Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is an international
publishing company that publishes
scientific journals. It is a division of
Macmillan Publishers Ltd, which in turn is owned by the
Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. NPG's flagship title is
Nature, a weekly multidisciplinary journal first published in 1869. Other publications include
Nature, the Nature research journals, the
Nature Reviews series, the
Nature Clinical Practice series, and a range of academic journals, including society-owned publications. Other services include
Naturejobs, containing scientific career information, tools and jobs, the pre-print server
Nature Precedings,
Connotea, a free online reference management service for scientists, and , the free social networking website for scientists. NPG's has offices in
London,
New York City,
San Francisco,
Washington, D.C.,
Boston,
Tokyo,
Paris,
Munich,
Hong Kong,
Melbourne,
Gurgaon,
Mexico City and
Basingstoke.
Business model
The costs of most of NPG's publications are recovered via subscription to individuals and institutions. Most, but not all publications of the Nature Publishing Group are only available to subscribers. However, authors are allowed to publish the accepted, unedited paper on their website or the funding body's archive no earlier than 6 months after publication.
Publications
Nature research journals
Nature Reviews journals
Nature Clinical Practice journals
Gateways and Databases
Nature Reports
Other NPG publications
