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Nature Portfolio is here to serve the research community by publishing its most significant discoveries—findings that advance knowledge and address some of the greatest challenges that we face as a society today. Our journals publish not only primary research but also reviews, critical comment, news and analysis.

FromNature—the leading international weekly journal of science first published in 1869—to selective subject-specific subscription journals includingNature GeneticsandNature Physicsand broad open-access journals such asNature CommunicationsandScientific Reports,there is a home for your research within our family of journals. We're committed to providing more options for authors in the open access arena too. TheCommunications journals,a group of high-quality, selective, open access multidisciplinary journals, published their first articles in 2018. Our Nature Reviews titles showcase authoritative, accessible and significant review content. High-quality graphics and enhanced content provide context and explanation, whatever your discipline.

Every month, nine million people read news, analysis and commentary on nature.com. We are committed to developing the next generation of scientists through our backing for the Nature Awards for Mentoring in Science, the John Maddox Prize for Standing up for Science and the Nature Research Awards for Inspiring and Innovating Science.

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