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nature-communications
Use when targeting Nature Communications (Nat Commun) or deciding whether a multidisciplinary open-access manuscript fits this venue. Encodes the journal's fit, framing, method-and-evidence bar, house style, official-submission re-check, and desk-reject heuristics.
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# Nature Communications (nature-communications)
## Journal positioning
Nature Communications is Springer Nature's flagship open-access multidisciplinary journal, publishing across the natural sciences and beyond. Unlike Nature itself, it does not require extraordinary cross-disciplinary significance; instead it targets solid, complete advances of genuine interest to a scientific audience extending beyond a single sub-specialty. The journal's positioning sits between Nature/Science (exceptional global significance) and specialist society journals (narrow field readership): a paper here must matter to a broad community within the relevant discipline and to interested scientists in neighboring fields. The optional transparent peer-review option (making reviews public) reflects the journal's commitment to research integrity and openness.
This skill is a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool. It does not replace the journal's current official submission guidelines. Before submitting, re-check the live author instructions on the Springer Nature / Nature Communications site.
## When to trigger
- The author names Nature Communications (or Nat Commun) as the target venue.
- A paper has been considered at Nature or a Nature portfolio journal and needs re-routing to the most natural open-access alternative.
- A solid, complete study needs a high-visibility open-access home that is not field-restrictive.
- The author needs the journal's scope boundaries, reporting requirements, and desk-reject heuristics before submitting.