Journal Information

Online-only and open access, npj Vaccines is dedicated to highlighting the most important scientific advances in vaccine research and development.

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Aims and Scope

Find out about the journal aims and scope.

Supporting the Sustainable Developmental Goals

We are proud to acknowledge that over 50% of the articles published in npj Vaccines in 2025 were related to one or more of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Springer Nature supports the SDGs through a dedicated SDG Programme and is a signatory of the SDG Publishers Compact.

Content types

Please see the detailed outline of the content types that npj Vaccines considers.

About the Editors

npj Vaccines's international Editors span the breadth of the research areas covered by the journal.

Open Access

npj Vaccines is a fully open access journal. More on Creative Commons Attribution licenses and the benefits of publishing open access can be found in this section.

Article Processing Charges

To allow immediate global open access to all articles, npj Vaccines levies an article processing charge (APC). Current APCs and waiver information are available in this section.

Journal Impact

Find out about journal metrics for npj Vaccines.

About the Partner

npj Vaccines is a high-quality Nature Portfolio journal published by Springer Nature in partnership with the Sealy Institute for Vaccine Sciences at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB).

About the npj Series

The npj Series are online-only, open access journals that drive high impact open science.