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Naturwissenschaften

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The Science of Nature - Naturwissenschaften - is Springer's flagship multidisciplinary science journal. The journal is dedicated to the fast publication and global dissemination of high-quality research and invites papers, which are of interest to the broader community in the biological sciences. Contributions from the chemical, geological, and physical sciences are welcome if contributing to questions of general biological significance. Particularly welcomed are contributions that bridge between traditionally isolated areas and attempt to increase the conceptual understanding of systems and processes that demand an interdisciplinary approach.

The Science of Nature - Naturwissenschaften - is only interested in publishing the very best of research, and the selection criteria are scientific excellence, novelty, and the potential to attract the widest possible readership, reflecting the multidisciplinary nature of the journal. The journal publishes Reviews, Original Articles, Concepts & Synthesis, Short Communications, and Comments & Replies. With the Comments & Reply section, The Science of Nature - Naturwissenschaften - aims to stimulate scientific discussion or elaborate on opposing view in response to an article published in the journal.

Frequency: Publishes six times per  year. 

Editor-in-Chief
  • Suzanne Scarlata

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Journal Impact Factor
2.1 (2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
2.0 (2023)
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11 days
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455.3k (2024)

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Forensics

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Ongoing

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Plant Sciences

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Open for submissions
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Ongoing

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Insect Biology

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Open for submissions
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Ongoing
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This journal has 192 open access articles

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  • Arnold Berliner Award

    About the Arnold Berliner Award

    To mark the 100th anniversary of the journal in 2013, the Arnold Berliner Award was established in recognition of its founder who guided the development of the journal over the exceptionally long period of 22 years.
    The award is given annually for the best research article published in the journal during the previous calendar year.
    Criteria are excellence in science, originality and in particular interdisciplinarity, overall mirroring Berliner's motivation for initiating Naturwissenschaften.The Award is marked with the Arnold Berliner Medal, and is accompanied by a biennial subscription to the electronic edition of the journal, a 500 Euro voucher for Springer eBooks, as well as a cash prize of 250 Euro.

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Journal information

Electronic ISSN
1432-1904
Print ISSN
0028-1042
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  1. AGRICOLA
  2. ANVUR
  3. Astrophysics Data System (ADS)
  4. BIOSIS
  5. Baidu
  6. Biological Abstracts
  7. CAB Abstracts
  8. CLOCKSS
  9. CNKI
  10. CNPIEC
  11. Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS)
  12. Current Contents/Life Sciences
  13. Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences
  14. Dimensions
  15. EBSCO
  16. EMBiology
  17. Engineering Village – GEOBASE
  18. Google Scholar
  19. Medline
  20. Meta
  21. Naver
  22. Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
  23. OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service
  24. Portico
  25. ProQuest
  26. Reaction Citation Index
  27. SCImago
  28. SCOPUS
  29. Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE)
  30. TD Net Discovery Service
  31. Wanfang
  32. Zoological Record
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