Nature clinical practice. Nephrology

Nature clinical practice. Nephrology is published by Springer Nature. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Dialysis and Renal Disease Management, Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes and Renal Diseases and Glomerulopathies, together about 32.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are Nephrology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

Nature Reviews Nephrology aims to be the premier source of reviews and commentaries for the scientific communities we serve. We strive to publish articles that are authoritative, accessible and enhanced with clearly understandable figures, tables and other display items. We aim to provide an unparalleled service to authors, referees and readers, and to maximize the usefulness and impact of each article. The journal publishes Research Highlights, News & Views, Comments, Reviews, Perspectives and Consensus Statements relevant to nephrologists and basic science researchers, with our broad scope ensuring that the work we publish reaches the widest possible audience. Read more about writing for us. Nature Reviews Nephrology is part of the Nature Reviews portfolio of journals. To learn more about Nature Reviews, check out this animation and the Nature Reviews page. You can also find a summary of the editorial input and checks here. Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in Nature Reviews Nephrology in 2025 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Springer Nature supports the SDGs through a dedicated SDG Programme and is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 10, Germany 3, United States 1, India 1, Italy 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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Impact

Impact factor (publisher) 2025

46.7Publisher website · 2026-09-29

5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025

51Publisher website · 2026-09-29

h-index

226OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

i10-index

1,376OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

2-year mean citedness

17.71OpenAlex · 2026-10-01

Share of gold OA articles

0%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year (publisher)

2,025Publisher website · 2026-09-29

Downloads per year (publisher) 2025

1,858,567Publisher website · 2026-09-29

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Average acceptance (community reports)

EasyLetPub · 2026-09-13

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Publisher

Springer Nature

Founded

2005

ISSN

1745-8323

Print ISSN

1759-5061

Electronic ISSN

1759-507X

Official links

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