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Look what happened to Nature, which used to be good. It was once the definitive journal of the life sciences. They became "Nature Portfolio", and now publish all these titles:

 Nature Nature Africa Nature Aging Nature Astronomy Nature Biomedical Engineering Nature Biotechnology Nature Cancer Nature Cardiovascular Research Nature Catalysis Nature Cell Biology Nature Chemical Biology Nature Chemical Engineering Nature Chemistry Nature Cities Nature Climate Change Nature Communications Nature Computational Science Nature Digest Nature Ecology & Evolution Nature Electronics Nature Energy Nature Food Nature Genetics Nature Geoscience Nature Health Nature Human Behaviour Nature Immunology Nature India Nature Italy Nature Machine Intelligence Nature Materials Nature Medicine Nature Mental Health Nature Metabolism Nature Methods Nature Microbiology Nature Nanotechnology Nature Neuroscience Nature Photonics Nature Physics Nature Plants Nature Protocols Nature Reviews Biodiversity Nature Reviews Bioengineering Nature Reviews Cancer Nature Reviews Cardiology Nature Reviews Chemistry Nature Reviews Clean Technology Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology Nature Reviews Disease Primers Nature Reviews Drug Discovery Nature Reviews Earth & Environment Nature Reviews Electrical Engineering Nature Reviews Endocrinology Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology Nature Reviews Genetics Nature Reviews Immunology Nature Reviews Materials Nature Reviews Methods Primers Nature Reviews Microbiology Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology Nature Reviews Nephrology Nature Reviews Neurology Nature Reviews Neuroscience Nature Reviews Physics Nature Reviews Psychology Nature Reviews Rheumatology Nature Reviews Urology Nature Sensors Nature Structural & Molecular Biology Nature Sustainability Nature Synthesis Nature Water 
Nature Energy is notorious for battery hype articles. Nature Materials is notorious for surface chemistry hype ("nanotechnology") articles. I suspect some of the others have similar problems.


Don't forget the "nature partner journals", which people also call (and cite as) "Nature XY"...




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