Publishing options

Authors submitting primary research articles to Nature have the option of publishing their research using either:

1 – Traditional subscription publishing model – an article is submitted and is assessed by our editors. If suitable it will be put through Peer Review, and if successful (subject to amendments), will be eligible for publication. Published articles are made available to institutions and individuals who subscribe to Nature or who pay to read specific articles.

2 – Gold Open Access – same publishing process as above. The difference is that when an article is accepted for publication, the author/s or funder/s pay an Article Processing Charge (APC). The final version of the published article is then free to read for everyone. The APC to publish Gold Open Access in Nature is £9190.00/$12690.00/€10690.00. 

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Articles that are published OA are freely available online, and are published under a Creative Commons license, which allows for reuse and sharing under the licence terms. The publishing costs are covered by the author’s institution or funding body paying an Article Processing Charge (APC).

*Non-primary research articles (e.g. Reviews, Comments, News & Views) should not include original (previously unpublished) research findings and may only contain minimal new supporting data. These non-primary articles are not eligible for gold Open Access and can only be published using the traditional subscription-based publishing route.