About PNAS

PNAS is one of the world's most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,200 research papers annually. Submissions are accepted from all researchers; authors do not need to have a connection to an NAS member to publish in PNAS.

Established in 1914, PNAS publishes cutting-edge research, science news, Commentaries, Perspectives, Colloquium Papers, Reviews, and actions of the NAS. PNAS is available by subscription.

The journal's content spans the biological, physical, and social sciences and is global in scope. Nearly half of all accepted papers come from authors outside the United States.

PNAS strives to publish only the highest quality scientific research, and papers undergo rigorous peer review and approval by an NAS member before publication.

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Useful Features

Content portals and journal features provide fresh perspectives on science at a general level—features on trending topics, opinions, explanations of core scientific concepts, and exploration of science and culture—to advance understanding of all aspects of science.

Daily Publication

PNAS articles publish daily online in PNAS Latest Articles and in weekly issues. First decisions are typically made within 21 days. The date of online release is the official date of publication. Papers publish online 1–4 weeks before they appear in an issue. PNAS can offer publication in as little as 4–5 weeks after acceptance to authors who return their proofs quickly.

Relevant Science

The PNAS website launched in January 1997 and now receives over 50 million hits per month. The site contains PDFs of PNAS articles dating back to 1915, and the full text, figures, tables, equations, and references dating back to November 1996. PNAS makes all content free within 6 months of publication and immediately free in 119 developing countries. Authors who choose the PNAS open access option pay a surcharge to make their papers immediately free.

Wide Influence

PNAS is abstracted and/or indexed in, for example: CABI, Chemical Abstracts Service, Current Contents Connect, EBSCOhost, Elsevier Scopus, Gale, H. W. Wilson, Index Medicus, Journal Watch, JSTOR, OCLC, Portico, ProQuest, Psychological Abstracts, PubMed, PubMed Central, RePEc, and SCI.

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PNAS supports the following initiatives:

PNAS deposits content in CrossCheck, a CrossRef initiative to help scientific publishers engage in efforts to prevent plagiarism. CrossCheck has a continuously growing database of current and archival scholarly literature.

CrossMark is a CrossRef initiative to provide a standard way for readers to locate the authoritative version of a document. The CrossMark logo means that PNAS is committed to maintaining the content it publishes and to alerting readers to changes when they occur. Clicking on the CrossMark logo will provide the current status of a document and any additional publication record information.

PNAS participates in FundRef, a CrossRef initiative to provide a standard way of reporting funding for published research. To see if a PNAS paper has FundRef data, click on the CrossMark logo that appears with the paper, and select the Record tab.

ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized. PNAS strongly encourages all authors to use their ORCID identifier when submitting papers. ORCID registration takes 30 seconds.

CHORUS is a CHOR, Inc., initiative to give agencies and publishers a sustainable method for giving the public access to funded research. PNAS is a signatory to CHORUS.

PNAS has been a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) since 2008 (JM00047) and supports its core practices.

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