Is Scientific Reports A Paid Journal?

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Scientific Reports is an

open access journal

. To publish in Scientific Reports, all authors are required to pay an article-processing charge (APC) of $1,495.

Is scientific reports a Q1 journal?

Scientific Reports is a journal covering the technologies/fields/categories

related to Multidisciplinary

(Q1). It is published by Nature Publishing Group. … This journal has an h-index of 213.

Is an impact factor of 2.5 good?

In most fields, the impact factor of

10 or greater is considered an excellent score

while 3 is flagged as good and the average score is less than 1. This is a rule of thumb. … The impact factor is a subjective matter and has the most meaning only when comparing journals within similar fields.

Is it free to publish in scientific reports?

Scientific Reports is an open access journal, and

all articles are free to access, download, share, and re-use

. … For further information about Nature Research’s open access policies and publishing options, please visit our open research site.

Is scientific reports a bad journal?

My experience does not support that Scientific Reports is a good journal. It is disappointing that

such papers are published in any journal leave alone Scientific Reports

. Other open access journals from the NPG publish technically flawless papers although the conclusions can be challenged.

Is PLoS ONE a predatory Journal?

In some Chinese tertiary teaching hospitals, PLOS ONE is considered as a

predatory journal

.

Which journal has the highest impact factor?

  • CA- A Cancer Journal for Clinicians | 435,4.
  • Natural Review Materials | 123,7.
  • Quarterly Journal of Economics | 22,7.
  • Nature Reviews Genetics | 73,5.
  • Cell | 58,7.
  • Journal of Political Economy | 12,1.
  • New England Journal of Medicine | 66,1.
  • Econometrica | 8,1.

Do scientific reports publish reviews?

Publication details License Creative Commons Attribution Impact factor 4.379 (2020)

What is a high impact journal?

A ‘high impact’ journal is

one where its articles are regulalrly cited across the academic spectrum

– and especially if they are cited in other high impact journals. Citation indexes were first developed in the 1950s as a means to measure ‘Impact Factor’ of journals.

What is a good score on ResearchGate?

In general terms,

a following of more than 200 researchers appears

to be a good score. The scoring of followers is mysterious and inconsistent as there appears no correlation between the number of followers and the RG Score, although it is said to contribute towards the score.

How many citations is good for a scientist?

For all researchers,

5-10 citations of their

papers will be great! Publishing in good journals help the citations of our articles.

Is scientific reports a Springer journal?

Scientific Reports is

an open access journal publishing original research

from across all areas of the natural and clinical sciences. Explore the following pages to learn about the journal and the recent research we’ve published in neuroscience.

Can I publish without affiliation?


Yes

, definitely you can publish papers without an institution name. You can put your home address. Generally, journals asked affiliation from the authors to confirm the availability of authors if anyone wants to contact you.

How much is a publication fee?

These fees, charged by certain open access journals post-acceptance, are also known as author publishing charges or article processing charges (APCs) and range

from $8-3,900

. APCs may be driven down by submission fees, particularly among open access journals with high rejection rates.

Is PLOS Medicine a good journal?

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal had a 2014 impact factor of 14.429, ranking it

7th out of 153 journals

in the category “Medicine, General & Internal”.

Are Mdpi journals reputable?

MDPI journals fall short compared to PLOS but

they are respectable and are building their reputation

. Charges are proportional to the journal reputation and most times can be waived if the author makes its case of lack of funding and it is completely independent of the review process.

Juan Martinez
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Juan Martinez
Juan Martinez is a journalism professor and experienced writer. With a passion for communication and education, Juan has taught students from all over the world. He is an expert in language and writing, and has written for various blogs and magazines.