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PNAS Nexus
ISSN 2752-6542 · Oxford University Press · United Kingdom
PNAS Nexus: CAS Zone 3 · Multidisciplinary (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 4,202; median 168 days to acceptance (110 articles, last 24 months); 390 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
PNAS Nexus is a gold open access journal dedicated to publishing high-quality original research from across the biological, medical, physical, social, and political sciences, and engineering and mathematics, promoting collaboration across diverse fields. Of particular interest are articles with broad, interdisciplinary appeal at the intersection of one or more disciplines. PNAS Nexus welcomes transdisciplinary articles that are part of new or emerging scientific domains, consisting of the combination of two or more disciplines. As a comprehensive multidisciplinary journal, PNAS Nexus articles collectively encompass the subject areas listed below, providing outstanding advances in their respective fields. PNAS Nexus is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Scopus, and Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), as well as within PubMed Central (PMC). PNAS Nexus has an impact factor of 4.8 for 2025. A sibling journal to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the flagship journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), PNAS Nexus provides comprehensive scientific coverage through the timely dissemination of original research from the fields of engineering and medicine, studies in the social, political, and economic sciences, and the biological and physical sciences and mathematics more broadly. The Editorial Board of PNAS Nexus includes members of the NAS, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Academy of Medicine, and select nonmembers who work in emerging fields not yet covered by academy membership. Open access is foundational to PNAS Nexus. All articles are freely and publicly available to read and reuse, with both CC BY 4.0 and CC BY-NC 4.0 licenses available. Published by the NAS in partnership with Oxford University Press, PNAS Nexus provides researchers with an open access platform that encourages transparency and speed in the publication of scientifically rigorous research. Discover all the benefits of publishing your work with PNAS Nexus. Biological, Health, and Medical Sciences Administration of Health Services, Education, and Research; Agricultural Sciences; Allied Health Professions; Anesthesiology; Anthropology; Applied Biological Sciences; Biochemistry; Biophysics and Computational Biology; Biostatistics; Cell Biology; Dentistry; Dermatology; Developmental Biology; Ecology; Emergency Medicine; Environmental Sciences; Evolution; Family Medicine; Genetics; Immunology and Inflammat
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Multidisciplinary-Multidisciplinary
Editor-in-chief Yannis C. YortsosPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 7 in mainland China (about 5%); most named United States 100, Mainland China 7, United Kingdom 4, Germany 3, Canada 3 (133 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Misinformation and Its ImpactsSocial Sciences10.6%
- Social Media and PoliticsSocial Sciences6.7%
- COVID-19 epidemiological studiesMathematics5.9%
- Social and Intergroup PsychologySocial Sciences5.2%
- Opinion Dynamics and Social InfluencePhysics and Astronomy5%
- Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationSocial Sciences4.9%
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional JudgmentNeuroscience4.9%
- Complex Network Analysis TechniquesPhysics and Astronomy4.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Multidisciplinary Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Multidisciplinary Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Multidisciplinary | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Multidisciplinary Sciences | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of SciencePMCPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 50OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 731OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 7.05OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 2.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.57%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 401LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,127 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 339 | 339 | 243 |
| 2025 | 390 | 390 | 1,813 |
| 2024 | 587 | 587 | 7,226 |
| 2023 | 500 | 500 | 6,825 |
| 2022 | 311 | 311 | 6,286 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with PubMed · to
168 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 114 days – 246 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 22 days (110 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 195 days
- Sample
- 110 articles with submission and acceptance dates (900 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 17 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 17 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 4,202 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 4,202 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 4,080 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access
- Open access Open access
Open access with CC BY 4.0 and CC BY-NC licenses available. Model summary
Open access is foundational to PNAS Nexus. All articles are freely available to read and reuse, with both CC BY 4.0 and CC BY-NC licenses available. Find out more
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2752-6542
- Society / sponsor
- National Academy of Sciences
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 5, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about PNAS Nexus
What CAS zone is PNAS Nexus in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, PNAS Nexus is in Zone 3 of Multidisciplinary, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Multidisciplinary Sciences / Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Multidisciplinary. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of PNAS Nexus?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 6.7, h-index 50.
How long does peer review take at PNAS Nexus?
Based on the dates recorded on 110 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 168 days (interquartile range 114–246 days); authors report an average review time of about 17 weeks. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of PNAS Nexus based?
Of the 133 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 7 (about 5%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (100), Mainland China (7) and United Kingdom (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index PNAS Nexus?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, PNAS Nexus is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science and PMC; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is PNAS Nexus open access, and what is the APC?
PNAS Nexus is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 4,202.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-24). Last updated: .