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Nature Structural Biology
Nature Structural Biology is not currently indexed in Scopus. Published by Nature Publishing Group.
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ISSN 1072-8368Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
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Is Nature Structural Biology indexed in Scopus?
No — it was previously covered by Scopus but its coverage is now inactive/discontinued (1994–2003).
What is the impact factor of Nature Structural Biology?
Nature Structural Biology has no Journal Impact Factor — JIF is published only for journals in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI and ESCI) — and Scopus has not published a current CiteScore for it either. Treat any "impact factor" quoted for this journal elsewhere as unofficial.
Who publishes Nature Structural Biology and what is its ISSN?
Nature Structural Biology is published by Nature Publishing Group. Its ISSN is 1072-8368.
Is Nature Structural Biology in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Nature Structural Biology open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
Scopus coverage history
Scopus indexed Nature Structural Biology for 10 years, between 1994 and 2003. Coverage ended in 2003, 23 years ago, and Scopus now lists the title as inactive.
Is it still publishing? OpenAlex lists 1,741 works and 200,360 citations for the title. OpenAlex attributes papers to this title as late as 2014, 11 years after Scopus coverage ended in 2003. That may reflect a changed ISSN or merged records rather than continued publishing, so confirm the journal's current status directly before submitting.
How well cited is Nature Structural Biology? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Nature Structural Biology has an h-index of 232 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex).
232
h-index
0
2-yr mean citations
1,348
i10-index
1,741
works indexed
200,360
total citations
Nature Structural Biology published 18 papers in 2003; its busiest recent year was 2000 with 284. 2026* is the year so far.
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h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. Updated 2026-10-14.
Are there integrity warnings for Nature Structural Biology? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
Scopus status: Inactive — coverage ended 2003. 1 retracted paper is recorded (0.6 per 1,000 papers). The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
- Scopus statusInactive — coverage ended 2003
- Retracted papers 1 · 0.6 per 1,000 papers
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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