Online and open access, Scientific Reports is a primary research publication from the publishers of Nature, covering all areas of the natural and clinical sciences.

Hosted on nature.com — the home of over 80 journals published by Nature Publishing Group and the destination for millions of scientists globally every month — Scientific Reports is open to all, publishing technically sound, original research papers of interest to specialists within their field, without barriers to access.

Scientific Reports is committed to providing an efficient service for both authors and readers, and exists to facilitate the rapid peer review and publication of research. With the support of an external Editorial Board and a streamlined peer-review system, all papers are rapidly and fairly peer reviewed to ensure they are technically sound. An internal publishing team works with the board, and accepted authors, to ensure manuscripts are processed for publication as quickly as possible.

《Scientific Reports》是一本由NATURE RESEARCH出版商出版的专业综合性期刊期刊，该刊创刊于2011年，刊期Continuously updated，该刊已被国际权威数据库SCIE、SCI收录。在中科院最新升级版分区表中，该刊分区信息为大类学科：综合性期刊 3区，小类学科：综合性期刊 3区；在JCR（Journal Citation Reports）分区等级为Q2。该刊发文范围涵盖综合性期刊等领域，旨在及时、准确、全面地报道国内外综合性期刊工作者在该领域取得的最新研究成果、工作进展及学术动态、技术革新等，促进学术交流，鼓励学术创新。2021年影响因子为4.996，平均审稿速度很快,2-3月。