Nature

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Focusing on the needs of scientists, Nature (founded in 1869) is the leading weekly, international scientific journal.

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International

Established in 1869

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: Published 52 x per year

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Regular Speed: Nature's overall average response time is within a normal range for magazines.
More Approachable: Nature's overall acceptance rate is higher than most magazines.
More Responsive: Nature's overall rate of non-response is lower than most magazines.

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Futures is the award-winning science-fiction section of Nature. Contributions are usually commissioned, but unsolicited articles are welcome. Each Future should be an entirely fictional, self-contained story, and the genre should, broadly speaking, be 'hard' (that is, 'scientific' SF) rather than, say, outright fantasy, slipstream or horror.

Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Scholars.

Genres:

Science Fiction Subgenre: Hard Science Fiction

Lengths:

Flash Fiction: 850 - 950 words.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Literary, Mainstream.

Topics:

Science.
Technology.

Payment:

Professional payment (5 or more US cents per word) Professional payment. Details: GBP £85.

Submissions:

Method: Email.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Audience:

Open to a broad Audience, including: Scholars.

Lengths:

Review: No specific word count limits known.
Article: No specific word count limits known.

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Academic, Mainstream.

Topics:

Astronomy/Astrophysics.
Chemistry.
Earth Sciences.
Health/Medicine.
Life Sciences.
Physics.
Science.
Technology.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Online form.
Reprints: Reprints are NOT allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Simultaneous submissions are NOT allowed.
Media: Text.

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Nature Submission Statistics

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Accuracy

We have received 15 reports from 13 different members within the past 12 months, not including pending responses (see below). The more responses reported, the more accurate the information.

Days Reported

22 min | 51.9 mean avg | 43.0 median | 106 max days (24.2 std dev)

Responses

100.00 %

Acceptances:

26.67 % of submissions accepted (57.3 avg. days per acceptance) | 30.77 % of submitters accepted

Rejections:

73.33 % (49.6 avg. days per rejection) | 36.4 % personal, 45.5 % form, 18.2 % unspecified

Non-Responses

0.00 %

Lost/Returned:

Never Responded:

Withdrawals

Pending

5 responses are pending (13 min | 43.6 mean avg | 53.0 median | 70 max days waiting | 26.9 std dev) from 4 different members

Other Information

Most recent response reported was received on 22 Jul 2026.
Responses have been received for submissions sent as recently as 12 May 2026.
Date compiled: 15 Sep 2026 02:10 UTC (7 hours, 34 minutes ago).

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Last Updated: 06 Aug 2026

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