臨床醫學類期刊 Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology Nature Clinical Practice Neurology Nature Clinical Practice Oncology Nature Clinical Practice Rheumatology Nature Clinical Practice Urology 網站:http://www.natureasia.com/ 該企業品牌在世界品牌實驗室(World Brand Lab)編制的2006年度《世界品牌500強》排行榜中名列第五十四。 目前,nature雜志已有多種播客可以下載
鑒于亞太地區近年來研究成果的快速增長,2006年1月份由自然日本公司(Nature Japan K.K.)成立了自然出版集團自然亞太公司(NPG Nature Asia-Pacific)。自然日本公司是1987年在東京成立的,代表自然出版集團(NPG)在亞太地區出版《自然》雜志(Nature)。改名后的公司聚集了來自自然出版集團分布在該地區東京、香港、墨爾本和德里等機構的員工。
除了其自己的《自然》品牌的刊物外,自然出版集團還代表各種不同的學術性學會及機構出版很多刊物。不久前,所有這些刊物的編輯部都是設在歐洲或美國。自然出版集團自然亞太公司已開始在亞太地區執行一項新的學術刊物出版計劃,該計劃由墨爾本的一位副出版人(associate publisher)來運作,由在東京的自然出版集團亞太區副總監(Asia-Pacific Associate Director of NPG)來監督,由兩地的工作人員提供支持。
與此同時,自然出版集團自然亞太公司還與該集團倫敦總部及在美國的網站團隊合作創建了Nature China,這是一個托管在nature.com上的網站,重點介紹由中國大陸及香港的研究人員所發表的一些最好的研究工作。Nature China 由自然出版集團自然亞太公司香港辦事處管理。同樣,Nature India網站也于2008年1月開通,在德里運行。
Natureis one of the world's most prestigiousscientific journals, first published on 4 November 1869. It is the world's most cited interdisciplinary science journal.[1]Most scientific journals are now highly specialized, andNatureis among the few journals (the other weekly journalsScienceandProceedings of the National Academy of Sciencesare also prominent examples) that still publishoriginal researcharticles across a wide range of scientific fields. There are many fields ofscientific researchin which important new advances and original research are published as either articles or letters inNature.
Research scientists are the primary audience for the journal, but summaries and accompanying articles are intended to make many of the most important papers understandable to scientists in other fields and the educated general public. Towards the front of each issue areeditorials, news and feature articles on issues of general interest to scientists, including current affairs, science funding, business, scientific ethics and research breakthroughs. There are also sections on books and arts. The remainder of the journal consists mostly of research articles, which are often dense and highly technical. Because of strict limits on the length of articles, often the printed text is actually a summary of the work in question with many details relegated to accompanyingsupplementary materialon the journal's website.
In 2007Nature(together withScience) received thePrince of Asturias Awardfor Communications and Humanity.[ Scientific magazines and journals precedingNature
Nineteenth-century Britain was home to a great deal of scientific progress; particularly in the latter half of the 19th century, Britain underwent enormous technological and industrial changes and advances.[3]The most respected scientific journals of this time were the refereed journals of theRoyal Society, which had published many of the great works fromIsaac Newton,Michael Faradaythrough to early works fromCharles Darwin. In addition, during this period, the number of popular science periodicals doubled from the 1850s to the 1860s.[4]According to the editors of these popular science magazines, the publications were designed to serve as “organs of science,” in essence, a means of connecting the public to the scientific world.[4]
Nature, first created in 1869, was not the first magazine of its kind. One journal to precedeNaturewas titledRecreative Science: A Record and Remembrancer of Intellectual Observation, which, created in 1859, began as anatural historymagazine and progressed to include more physical observational science and technical subjects and less natural history.[5]The journal’s name changed from its original title toIntellectual Observer: A Review of Natural History, Microscopic Research, and Recreative Scienceand then later to theStudent and Intellectual Observer of Science, Literature, and Art.[6]WhileRecreative Sciencehad attempted to include more physical sciences such asastronomyandarchaeology, theIntellectual Observerbroadened itself further to include literature and art as well.[6]Similar toRecreative Sciencewas the scientific journal titledPopular Science Review, created in 1862,[7]which covered different fields of science by creating subsections titled ‘Scientific Summary’ or ‘Quarterly Retrospect,’ with book reviews and commentary on the latest scientific works and publications.[7]Two other journals produced in England prior to the development ofNaturewere titled theQuarterly Journal of ScienceandScientific Opinion, founded in 1864 and 1868, respectively.[6]The journal most closely related toNaturein its editorship and format was titledThe Reader, created in 1864; the publication mixed science with literature and art in an attempt to reach an audience outside of the scientific community, similar toPopular Science Review.[6]
These similar journals all ultimately failed. ThePopular Science Reviewwas the longest to survive, lasting 20 years and ending its publication in 1881;Recreative Scienceceased publication as theStudent and Intellectual Observerin 1871. TheQuarterly Journal, after undergoing a number of editorial changes, ceased publication in 1885.The Readerterminated in 1867, and finally,Scientific Opinionlasted a mere 2 years, until June 1870.[5]