Applied sciences: Publications
Nature Index released a beta ranking of applied sciences in December 2025 based on the following selection of publications following a survey of the research community. In June 2026, these publications were added to the Nature Index can the latest rankings for institutions and countries/territories can be found in the Current Index or the latest Research Leaders.
The publications chosen for the applied sciences cover the following areas of research:
- Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences
- Built Environment and Design
- Information and Computing Science
- Engineering
- Mathematical Sciences:
- Statistics
- Numerical and Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics
- Pure Mathematics
- Other Mathematical Sciences
| Publication | Publisher | New |
|---|---|---|
| ACS Nano | American Chemical Society | |
| Acta Biomaterialia | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Advanced Functional Materials | John Wiley & Sons | |
| Advanced Materials | John Wiley & Sons | |
| Angewandte Chemie International Edition | John Wiley & Sons | |
| Annals of Mathematics | Princeton University | |
| Applied Energy | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Cities | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Computers & Education | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Computers in Human Behavior | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Energy | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Energy & Environmental Science | Royal Society of Chemistry | |
| Environmental Pollution | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Environmental Research | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Environmental Science and Technology | American Chemical Society | |
| IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | |
| Inventiones mathematicae | Springer Nature | |
| Journal of Cleaner Production | Elsevier B.V. | |
| Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B: Statistical Methodology | Oxford University Press | |
| Nature Energy | Springer Nature | |
| Nature Materials | Springer Nature | |
| Nature Nanotechnology | Springer Nature | |
| Nature Sustainability | Springer Nature | |
| Plant Biotechnology Journal | John Wiley & Sons | |
| Sustainable Cities and Society | Elsevier B.V. |
In addition to the publications above, specific articles considered to be in the applied sciences from the 5 multidisciplinary journals already included in the Nature Index were included in the dataset used for the applied sciences tables.
| Publication | Publisher |
|---|---|
| Nature | Springer Nature |
| Nature Communications | Springer Nature |
| Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America | United States National Academy of Sciences |
| Science | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |
| Science Advances | American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) |