Nature

　　About the journal
　　Welcome to Nature, the weekly, international, interdisciplinary journal of science.
　　Citations and Impact Factor
　　Nature retains its position as the most cited weekly science journal, with over 390,000 cites, an increase of almost 18,000 on last year’s count. And Nature continues to publish more articles than any other multidisciplinary journal. For 2006 Nature’s impact factor is 26.681. The impact factor of a journal is calculated by dividing the number of current year citations to the source items published in that journal during the previous two years. It is an independent measure calculated by Thomson/ISI (Institute for Scientific Information), Philadephia, USA.
　　Aims and scope
　　Nature is a weekly international journal publishing the finest peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology on the basis of its originality, importance, interdisciplinary interest, timeliness, accessibility, elegance and surprising conclusions. Nature also provides rapid, authoritative, insightful and arresting news and interpretation of topical and coming trends affecting science, scientists and the wider public.
　　Nature's mission statement
　　First, to serve scientists through prompt publication of significant advances in any branch of science, and to provide a forum for the reporting and discussion of news and issues concerning science. Second, to ensure that the results of science are rapidly disseminated to the public throughout the world, in a fashion that conveys their significance for knowledge, culture and daily life.
　　Nature's original mission statement was published for the first time on 11 November 1869.

标准科研读物	来自ZEPHYR	1 回应	2007-10-27
外文原版书	来自外文原版书（上海）		2006-09-29