Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as
Science Magazine, is the academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is one of the world's top scientific journals. The peer-reviewed journal, first published in 1880, is circulated weekly and has a print subscriber base of around 130,000. Because institutional subscriptions and online access serve a larger audience, its estimated readership is 570,400 people. The major focus of the journal is publishing important original scientific research and research reviews, but
Science also publishes science-related news, opinions on science policy and other matters of interest to scientists and others who are concerned with the wide implications of science and technology. Unlike most scientific journals, which focus on a specific field,
Science and its rival
Nature cover the full range of scientific disciplines. According to the
Journal Citation Reports,
Science's 2012 impact factor was 31.027. Although it is the journal of the AAAS, membership in the AAAS is not required to publish in
Science. Papers are accepted from authors around the world.