Journal Information

Aims & Scope

Nature Reviews Methods Primers covers analytical, applied, statistical, theoretical and computational methods used in the life and physical sciences. 

Nature Reviews Methods Primers is aimed at a broad, interdisciplinary audience of researchers at all career stages, providing them with the information to evaluate and apply methods to conduct their research, with a strong focus on enhancing interdisciplinary collaboration and providing guidance, from experts, on reproducibility and open science. For more information about the journal, please see Chief Editor Dominique Morneau's explainer video here.

Our broad scope and accessible format ensures that the work published reaches the widest possible audience. 

Nature Reviews Methods Primers is part of the Nature Reviews portfolio of journals. To learn more about Nature Reviews, check out this animation and the Nature Reviews page. You can also find a summary of the editorial input and checks here.

Online Publication

Nature Reviews Methods Primers is an exclusively online publication. This allows us to publish Primer articles and their accompanying PrimeViews weekly.

Content Types

We publish Primers, which are introductory overviews of methods and techniques, including best practices for experimentation, analysis and applications. These overview articles will provide all the relevant information needed to evaluate, adopt and build on methods. 

Each Primer will be accompanied by a PrimeView — an illustrated summary of the article with original artwork written by the editors and designed by the art editors. 

Editors and Contact Information

At Nature Reviews Methods Primers all editorial decisions are made by a dedicated team of full-time professional editors. For information on the editors’ scientific interests, see About the Editors. 

General editorial enquiries and correspondence should be addressed to the Editor, at nrmp@nature.com.

Enquiries about the status of a manuscript should be addressed to the Editorial Assistant, at nrmp@nature.com.

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Abbreviation

The correct abbreviation for abstracting and indexing purposes is Nat. Rev. Methods Primers 

EISSN

The electronic international standard serial numbers (EISSN) for Nature Reviews Methods Primers is 2662-8449.

Disclaimer

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Nature Reviews journals occasionally use internal Springer Nature-developed artificial intelligence tools to support the generation of accessory content, such as summary points. These are always edited and fact-checked by the author and/or editor to meet Nature Reviews publication standards. Any substantive use of artificial intelligence beyond accessory content will be declared on an individual article basis.