Aims and scope of journal
Sample issue
Editors and contact information
Relationship to other nature journals
Editorial and publishing policies
Impact factor
Abbreviation
ISSN and EISSN
Further editorial information
The entire guide for authors and referees is available in PDF format.
AIMS AND SCOPE OF JOURNAL
Nature Immunology is a multidisciplinary journal that publishes papers of the highest quality and significance in all areas of immunology. Priority is given to work that provides fundamental insight into the workings of the immune system. Areas covered include, but are not limited to, innate immunity and inflammation; development; immune receptors, signaling and apoptosis; antigen presentation; gene regulation and recombination; cellular and systemic immunity; vaccines; immune tolerance; autoimmunity and tumor immunology, microbial immunopathology; and transplantation.
Nature Immunology places its highest priority on fair and rapid review and speedy publication. Decisions on whether to send a manuscript out for peer review are normally made within two working days of receipt and decisions about publication are typically made within two days of receipt of the referees' reports.
In addition to publishing significant original research, Nature Immunology also publishes commentary, News and Views, brief research notes, historical perspectives, correspondence from readers and reviews of the literature, thus serving as the major conduit of top-quality information for the immunology community.
SAMPLE ISSUE
Free online access to the January 2005 issue of Nature Immunology.
EDITORS AND CONTACT INFORMATION
Like the other Nature titles, Nature Immunology has no external editorial board. Instead, all editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors. Information about the scientific background of the editors may be found here.
A full list of journal staff appears on the masthead.
RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER NATURE JOURNALS
Nature Immunology is editorially independent, and its editors make their own decisions, independent of the other Nature journals.
If a paper is rejected from one Nature journal, the authors
can use an automated manuscript transfer service to submit the paper to another Nature journal via a link sent to them by the
editor handling the manuscript. Authors should note that referees' comments (including any confidential comments to the editor) and
identities are transferred to the editor of the second journal along with the manuscript.
In that case, the journal editors will take the previous reviews into account when making their decision, although in some cases the editors
may choose to take advice from additional or alternative referees.
Alternatively, authors may choose to request a fresh review, in which case
they should not use the automated transfer link, and
the editors will evaluate the paper without reference to the previous review process.
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of the manuscript transfer service, and for links to NPG journals and subject areas.
A general explanation of the relationships between Nature titles can be found here.
EDITORIAL AND PUBLISHING POLICIES
The Nature journals, including Nature Immunology, share a number of common policies including the following:
Relationship between Nature journals
License agreement and author copyright
Embargo policy and press releases
Use of experimental animals and human subjects
Competing financial interests
Availability of materials and data
Gene nomenclature
Security concerns
Refutations and complaints
Corrections
IMPACT FACTOR
The 2005 impact factor for Nature Immunology is 27.011, according to the ISI Journal Citation Reports. This places Nature Immunology third out of 115 journals in the field of immunology, and first among primary research journals in this field.
The 2005 impact factor represents the number of citations in 2005 to papers published in 2003 and 2004, divided by the total number of papers published in 2003 and 2004. A more detailed explanation of impact factors appears on the ISI web site. For more information on the interpretation and use of impact factors, see the Editorial in the August 2003 issue of Nature Immunology.
ABBREVIATION
The correct abbreviation for abstracting and indexing purposes is Nat. Immunol.
ISSN AND EISSN
The international standard serial number (ISSN) for Nature Immunology is 1529-2908, and the electronic international standard serial number (EISSN) is 1529-2916.
FURTHER EDITORIAL INFORMATION
Please see the following editorials for more information on various aspects of journal policy.
Journal goals (July 2000)
Peer review (April 2001)
Competing financial interests (October 2001)
Advance online publication (November 2001)
Electronic submission (June 2002)
Sharing of materials (December 2002)
Microarray policy (February 2003)
Publishing and bioterrorism (March 2003)
The entire guide for authors and referees is available in PDF format.
