Nature Metabolism

Nature Metabolism is a monthly peer-reviewed journal published by Nature Portfolio, part of Springer Nature, launched online in January 2019, covering all areas of metabolism research from fundamental cell biology to biomedical and translational work, with a 2025 Journal Impact Factor of 27.5《自然·代谢》是由（Springer Nature）旗下（Nature Portfolio）出版、2019 年 1 月在线创刊的月刊同行评审期刊，涵盖从基础细胞生物学到生物医学与转化研究的代谢研究全领域，2025 年影响因子为 27.5。

Scope

• It publishes work that significantly advances the understanding of metabolic and homeostatic processes in a cellular or broader physiological context该刊刊载在细胞或更广泛生理情境下显著增进对代谢与稳态过程理解的研究。
• It seeks the best research from across all fields of metabolism research, incorporating the work of basic scientists and of clinical, translational and industrial researchers该刊征集代谢研究各领域的最佳成果，兼顾基础科学家与临床、转化及产业研究者的工作。
• Coverage ranges from fundamental cell biology to basic biomedical and translational research报道范围从基础细胞生物学延伸至基础生物医学与转化研究。
• Topics include cellular metabolism, ageing, circadian rhythms, dietary health and metabolic diseases such as diabetes and obesity主题包括细胞代谢、衰老、昼夜节律、膳食健康，以及糖尿病与肥胖等代谢性疾病。
• Content types include research Articles together with Reviews, Perspectives, News and Views, Comments and Correspondence文章类型包括研究论文以及综述、观点、新闻与观点、评论与通讯。^[1]
• It is published online every month该刊每月在线出版。
• All editorial decisions are made by a team of full-time professional editors所有编辑决定均由全职专业编辑团队作出。

History

• It was launched online in January 2019 as part of a new wave of Nature Portfolio research journals该刊于 2019 年 1 月在线创刊，属于（Nature Portfolio）研究期刊的新一批创刊。
• It was announced in 2017 alongside Nature Machine Intelligence and Nature Reviews Physics该刊于 2017 年与（Nature Machine Intelligence）、（Nature Reviews Physics）一同宣布创刊。
• It was created in response to a long-standing call from the scientific community for another high-quality journal dedicated to metabolism该刊的创办回应了科学界对又一份高质量代谢专刊的长期呼吁。
• Eight volumes had appeared by 2026, reflecting continuous monthly publication since launch截至 2026 年已出版八卷，体现其自创刊以来的持续月度出版。
• Its 2025 Journal Impact Factor is 27.5, placing it fourth among 198 journals in endocrinology and metabolism其 2025 年影响因子为 27.5，在 198 种内分泌与代谢期刊中位列第四。

Editors

• The Chief Editor is Christoph Schmitt, who holds a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Vienna and became Chief Editor in 2018现任主编为 Christoph Schmitt，拥有（University of Vienna）药学博士学位，于 2018 年出任主编。
• He previously edited the Nature Reviews journals and managed a biomedical and translational research team at Nature Communications他此前编辑（Nature Reviews）系列期刊，并在（Nature Communications）管理一支生物医学与转化研究团队。
• Senior editors include Revati Dewal, Jean Nakhle and Yanina-Yasmin Pesch高级编辑包括 Revati Dewal、Jean Nakhle 与 Yanina-Yasmin Pesch。
• Associate editors include Michael Neinast and Yunling Xie副编辑包括 Michael Neinast 与 Yunling Xie。
• The team is based at the Nature Portfolio office in Berlin, with editors also in Philadelphia and Beijing团队以（Nature Portfolio）柏林办公室为基地，另有编辑驻费城与北京。