Communications Medicine

Open-access journal publishing high quality, editorially selected and peer reviewed advances across clinical, translational, and public health research. Communications Medicine is a selective open access journal from Nature Portfolio publishing high-quality research, reviews and commentary across all clinical, translational, and public health research fields. The journal aims to foster collaboration across these different communities to facilitate discovery that will promote health and improve patients’ lives globally. Primary research papers published by the journal represent significant advances in preventing, diagnosing, or treating human disease. Communications Medicine is supportive of Springer Nature’s effort to advance progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG3: Good health and wellbeing and SDG5: Gender equality. We welcome submissions that are relevant to the goals of ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all at all ages, as well as of promoting gender equality in health, medical practice, and research.