US$12,690.
02Review time
Review time of Nature Electronics
Each paper took a different time. The green box holds the middle half of the papers and the dark line is the median; the whiskers reach the fastest 10% and the slowest 10%. Plan with the whole spread, not only the median.
Half of the research articles Nature Electronics published between Dec 2025 and Oct 2026 were accepted within 370 days of submission, and the middle half took between 298 and 445 days. This time includes peer review and any revision rounds. Papers that were rejected are not counted, because only published papers carry these dates.
In Engineering, Electrical & Electronic, Nature Electronics ranks 81 of 85 journals by review time (1 = fastest). See the fastest-review journals in Engineering, Electrical & Electronic →
03Fee waivers
APC waivers and discounts for Nature Electronics
Nature Electronics follows the waiver policy of its publisher, Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver.
Authors affiliated in 25 countries qualify for a full waiver. See the countries →
Waivers apply to fully open access journals. If Nature Electronics is a hybrid journal, you can publish without any fee through the subscription route.
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Who funds research published in Nature Electronics
Funders named most often
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04Indexing
Indexing of Nature Electronics
- ISSN
- 2520-1131
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country
- England
- Language
- English
- Scopus source type
- Journal
- Web of Science categories
- Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
From the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab, updated 1 March 2026. Indexing can change: confirm on the Web of Science Master Journal List or the Scopus source list before submitting. Official Journal Impact Factors and JCR quartiles are published by Clarivate; the impact factor and quartile on this page are calculated from OpenAlex open data (see how the impact factor works).
05What it publishes
What Nature Electronics publishes: real papers
06Published papers
Papers published in Nature Electronics
Papers from the publication records ScholarsColab tracks, with their year and citations. Author names are not shown.
07Reviewer comments
Reviewer comments and rejection reasons for Nature Electronics
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08Similar journals
Journals similar to Nature Electronics
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09Journal Finder
Find the right journal for your paper
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No AI or language model is used. Your words are matched against the titles of 156,503 real published journal papers, by our mentors and by other researchers (shown without names); journals are ranked by how many closely matching papers they published. Indexing comes from the SCIE, SSCI, AHCI, ESCI, Scopus and JCR 2024 lists, matched by journal name; the impact factor is calculated from OpenAlex open data, not the official Clarivate value, and no quartile is shown until the official JCR or SJR quartile can be; review time comes from the dates publishers deposit in Crossref (not every publisher deposits them). Always check a journal’s scope and current indexing before submitting.
10Questions
Frequently asked questions
How long is the review time of Nature Electronics?
Based on 102 research articles Nature Electronics published from Dec 2025 to Oct 2026, the median time from submission to acceptance was 370 days, and half of them were accepted between 298 and 445 days. After acceptance, papers appeared online after a median of 35 days. Source: received and accepted dates deposited by the publisher in Crossref, retrieved October 2026. Individual papers can take longer, especially with major revisions.
What is the impact factor of Nature Electronics?
Based on OpenAlex citation data (October 2026), the 2-year impact factor of Nature Electronics is 17.8: papers it published in the two previous years were cited 17.8 times on average in a year. The journal is listed in JCR 2024, so Clarivate also publishes an official Journal Impact Factor, which can differ.
What is the h-index of Nature Electronics?
The h-index of Nature Electronics is 188 (OpenAlex, October 2026): 188 of its papers have each been cited at least 188 times. Its i10-index is 800.
What is the APC of Nature Electronics?
OpenAlex lists an article processing charge (APC) of about US$12,690 for Nature Electronics (data from October 2026). APCs change and can differ by article type, country or discounts, so confirm the current charge on the journal’s website before submitting.
What is the quartile of Nature Electronics?
A journal's quartile (Q1 to Q4) is its position within a subject category: Q1 is the top quarter. The official quartiles are published by Clarivate in Journal Citation Reports (by Journal Impact Factor, in Web of Science categories) and by Scimago as the SJR quartile (in Scopus categories). Nature Electronics is listed in JCR 2024, so its JCR quartile is in Journal Citation Reports. It is indexed in Scopus, so Scimago shows its SJR quartile. ScholarsColab does not show a quartile until it can show the official one; the impact factor and rank above are calculated from open data.
Is Nature Electronics indexed in Scopus?
Yes. Nature Electronics appears in the Scopus list, according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Nature Electronics an SCIE journal?
Yes. Nature Electronics is listed in the Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), according to the indexing lists used on ScholarsColab (updated 1 March 2026). Always confirm the current status on the official list before submitting.
Is Nature Electronics in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)?
Yes. Nature Electronics is listed in JCR 2024, so it has a Journal Impact Factor. For the current impact factor and quartile, check Journal Citation Reports.
How many papers published in Nature Electronics does ScholarsColab track?
We track 1 paper published in Nature Electronics in 2021, cited 367 times in total, with a median of 367 citations per paper.
Does Nature Electronics offer an APC waiver?
Nature Electronics follows the policy of Springer Nature: 100% waiver for low-income countries and 50% for lower-middle income countries (World Bank list with a GDP limit), on request at submission. Only the corresponding author's affiliation counts. Co-authors from other countries do not change the waiver. Rules verified 27 October 2026; confirm on the publisher's page.
Who funds research published in Nature Electronics?
24% of 200 recent research articles in Nature Electronics name a funder in Crossref; the funders named most often are National Natural Science Foundation of China, National Science Foundation, National Research Foundation Singapore.
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