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Nature Medicine
Springer Nature (Nature Portfolio)
Overview
Nature Medicine is published by Springer Nature (Nature Portfolio).
Key information
Aims & scope
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General formatting rules that apply across article types. Specific word, abstract, reference and figure limits vary by article type — see the Article types tab for those.
General requirements
Manuscript template
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Information on the submission process and the ethics and publication standards Nature Medicine applies.
Submission process
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Author guidelines
Read the complete and latest author instructions on the journal website.
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Document and declaration checklists (cover letter, disclosures, registration numbers, etc.) follow ICMJE recommendations generally — we have not independently itemized Nature Medicine's exact required-documents list, so check the live author guidelines before submitting.
Sample articles
Recent, relevant articles published in Nature Medicine. These examples help you understand the journal's scope, style and expected quality — we only list one once its title, DOI, year and article type are verified against the publisher's own page.
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- Use examples together with the Article types and Manuscript specs tabs, not as a substitute for the journal's own guidelines.
- Check article-type-specific requirements before drafting.
General stages a manuscript moves through at most peer-reviewed journals — this sequence is standard academic-publishing practice, not a claim we've verified against Nature Medicine's own workflow. Durations below are shown only where the publisher has actually disclosed them.
Manuscript submitted via the journal's submission system.
Administrative and scope check by the editorial office.
Editor decides whether to send the manuscript for peer review.
External review by expert referees.
Accept, minor/major revision, or reject.
Author submits a revised manuscript, if requested.
Editor confirms acceptance.
Online-first, then the print/issue assignment if applicable.
Key timeline statistics
Factors that may affect timeline
- Type and complexity of the study
- Speed of author response to reviewer comments
- Number of revision rounds
- Availability of expert reviewers
- Editorial and production workload
- Compliance with the journal's own guidelines
General tips for faster processing
- Confirm the manuscript fits the journal's scope before submitting
- Follow the author guidelines and formatting requirements closely
- Respond to reviewer comments completely and promptly
- Submit all required documents and declarations at the time of submission
The stage sequence and general tips above reflect typical academic-publishing practice, not data we've verified against Nature Medicine specifically. Any duration we haven't independently confirmed from the publisher reads as "not yet verified" rather than an estimate.
Indexing and abstracting services
Confirmed against Nature’s own metrics page, which carries the full JCR metric suite.
Citation metrics
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Additional metrics
CiteScore details (2024)
Metric notes
- CiteScore here is an aggregate pulled from a third-party metrics site, not fetched from Scopus directly — confirm there before citing it.
- Impact Factor, SJR, SNIP, quartile, h-index and citation counts require a licensed Scopus/JCR/SCImago lookup we have not independently run for this title.
- Indexing status reflects only what we've checked against the publisher or the NLM Catalog — an item marked not-yet-verified may still index this journal.
Publication charges and author-facing fees. Springer Nature (Nature Portfolio) has not published a per-route APC schedule we could independently verify for Nature Medicine — every amount below is honestly unknown rather than estimated, not a $0 fee.
Publication charges (APC)
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- Publishing agreements and licence terms are set by the publisher and vary by publishing route.
- We have not independently verified Nature Medicine's specific licence (e.g. a named Creative Commons variant) — confirm on the journal website before relying on it.
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