Scope
Nature is a British weekly international scientific journal publishing peer-reviewed research across the natural sciences, including biology, physics, chemistry, the earth sciences, and related interdisciplinary fields. It operates editorial offices in London, the United States, continental Europe, and Asia under the international scientific publishing company Springer Nature.
What it costs to publish
Reported: Optional open access: USD 12,850
Charges differ by publication route. Subscription is not open access; the APC does not include every possible extra charge.
USD 12,850
Source-linked report, not independently confirmed. Research notes (English): Gold OA for primary research only. Also quoted as 9390.00 GBP and 10850.00 EUR. Same editorial process; APC payable when accepted.
Basis / unit: article. Tax terms (source language): Nature Portfolio VAT notice: listed prices are exclusive of VAT; APCs are subject to the standard VAT/GST rate where the rules require it.
No charge reported for this route
Source-linked report, not independently confirmed. Research notes (English): Traditional subscription route for primary research: articles available to subscribers or purchasers. Springer Nature support states that selecting the subscription route in hybrid journals means no APC is charged. Non-primary articles (Reviews, Comments, News & Views) can only use this route.
Basis / unit: article. Tax terms (source language): No APC on this route.
No agreement found
None of the agreements we track covers this journal.
Check before submitting: eligibility depends on your institution, the corresponding author and the article type.
APC, page charges, over-length, S2O: what each one means
- APC
- Article processing charge: a fee per article to publish it open access. It is not the whole cost.
- Page charges
- A fee per printed or typeset page. It can apply with or without an APC.
- Over-length
- Pages beyond a length limit, billed at a different rate. Each page pays one rate, never both.
- S2O
- Subscribe to Open: subscribers keep the journal free to read, decided year by year. Page charges can still apply.
- Agreement
- A deal between an institution or country and a publisher that may cover the APC. Never automatic.
No funds to pay?
Research checked: 2026-10-13Waivers and funding: eligibility is not guaranteed.
- Source-linked policyResearch notes (English), not independently confirmed: Corresponding authors from World Bank low-income or lower-middle-income economies, for primary research accepted in principle in Nature and the Nature Research Journals. This is a country rule of the publisher, not a finding that any particular author qualifies. Authors are informed as part of the publishing process at acceptance in principle. They may opt out. The scheme is to be reviewed at the end of 2026. automatic notice at acceptance in principle; opt-out available Gold OA APC for the qualifying primary-research paper. Authors outside that country set. Discretionary financial-need APC waivers are described for fully open-access journals and are requested at submission, not for this hybrid title.Publisher policy ↗
Read the publisher terms before submitting. Source-linked research is not a personal quotation or confirmed eligibility.