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PNAS simplifies article processing charges
December 1, 2021
Beginning with articles published in Volume 119, PNAS moves to a simplified Article Processing Charge (APC) for research articles, which will streamline submission and billing processes and simplify the publication options presented to authors. PNAS will continue to offer two Creative Commons (CC) licenses, CC BY-NC-ND and CC BY, and will discontinue the stand-alone PNAS license. Under these two CC licenses, authors make their articles available for reuse without the need to obtain permissions or pay reuse fees, as long as the source is properly cited.
The licensing and access options will be:
- Delayed Open Access APC: $2,575 for a regular research article (up to 12 pages). The default license is CC BY-NC-ND. The article will be open access 6 months after publication.
- Immediate Open Access APC: $4,975 for a regular research article (up to 12 pages) for authors from institutions with a site license ($5,475 otherwise). The default license is CC BY, but authors have the option to choose CC BY-NC-ND. The article will be open access immediately upon the online publication date.
- Brief Reports APC: $2,275 per article, which includes immediate open access and a CC BY license. Authors have the option to choose CC BY-NC-ND.
Learn more about these new APCs here.
Factors that influenced our decision
PNAS recognizes the needs of the scholarly publishing community as funders increasingly prefer to pay flat-rate APCs. PNAS also recognizes the needs of authors to advance science through maximizing the impact of their work and by reducing barriers for others to reuse and to build on their work.
How will this affect the PNAS submission process?
Authors will experience a simplified submission process that removes the variabilities introduced by page-based pricing. Authors will continue to have up to 12 journal pages, allowing them to present their findings in depth while still reaching a broad audience.
Where can I send questions?
Contact us at [email protected] or 202-334-2679, Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM ET. If you contact us outside of business hours, we will respond as soon as possible.
PNAS announces 2022 subscription rates
August 24, 2021
In recognition of the ongoing challenges facing many libraries as a result of COVID-19, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has, for a second year, decided to freeze standard institutional and individual subscription rates for 2022. Pricing will stay at 2020 rates for both renewals and new subscribers. Please visit our subscriptions page to learn more.
As an independent society publisher, we are committed to supporting our authors, readers, and subscribers during these difficult times. Visit our COVID-19 response page to learn more about PNAS support for libraries, readers, and authors during the pandemic. We also greatly appreciate the feedback we have already received from our subscriber community, and we hope you will continue to reach out to us.
Updates about our 2022 offerings are below.
In 2022, PNAS will publish more than 30,000 pages of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences. A PNAS subscription includes access to special article collections and subject portals, as well as Commentaries, Inaugural Articles, Letters to the Editor, Perspectives, Profiles, and QnAs. The PNAS website, www.pnas.org, features searchable legacy content dating back to 1915, which guarantees that subscribers have access to the entire PNAS archive. Article-level metrics data and article downloads can be found via the “Info & Metrics” tab near the top of each PNAS article.
Additionally, corresponding authors from institutions with an active site license are eligible for discounted open access pricing. By promptly renewing their site license, an institution can provide their researchers with wider distribution of their work, and also support an important open access initiative.
You can easily renew for 2022 by contacting our customer service team:
PNAS Subscriber Services
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Phone: 717-632-3535
Fax: 717-633-8920
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your continued interest in PNAS.
Introducing PNAS Nexus
August 10, 2021
PNAS Nexus, the open access sister journal to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), is now open for submissions. Our first new broad research journal in over a century, PNAS Nexus is complementary to PNAS in scope and focus, and welcomes innovative, interdisciplinary work from researchers worldwide. The journal is published by the National Academy of Sciences in partnership with Oxford University Press. The first journal issue will publish in early 2022.
PNAS Nexus publishes high-quality, high-impact research from across the sciences, with expanded coverage in the engineering and health sciences. The PNAS Nexus Editorial Board includes members of the National Academy of Sciences, 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. Authors whose research is highly innovative, highly interdisciplinary, or in a subject area not currently covered by PNAS are especially encouraged to submit their work to PNAS Nexus. Meet the PNAS Nexus Editorial Board.
Authors who are interested in rapid publication and broad dissemination of their work should consider submitting to PNAS Nexus. Peer review and production processes are built for speed, with limited rounds of revision and streamlined peer review processes. The target time from submission to publication for de novo manuscripts is four months, and manuscripts transferred from PNAS can publish in as little as two months. PNAS Nexus will also publish uncorrected author-accepted manuscripts online within one week of acceptance, so that millions of researchers worldwide can access your work several weeks before the official version of record appears. Learn more about PNAS Nexus.
PNAS Nexus is gold open access, with CC BY and CC BY-NC-ND licenses available. Authors whose funders mandate publication in a gold open access journal should strongly consider submitting to PNAS Nexus. Authors may qualify for publication funds through their institution’s agreement with Oxford University Press. Find out about open access with Oxford University Press and PNAS Nexus.
Learn more about the PNAS Nexus submissions and transfer process at the PNAS Nexus home page.
PNAS and the University of California announce open access publishing agreement
August 3, 2021
Washington, DC—The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the University of California (UC) today announced a two-year transformative agreement that makes it easier and more affordable for corresponding authors at UC campuses and the Lawrence Berkeley and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories to publish open access articles in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). This is the first transformative agreement between PNAS and a US research institution, and UC’s tenth open access publishing agreement.
“We are very pleased that researchers at UC campuses can now publish papers in PNAS as a Plan S–compliant open access journal through our new transformative agreement with the University of California,” said Ken Fulton, PNAS publisher and NAS executive director. “We look forward to continuing to explore open access business models and to launching PNAS Nexus, our fully open access journal, in 2022.”
The two-year pilot agreement, which runs from August 2021 to July 2023, enables authors across the UC system to publish with immediate open access in PNAS at a lower total cost and with no separate article page charges. A flat annual fee covered by the UC libraries provides read access to PNAS at UC institutions and subsidizes the decreased cost of open access publishing for UC authors. Learn more about publishing with PNAS under the pilot agreement.
“I applaud the National Academy’s willingness to innovate in partnership with UC to provide a streamlined and reduced-cost path to open access publishing,” said Marta Margeta, associate professor of pathology at UC San Francisco, chair of the UC Academic Senate’s University Committee on Library and Scholarly Communication (UCOLASC) and a PNAS author. “We hope this agreement will provide a model and inspiration for others, advancing the crucial aim of making scientific research available to all.”
Students and researchers at all UC campuses will also be able to access all PNAS content, dating back to 1915, free of charge. The official journal of the NAS, PNAS publishes research in the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences from the United States and around the world.
“Congratulations to UC and the National Academies for crafting an open access agreement that reduces costs to authors, addresses the needs of both institutions, and most importantly, advances open science,” said Keith Yamamoto, vice chancellor for science policy and strategy, professor of cellular molecular pharmacology at UC San Francisco, an elected member of NAS, and cochair of the National Academies Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Science. “Together with transformative agreements that UC has negotiated with other publishers, this plan shows that there are multiple paths toward an open access science environment.”
The agreement represents a significant step toward the overall goal of the NAS and other society publishers to develop sustainable open access models for scientific publishing. It also supports the university’s goal of working with publishers of all types and sizes to advance free and open access to UC research, which accounts for nearly 10 percent of all US research output.
“We at UC could not be more excited about this agreement,” said Ellen Finnie, director of shared collections at UC’s California Digital Library. “This agreement demonstrates how a highly selective and prestigious not-for-profit journal can work collaboratively with libraries to successfully support a shift to affordable open access publishing.”
About PNAS
PNAS is one of the world's most widely cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,500 research papers annually. As the official journal of the NAS, PNAS is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences. The journal is global in scope, with submission open to researchers worldwide. Since its establishment in 1914, PNAS has worked to publish high-quality scientific research and to make that research accessible to a broad audience.
About the University of California Libraries and the California Digital Library
Individually and collectively, the University of California libraries provide access to the world’s knowledge for the UC campuses and the communities they serve, directly supporting UC’s missions of teaching, research, and public service. The California Digital Library, within the UC Office of the President, provides transformative digital library services that amplify the impact of the libraries, scholarship, and resources of the University of California.
For more information, contact the PNAS News Office at [email protected] or Jessica Nusbaum ([email protected]), UC Davis Library Director of Communications, for the UC Libraries.
PNAS announces “Publish-and-Read” agreement with Jisc
July 7, 2021
Washington, DC—The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is pleased to announce a two-year transformational open access (OA) pilot agreement between Jisc and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). The “Publish-and-Read” agreement will allow corresponding authors at participating institutions in the United Kingdom to publish OA articles in PNAS without incurring article page charges. Researchers at participating Jisc institutions will also be able to access all PNAS content, dating back to 1915, free of charge. This is the first such agreement between PNAS and a national consortium; Jisc consists of 156 UK universities.
Ken Fulton, PNAS publisher and NAS executive director, says, “We are very pleased to have reached this pilot agreement with Jisc, which ensures that authors from UK universities have a Plan S–compliant route to open access publishing in PNAS. We look forward to analyzing data from this pilot as we explore open access business models. We are also excited to launch our fully open access journal, PNAS Nexus, in 2022.”
The two-year pilot agreement, which runs from July 2021 to June 2023, enables immediate OA publication in PNAS for authors from UK higher-education institutions and research organizations that opt in—in exchange for a flat annual fee covered by Jisc. Based on recent publishing data, the deal is expected to cover 100% of UK research output published in PNAS.
Caren Milloy, director of licensing at Jisc, says, “We are delighted to have secured an agreement with NAS which reduces costs for our members and provides Plan S–compliant open access publishing whilst giving UK universities access to the PNAS journal. The agreement is further evidence of Jisc’s commitment to supporting society publishers developing open access models.”
The agreement represents a significant step toward the overall goal of the NAS and other society publishers to develop sustainable OA models in scientific publishing.
About PNAS
PNAS is one of the world's most widely cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,500 research papers annually. As the official journal of the NAS, PNAS is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences. The journal is global in scope, with submission open to researchers worldwide. Since its establishment in 1914, PNAS has worked to publish high-quality scientific research and to make that research accessible to a broad audience.
About Jisc
Jisc’s vision is for the United Kingdom to be the most digitally advanced education and research nation in the world. At its heart is the super-fast national research and education network, Janet, with built-in cyber security protection. Jisc also provides technology solutions for its members (colleges, universities, and research centers) and customers (public sector bodies), helps members save time and money by negotiating sector-wide deals, and provides advice and practical assistance on digital technology. Jisc is funded by the UK higher and further education and research funding bodies and member institutions.
For more information, contact the PNAS News Office at [email protected]. You may also contact [email protected], or call 07443 983571.
New PNAS name change policy supports an inclusive publishing environment
June 1, 2021
As part of its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in scientific communication, PNAS has updated its author name change policy to ease postpublication name changes. The new policy goes into effect today.
People may change their names for a variety of reasons, including, but not limited to, gender transition, change in marital status, and religious conversion. PNAS recognizes that while changing the name on a published manuscript is necessary to ensure bibliographic coherence/continuity, publicizing the name change should be a personal choice, especially for transgender and nonbinary authors. PNAS also believes that the name change process should not place undue burden on the person requesting the name change.
Under the new PNAS policy, authors, editors, and reviewers who wish to change the way their name appears in a published PNAS article may use the Name Change Request Form, available in the PNAS Author Center. Unless indicated on the form, the name change will be made confidentially, without issuing a formal correction or notifying other authors. Authors, editors, and reviewers are not required to provide proof or documentation to request a name change.
When a name change is made, updates will be made to the byline in the article’s metadata and the article will be republished, so that the changes will be reflected on the PNAS site (both HTML and PDF) and in PubMed, PubMed Central, and Crossref. PNAS cannot control how the name appears in other repositories or in citations in other articles.
Requests to update the name of another individual on their behalf will not be considered.
"Like people across all professions, scientists may change their names over the course of their careers, and such changes should not leave them vulnerable to discrimination or unfair treatment; facilitating postpublication name changes is essential for fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion in science in general and for supporting trans and nonbinary scientists in particular,” PNAS Editor-in-Chief May Berenbaum said. “I'm delighted that our new name change policy enables our authors to maintain the continuity of their bibliographic record and allows PNAS to support them in their careers.”
As the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences, PNAS pledges to cultivate an environment and culture that promotes inclusion and values respectful participation of all individuals who help advance the mission of the institution. Learn more about the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) statement on diversity and inclusion. For more on diversity, equity, and inclusion at PNAS, see the PNAS collection of research in racial and social justice and the 2021 Call For Papers in Racial and Social Justice.
For more information, visit the PNAS Author Center or contact PNAS at [email protected].
National Academy of Sciences launches new open access journal, PNAS Nexus, in partnership with Oxford University Press; Karen Nelson to serve as inaugural editor-in-chief
May 20, 2021
Washington, DC—The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is pleased to announce the launch of PNAS Nexus, a highly selective, open access journal with a focus on innovation and rapid publication. PNAS Nexus will publish innovative and multi-, trans-, and interdisciplinary work across the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences, particularly encompassing engineering and health sciences. The journal will be published under the leadership of Editor-in-Chief Karen Nelson, president of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), and in partnership with Oxford University Press (OUP).
“I am delighted to serve as the inaugural editor-in-chief for PNAS Nexus,” says Karen Nelson. “I believe this new journal creates a great opportunity for rapid review and publication of new findings across several key scientific disciplines. I look forward to working with OUP and the new Editorial Board on this exciting open access platform.”
In late summer 2021, PNAS Nexus will begin considering new submissions along with manuscripts rejected after review from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)—the flagship journal of the NAS—that authors wish to transfer. PNAS Nexus will publish its first issue in early 2022. PNAS Nexus will play a key role in rapidly disseminating research findings in a broad range of fields, with an emphasis on studies spanning multiple disciplines. The journal will provide researchers with an open access platform that encourages transparency and speed in the publication of cutting-edge research.
“The most exciting new developments in research are happening between or across traditional disciplines. Authors pursuing this vital work are seeking high-quality and discerning open access platforms to disseminate their findings. PNAS Nexus fills that need,” says NAS President Marcia McNutt. “I am particularly pleased that a scientist of the caliber and energy of Dr. Nelson has agreed to become the inaugural editor-in-chief and set the journal on a path to success.”
The Editorial Board of PNAS Nexus will include members of the NAS, the National Academy of Engineering, and the National Academy of Medicine. Fundamental to the journal’s principles is the belief that multidisciplinary research should be made freely and publicly available to read and reuse.
May Berenbaum, editor-in-chief of PNAS, says, "At PNAS, we're thrilled at the prospect of forging connections with the National Academy's new journal, PNAS Nexus, which, as the name suggests, is all about connections—it will be a new venue for connecting the frontiers of science, medicine, and engineering and a vehicle for connecting rapidly with the global scientific community via streamlined review and immediate open access publication."
Alison Denby, vice president of journals publishing at OUP, adds, “PNAS has been at the forefront of scientific publishing for more than a century, and we are excited to build PNAS Nexus into a highly respected, well-cited journal in its own right. OUP is the largest university press publisher of open access research, publishing more than 1,250 open access articles every month, and we are delighted to be working with the National Academy of Sciences to ensure the important research published in PNAS Nexus reaches the widest possible audience.”
About Karen Nelson
Karen E. Nelson, PhD, is the president of JCVI. She was elected to the NAS in 2017 in recognition of her groundbreaking work in microbial genomics and metagenomics. She was named ARCS Scientist of the Year in 2017, elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology, inducted into the Indian National Academy of Sciences, and is an Honorary Professor at the University of the West Indies as well as a Helmholtz International Fellow. Dr. Nelson received an undergraduate degree from the University of the West Indies and a PhD from Cornell University.
About OUP
OUP is the largest university press publisher of open access research. OUP publishes over 80 fully open access journals and more than 100 open access monographs and offers an open access publishing option on over 400 journals. Since 2004, OUP has published over 80,000 open access papers across all major subject areas and publishes more than 1,250 open access articles per month. OUP has been publishing journals for more than a century and has more than 500 years of publishing expertise.
About PNAS
PNAS is one of the world's most widely cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,500 research papers annually. As the official journal of the NAS, PNAS is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences. The journal is global in scope, and submission is open to all researchers worldwide. Since its establishment in 1914, PNAS has worked to publish high-quality scientific research and to make that research accessible to a broad audience.
For more information, contact the PNAS News Office at [email protected].
The National Academy of Sciences to Move Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) to Atypon’s Online Platform
January 5, 2021
Washington, DC—The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences, will move to Atypon’s online publishing platform, Literatum, in 2021.
This move will encompass the entire PNAS archive, with articles dating back to 1915, as well as PNAS Front Matter, the Science Sessions podcast, the Journal Club blog, Special Features and Colloquia, and the journal’s wealth of Profiles, Commentaries, Perspectives, and other nonresearch content.
The migration to a new publishing platform is intended to provide PNAS readers with an industry-leading online experience across the sciences. Benefits to readers will include more opportunities to engage with all of PNAS’s content, improved search and navigation, and user-friendly author tools. This platform change will enable PNAS to achieve its strategic objectives and build a website that better serves the research community’s needs.
“By partnering with Atypon, we will take the PNAS platform to the next level by fostering innovation and deeper engagements with our readership,” said Ken Fulton, PNAS Publisher and Executive Director of the National Academy of Sciences. “Atypon has the ideal set of skills and expertise to support PNAS’s mission as a leading society publisher.”
“PNAS has played an important role in our nation’s scientific community, having served scientists and laymen for over 100 years,” said Marty Picco, Atypon’s General Manager. “Atypon is privileged to help PNAS deliver readers a simpler, personalized, discipline-specific experience on a new site designed to provide a cohesive multidisciplinary UX that gets readers what they came for faster, and introduces important unexpected information that makes their visit even more productive.”
About the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), is an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences. The journal is global in scope and submission is open to all researchers worldwide. Since its establishment in 1914, PNAS has worked to publish only the highest quality scientific research and to make that research accessible to a broad audience. In addition, PNAS publishes nonresearch content, including Commentaries, Perspectives, Colloquium Papers, podcasts, and profiles of NAS members.
About Atypon
Atypon develops publishing technologies for getting mission-critical content into the hands of the practitioners and researchers who need it most. Atypon’s online publishing and website development tools let publishers manage and deliver all of the content they distribute—from standards and scholarly articles to video and online courses. Atypon’s tools for researchers let them easily author, discover, and access the content they need. Founded in 1996, Atypon is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with over 470 staff in 9 offices around the world and is owned by Wiley.
PNAS Moves to a Continuous Publication Model for 2021
December 29, 2020
Following its cessation of print subscriptions in 2019, PNAS has moved to a continuous publication model for 2021. Beginning with the first issue of volume 118, which will be available in January 2021, all PNAS articles publish directly into an online issue as soon as they are ready, instead of publishing first in Latest Articles and later being published in an issue. With this change, full citation details of articles are available immediately upon online publication; the journal's impact factor will be more accurate as there will no longer be a delay between the article’s first publication and issue republication; and, most importantly, new streamlined production processes reduce the time between acceptance and publication, enabling researchers to find and cite research sooner.
Continuous Publication FAQs
How is continuous publication different from the former publication model?
Previously, PNAS articles were published first as Latest Articles (in a model commonly called publish-ahead-of-print) and then republished in a weekly issue 1–2 weeks later. As PNAS becomes a fully digital-first publication, however, two different publication dates are no longer necessary. Continuous publication allows PNAS to publish articles once, directly into an issue, with full and final citation information. Rather than having to choose between two different publication dates, researchers can be confident that the article they are citing is indeed the final version of record.
How will continuous publication affect indexing and discoverability?
Publishing each article once instead of twice allows PNAS to streamline parts of our publication process, reducing the time between acceptance and publication. Because deposits to PubMed Central and other indexers occur a week after the issue closes, PNAS articles will be indexed and discoverable sooner than they were under the previous publication model. For more information on where PNAS articles are indexed, please visit https://www.pnas.org/page/about.
How can readers find articles published into open issues?
PNAS will publish articles daily into open issues. Weekly issues will close every Tuesday and become the PNAS current issue for that week. We may have multiple issues open concurrently, so that we can handle special features, colloquia, and other collections separately from our weekly issues and prevent delays to publication. All open issues can be found by browsing issues from any PNAS Table of Contents page: https://www.pnas.org/content/by/year.
How will PNAS articles be identified within an issue? How will researchers cite PNAS articles?
PNAS articles will no longer be sequentially paginated. Instead, each article will be assigned an elocator. The elocator is the last 10 digits of the article DOI preceded by an “e.” All citation information for the article, including the elocator, will be provided on the first page of the PDF version of each PNAS article published in this new model. In addition, the HTML version of the article will display the elocator information immediately below the article’s author line.
The standard citation format for PNAS articles with elocators is:
R. Kanai et al., Binding of cardiotonic steroids to Na⁺,K⁺–ATPase in the E2P state, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 118, e2020438118 (2021).
Please visit our Manuscript Formatting Guidelines for more information: https://www.pnas.org/authors/submitting-your-manuscript.
Will readers still be able to order print versions of PNAS issues?
Yes. Readers may purchase copies of PNAS issues via our print-on-demand service, available at https://pnas.directfrompublisher.com/.
How will alerts be impacted?
Daily email alerts for Latest Articles will be discontinued. Readers who are subscribed to the daily Latest Articles email alerts will receive the weekly PNAS eTOC alerts, which are sent out every Tuesday. We encourage subscribers to sign up for other options, including keyword, subject, author, citation, and collection alerts: https://www.pnas.org/alerts.
PNAS is committed to serving authors and the scientific community by publishing articles as quickly as possible while maintaining the journal’s high standards of quality. Please contact [email protected] with any questions about the PNAS continuous publication model.
PNAS announces 2021 subscription rates
August 11, 2020
Washington, DC—In recognition of the challenges facing many libraries as a result of COVID-19, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) has decided to freeze institutional and individual subscription rates through 2021. All pricing will stay at 2020 rates for both renewals and new subscribers. Please visit our subscriptions page to learn more.
As an independent society publisher, we are committed to supporting our authors, readers, and subscribers during these difficult times. Visit our COVID-19 response page to learn more about PNAS support for libraries, readers, and authors during the pandemic. We also greatly appreciate the feedback we have already received from our subscriber community, and we hope you will continue to reach out to us.
Updates about our 2021 offerings are below.
In 2021, PNAS will publish more than 28,000 pages of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences. A PNAS subscription includes access to special article collections and subject portals, as well as Commentaries, Inaugural Articles, Letters to the Editor, Perspectives, Profiles, and QnAs. The PNAS website features searchable legacy content dating back to 1915, which guarantees that subscribers have access to the entire PNAS archive. Article-level metrics data and article downloads can be found via the “Info & Metrics” tab near the top of each PNAS article.
An institutional site license to PNAS provides a discount on our open access fees. Corresponding authors from institutions with a site license save 20% on the open access surcharge. By renewing your site license promptly, you provide researchers at your institution wider distribution of their work, and you support an important open access initiative.
You can easily renew for 2021 by contacting our customer service team:
PNAS Subscriber Services
PO Box 465
Hanover, PA 17331 USA
Phone: 717-632-3535
Fax: 717-633-8920
Email: [email protected]
Thank you for your continued interest in PNAS.
May 26, 2020
PNAS provides free access to Kudos to all authors of PNAS research articles. With Kudos, authors can create and share plain-language summaries of their published PNAS articles and use their personalized dashboard to track the results of their efforts. As of May 2020, more than 300,000 authors worldwide are using Kudos to promote more than 800,000 publications. Many authors report increased visibility and downloads of their published articles as a result of using Kudos.
Why should I use Kudos?
Many researchers have difficulty finding the time to promote their research once it has been published, but increasing the visibility of your work is key to growing your article’s readership and influence. Kudos takes some of the guesswork out of determining which platforms or channels are most effective at reaching your core audience and helps you better target your efforts.
How do I use it?
As part of this free service, authors of PNAS research articles will receive an invitation from Kudos when their article is published in PNAS.
If your article was published in PNAS and you have not received a Kudos link, you can register for a free account at https://www.growkudos.com/register.
When you register with Kudos, you will be invited to set up a publication page for your PNAS article. This is a page that includes a plain-language summary of your article, an image (to ensure that a visual shows up in social media shares), and a link to the full text of your article on the PNAS website.
If your article is a standard research article (a Direct Submission or Contributed submission), Kudos will automatically import your Significance Statement to use as your plain-language summary, though you are welcome to adjust it or use different text altogether. Brief Reports authors will be able to write plain-language summaries for sharing as well.
If you like, you can rephrase the title, include your personal perspective on your work, and invite your coauthors to share theirs. Adding more information can help make your work more discoverable and intelligible to readers outside your field.
The graphic below shows the Kudos workflow:
Image credit: Kudos.
Once you have created your publication page, you can share the link on a wide range of social media and academic platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Academia.edu, Mendeley, and ResearchGate. You can also generate links to share on web pages and private or semiprivate channels like listservs and email. The Kudos dashboard will help you evaluate the success of your efforts by tracking clicks from your social platform posts. It incorporates Altmetric, CrossRef, Google Scholar, and PNAS usage data, so you can see the growth in your downloads, Altmetric scores, and citations over time.
How to integrate Kudos into your article promotion strategy
The following case studies can help you think through using Kudos to promote your work:
T. Green, “Publication is not enough, to generate impact you need to campaign,” LSE Impact Blog (2019).
M. Erdt, et al. “Analysing researchers’ outreach efforts and the association with publication metrics: A case study of Kudos.” PLoS ONE 12, e0183217.
Questions
If you are having difficulty with your Kudos account or would like to learn more about Kudos, please contact Kudos at [email protected]. Visit our Author Center to learn more about how Kudos intersects with the PNAS embargo policy. For other questions, please contact PNAS at [email protected].
PNAS Response to the COVID-19 Outbreak
April 24, 2020
As one of the world’s largest multidisciplinary science journals and the official journal of the National Academy of Sciences, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) supports the scientific research community in our collective fight against the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak.
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) News and Resources
PNAS joins more than 100 scientific journals, publishers, and preprint servers as signatories to the Wellcome Statement on sharing research data and findings relevant to the novel coronavirus outbreak.
We commit to working together to ensure that
- all peer-reviewed research publications relevant to the outbreak are made immediately open access, or freely available at least for the duration of the outbreak
- research findings relevant to the outbreak are shared immediately with the World Health Organization (WHO) upon journal submission, by the journal and with author knowledge
- research findings are made available via preprint servers before journal publication, or via platforms that make papers openly accessible before peer review, with clear statements regarding the availability of underlying data
- researchers share interim and final research data relating to the outbreak, together with protocols and standards used to collect the data, as rapidly and widely as possible—including with public health and research communities and the WHO
- authors are clear that data or preprints shared ahead of submission will not preempt its publication in these journals
COVID-19 and coronavirus-related news, commentary, research, and data are available on the PNAS Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) News and Resources page.
Author and Reviewer Support
In accordance with the recommendations from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine, PNAS staff members are currently working remotely to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Some of the vendors we work with to publish articles are at reduced capacity. All PNAS operations will continue, and we apologize in advance for any editorial or production delays you might experience.
We are aware that many labs have shut down temporarily in an effort to limit the spread of the virus. PNAS recognizes that some reviewers might need additional time to assess manuscripts, and we are happy to accommodate them. We are also extending the resubmission deadline for invited revisions, as needed. At the same time, we are asking editors and reviewers of COVID-19–related papers to expedite their review, in the interest of public health. We thank everyone for their patience and cooperation during this time.
Please contact us with any questions or concerns at [email protected]. We are available Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM ET and will continue to monitor email as usual.
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PNAS announces 2020 Subscription Rates
August 12, 2019
Washington, DC—The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) is pleased to announce no price increase to either institutional or individual subscription rates for 2020 (all subscriptions are online only). Please visit our subscription rates page for 2020 pricing information.
In 2020, PNAS will publish more than 26,000 pages of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the Biological, Physical, and Social Sciences. A PNAS subscription includes access to special article collections and subject portals, as well as Commentaries, Inaugural Articles, Letters to the Editor, Perspectives, Profiles, and QnAs. The PNAS website, features searchable legacy content dating back to 1915, which guarantees that subscribers have access to the entire PNAS archive. Article-level metrics data and article downloads can be found via the “Info & Metrics” tab near the top of each PNAS article.
An institutional site license to PNAS provides a discount on our open access fees. Corresponding authors from institutions with a site license save 24% on the open access surcharge. By renewing your site license promptly, you provide researchers at your institution wider distribution of their work, and you support an important open access initiative.
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Introducing PNAS flexible article lengths
July 11, 2019
Beginning July 1, 2019, PNAS authors are no longer bound by strict 6- and 10-page limits. With our new flexible article lengths, PNAS articles may range up to 12 pages in length, and authors only pay for the pages they use. While our preferred article length remains 6 pages, we hope that shifting to a single, flexible article type will allow authors in all disciplines to communicate their findings effectively to a broad scientific audience.
If there’s one thing we’ve learned as a multidisciplinary journal, it’s that one size does not fit all.
We decided to shift to flexible article lengths largely because you, our authors, asked for more flexibility in publishing your research. Since 2011, PNAS authors have had two options for article length: the standard 6-page article and the 10-page Plus article. While most of our authors opt for the 6-page article, a growing number are choosing the Plus option; Plus articles have grown from just 6% of published pages in 2011 to nearly half of our published pages in 2018. Many Plus authors tell us they appreciate being able to discuss their findings in depth while still reaching a broad audience. As scientific research becomes more collaborative and interdisciplinary, we expect this trend toward longer articles to continue.
We also know that different disciplines and different projects require different article lengths, and that not every project will be exactly 6 or 10 pages long. Many of our authors have told us that trimming a manuscript down to 6 pages is particularly onerous. While we are still invested in PNAS’s mission to publish brief first announcements of important contributions to research, relaxing our length requirements will allow authors, not arbitrary page limits, to determine the appropriate article length for their work.
How will flexible article lengths change the PNAS submission process?
You may still submit a single, combined PDF at first submission. PNAS is format-neutral, so this PDF may be in any format or reference style. With flexible article lengths, when you submit an article to PNAS, you no longer need to choose between Direct Submission or Plus. With the exception of Brief Reports, all research reports will fall under a single article type. Learn more about our submissions process for flexible articles.
In addition, you are no longer required to use the length estimator tool at any point in the submission process, including for revised submissions. Instead, you may input basic information about your manuscript, including word, reference, figure, and table counts to get an estimated length of your submission. Learn more about how we estimate article lengths.
How much do flexible articles cost?
Flexible article length means you only pay for the space you use. You no longer need to pay the Plus flat rate for 10 pages if you only need 8, and authors of more technical or in-depth papers may expand up to 12 pages. Learn more about our updated publication fees.
Will a longer paper have a better chance of being accepted?
No. We evaluate all submitted manuscripts, regardless of length, by the standards outlined in our Information for Authors. Learn more about our review process and acceptance criteria.
Whom should I contact with questions about flexible articles?
Contact us at [email protected] or 202-334-2679. We are available Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM ET. If you contact us outside of business hours, we will respond as soon as possible.
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