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PNAS authors, editors, and reviewers come from around the globe.

Submissions are welcomed from all researchers. Authors do not need to have a connection to an NAS member to publish in PNAS. More than 75% of published articles are submitted directly to PNAS, not as Contributed articles by NAS members.

Accepted papers must be of exceptional scientific importance and intelligible to a broad scientific audience. An NAS member makes the final decision for each paper.

To make its coverage more representative of the disciplines that comprise the NAS, PNAS has issued a Call for Papers in the Physical and Social Sciences.

PNAS is committed to transparency in its editorial review process.

As a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), PNAS supports its core practices and is committed to transparency in scholarly publishing.