Nature Geoscience Impact Factor

Nature Geoscience is a monthly Earth-sciences journal. It is not Nature, Nature

Climate Change, Nature Sustainability, Nature Communications, or a generic

reference to a Nature-branded journal. The standard abbreviation is **Nat.

Geosci. The print ISSN is 1752-0894 and the online ISSN is 1752-0908**.

The primary record supports the current 2025 JIF of 20.6 and **2025

five-year JIF of 21.7**. It does not provide a complete year-by-year JIF table.

This page therefore does not claim that the JIF is up from, down from, or

predictive of another year.

The two-year and five-year JIFs are different windows in the same reporting

period, not a year-over-year trend. A historic chart needs a source identifying

every annual value and its provenance. It is more accurate to retain this

source boundary than to assemble a series from directory snippets.

The JIF answers a narrow question about journal citations. The five-year JIF

adds longer-window context. Immediacy represents citations in the publication

year. Eigenfactor and article influence weight citation networks differently,

while SNIP and SJR are source-normalized measures. They are journal

descriptors, not a scorecard for a manuscript.

Nature-family substitution is the specific named failure pattern for this

query. A number from a Nature Portfolio title can look credible after the exact

title is dropped. In practice, compare the title, abbreviation, ISSN, metric

year, and source before quoting any value.

Metric inflation happens when five-year JIF, immediacy, SJR, or article

influence is called an impact factor. Nature Portfolio lists these values

together because they measure different things. Name the metric requested and

retain its reporting year.

Metric-to-manuscript inference happens when a high journal average becomes

evidence that a study is ready for Nature Geoscience. A study still needs a

well-supported Earth-science contribution, appropriately bounded claims, and a

clear reader case. Those are manuscript questions, not JIF consequences.

Nature Portfolio reports a nine-day median from submission to first editorial

decision and 247 days from submission to acceptance. It also reports 3,939,254

downloads and 16,848 Altmetric mentions in 2025. These are aggregate journal

figures, not guarantees of external review, acceptance, publication speed,

attention, or citations for a particular paper.

The initial editorial outcome can be a desk decision or a decision to send a

paper to review. The acceptance median includes peer review and revisions. For

a project deadline, consult current author guidance and leave room for revision

rather than treating historical medians as a personal schedule.

We checked the official Nature Portfolio metrics and journal-information pages,

including title, abbreviation, ISSNs, metric year, and publisher source. This

page helps a reader make a traceable lookup before citing the metric, comparing

records, or reviewing a report. Nature Portfolio is the authority for data;

Manusights supplies the exact-record check and a boundary on what it can prove.

The page owns only nature geoscience impact factor. For manuscript preparation,

use the Nature Geoscience submission guide.

For a manuscript-level question, use an Earth-science readiness check. This keeps the metric lookup distinct from submission mechanics.

• Match Nature Geoscience, Nat. Geosci., and the correct ISSN.
• Describe 20.6 as a 2025 JIF, not a 2026 citation-year value.
• Keep five-year JIF, immediacy, Eigenfactor, article influence, SNIP, and SJR distinct.
• Treat timing and usage aggregates as context, not personal forecasts.
• Use current scope and author guidance before making a submission decision.