Journal Record · Multidisciplinary Sciences

Scientific Reports

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Last reviewedAugust 3, 2026

Last verified: August 2026

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Key Metrics

Metric	Value	Source
Impact Factor (current)	4.9	Clarivate JCR
Impact Factor (5-year)	4.8	Clarivate JCR
CiteScore	7.2	Elsevier/Scopus
SJR	0.98	SCImago
SNIP	1.339	CWTS Leiden
Quartile	Q1	Clarivate JCR

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Publisher: Springer Nature

Journal Information

ISSN / eISSN: 2045-2322
Country: UK
Subject Area(s): Multidisciplinary Sciences
Indexing: DOAJ PubMed SCIE Scopus
Open Access: Fully OA

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Reviewed by Umair Abbasi

AI Engineer & Data Scientist | PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence

Umair Abbasi is an AI Engineer and Data Scientist with a background in machine learning, AI agents, and MLOps, currently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence and holding a completed M.S. in Data Science. He leads the data architecture and tooling behind the journal metrics database and comparison tools. As an active researcher navigating journal selection and citation metrics in his own academic work, he brings a practitioner's perspective to how impact factor, CiteScore, and related metrics are actually used — not just how they're defined.

Credentials & Expertise:

- M.S., Data Science (completed) - PhD Candidate, Artificial Intelligence (in progress) - Machine Learning Specialization — Stanford University (Coursera) - Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

Frequently asked questions

What is the 2026 Impact Factor of Scientific Reports?

The current Journal Impact Factor of Scientific Reports is 4.9 (Clarivate Journal Citation Reports), with a CiteScore of 7.2 (Scopus). See the Key Metrics table on this page for the full metric set.

Is Scientific Reports a Q1 or Q2 journal?

Yes — Scientific Reports is ranked Q1 in Multidisciplinary Sciences. See the Journal Information section on this page for category details.

What is the CiteScore and SJR of Scientific Reports?

Scientific Reports has a CiteScore of 7.2 (Scopus) and an SJR of 0.98 (SCImago). See the Key Metrics table on this page for the full metric set.