Aims and Scope

PNAS Nexus is an open access scientific journal focused on the publication of high-quality original research from across the biological, medical, physical, social, and political sciences, and engineering and mathematics. Of particular interest are those articles with broad, interdisciplinary appeal. Subject areas covered by PNAS Nexus include but are not limited to those listed below. PNAS Nexus is indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), Web of Science’s Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Scopus, as well as within PubMed Central (PMC). 

A sibling journal to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the flagship journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), PNAS Nexus provides comprehensive scientific coverage through the timely dissemination of original research from the fields of engineering and medicine, as well as studies in the social, political, and economic sciences, and the biological and physical sciences and mathematics more broadly. The Editorial Board of PNAS Nexus includes members of the NAS, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine, as well as select nonmembers who work in emerging fields not yet covered by academy membership.

Open access is foundational to PNAS Nexus. All articles are freely and publicly available to read and reuse, with both CC BY 4.0 and CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licenses available. Published by the NAS in partnership with Oxford University Press, PNAS Nexus provides researchers with an open access platform that encourages transparency and speed in the publication of scientifically rigorous research.

Biological, Health, and Medical Sciences
Administration of Health Services, Education, and Research; Agricultural Sciences; Allied Health Professions; Anesthesiology; Anthropology; Applied Biological Sciences; Biochemistry; Biophysics and Computational Biology; Biostatistics; Cell Biology; Dentistry; Dermatology; Developmental Biology; Ecology; Emergency Medicine; Environmental Sciences; Evolution; Family Medicine; Genetics; Immunology and Inflammation; Internal Medicine; Medical Microbiology; Medical Sciences; Microbiology; Neurology; Neuroscience; Nuclear Medicine; Nursing; Nutrition; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Ophthalmology; Pathology; Pediatrics; Pharmacology; Pharmacy; Physical Medicine; Physiology; Plant Biology; Population Biology; Psychiatry; Psychological and Cognitive Sciences; Public Health and Epidemiology; Radiation Oncology; Radiology; Rehabilitation; Surgery; Sustainability Science; Systems Biology; Veterinary Medicine

Physical Sciences and Engineering
Aerospace Engineering; Applied Mathematics; Applied Physical Sciences; Astronomy; Bioengineering; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Computer Science and Engineering; Computer Sciences; Earth Resources Engineering; Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences; Electric Power and Energy Systems Engineering; Electronics, Communications and Information Systems Engineering; Engineering; Environmental Sciences; Industrial, Manufacturing and Operational Systems Engineering; Materials Engineering; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Physics; Statistics; Sustainability Science

Social and Political Sciences
Demography; Economic Sciences; Environmental Sciences; Political Sciences; Psychological and Cognitive Sciences; Sustainability Science

 《美国国家科学院院刊》（PNAS） 是美国国家科学院的旗舰期刊，是全世界引用率最高、最全面的科学期刊之一，世界三大综合学术期刊之一。 近日，PNAS 推出了一本新期刊——PNAS Nexus。 PNAS Nexus 是一本开放获取（OA）的科学期刊，所有文章均可免费阅读和下载。专注于发表来自生物、医学、物理、社会和政治科学以及工程和数学的高质量原创研究，特别是一些跨学科研究。 PNAS Nexus 的定位是 PNAS （美国国家科学院旗舰期刊） 兄弟期刊。PNAS Nexus 编辑委员会包括美国国家科学院、美国国家工程院和美国国家医学科学院的院士，以及一些新兴领域精英成员。

PNAS Nexus 的主编 为 Karen Nelson，她是赛默飞世尔公司首席科学官，还有三位副主编—— Efi Foufoula-Georgiou （负责物理科学和工程方向） 、Michele Gelfand （负责社会和政治科学方向） 和 David Brenner （负责生物、健康和医学科学方向） 。