Alternatives and competitors
Sites like Nature
The 20 closest scientific journal publishing alternatives to Nature, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 17 technologies behind it.
Looking for an alternative to Nature? The closest matches are Science, ScienceAlert and Live Science. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.
- Neighbours
- k = 20
- Sites searched
- 4,032
- Vector
- 384-d
- Query
- 16 ms
01 · Entity
About Nature
Nature nature.com
Nature
First published in 1869, Nature is the world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. Nature publishes the finest peer-reviewed research that drives ground-breaking discovery, and is read by thought-leaders and decision-makers around the world.
Wikidata: British scientific journal since 1869
Summary by Claude
Website of the weekly multidisciplinary science journal Nature, publishing peer-reviewed research papers, science news, commentary, reviews and daily briefings, plus access to the Nature family of journals.
- Who it’s for
- Scientists, researchers, academics and science-interested readers
- Business model
- Subscriptions, article processing charges and advertising
02 · Embedding space
Competitor map
Each alternative by how close its vector is to Nature’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.
similarity × popularity
03 · Nearest neighbours
Alternatives to Nature
Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Nature, thumbs down if it isn’t.
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academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Very close cos 0.938 - 02
ScienceAlert : The Best in Science News And Amazing Breakthroughs
The latest science news. Publishing independent, fact-checked reporting on health, space, nature, technology, and the environment.
Very close cos 0.939 - 03
Live Science | Latest science news and articles for those with curious minds
Daily discoveries, groundbreaking research and fascinating science breakthroughs that impact you and the wider world, reported by our expert journalists.
Very close cos 0.936 - 04
academic journal of the National Academy of Sciences
Very close cos 0.931 - 05
ScienceDaily: Your source for the latest research news
Breaking science news and articles on global warming, extrasolar planets, stem cells, bird flu, autism, nanotechnology, dinosaurs, evolution -- the latest discoveries in astronomy, anthropology, biology, chemistry, climate & environment, computers, engineering, health & medicine, math, physics, psychology, technology, and more -- from the world's leading universities and research organizations.
Very close cos 0.931 - 06
ScienceDirect
journal
Very close cos 0.922 - 07
Scientific American
Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.
- GlobalSign
- Google Search Console
- Meta Business Suite
- Amazon CloudFront
- Google Tag Manager
- Amazon Route 53
Very close cos 0.922 - 08
scientific journal
Very close cos 0.916 - 09
National Geographic
Explore National Geographic. A world leader in geography, cartography and exploration.
Very close cos 0.918 - 10
EurekAlert! Science News Releases
EurekAlert! is an online science news service featuring health, medicine, science and technology news from leading research institutions and universities. Sponsored by AAAS, the science society.
- Google Search Console
- Mailchimp
- Microsoft 365
- Salesforce
- Adobe Experience Platform Tags
- Apache HTTP Server
Very close cos 0.918 - 11
Phys.org - News and Articles on Science and Technology
Daily science news on research developments, technological breakthroughs and the latest scientific innovations
- Google Search Console
- Meta Business Suite
- Apache HTTP Server
- Google Ad Manager
- Google AdSense
- Google Analytics
Very close cos 0.915 - 12
Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News
Get the latest space exploration, innovation and astronomy news. Space.com celebrates humanity's ongoing expansion across the final frontier.
Very close cos 0.913 - 13
Medical News | Medical Articles
Medical News and articles you can trust from around the world. All content is written and reviewed by qualified health, medical and scientific experts.
Very close cos 0.913 - 14
Frontiers | Publisher of peer-reviewed articles in open access journals
Open access publisher of peer-reviewed scientific articles across the entire spectrum of academia. Research network for academics to stay up-to-date with the latest scientific publications, events, blogs and news.
Very close cos 0.911 - 15
peer-reviewed medical journal
Very close cos 0.909 - 16
Your access has been blocked – The Atlantic
magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C.
Very close cos 0.909 - 17
Client Challenge
global publishing company
Very close cos 0.906 - 18
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)
Le Centre national de la recherche scientifique est le plus grand organisme public français de recherche scientifique. Il exerce son activité dans
Very close cos 0.905 - 19
peer-reviewed medical journal
Very close cos 0.904 - 20
American magazine
Very close cos 0.902
Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to nature.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Nature uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.
04 · Fingerprints
Technology
What Nature is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.
Built with
- Marketing automation
- Mailchimp TXT v=spf1 ip4:195.128.10.18/32 ip4:195.128.10.15/32 ip4:195.128.10.69/32…
- Cookie consent
- OneTrust TXT onetrust-domain-verification=2fb9af66a4f8427c81ef817cc2fc7e5a
- CDN
- Fastly header x-served-by: cache-5674c519-internal, cache-ber1080042-BER, cache-ber108…
- Hosting
- Google Cloud header via: 1.1 google, 1.1 varnish
- Email hosting
- Microsoft 365 TXT MS=ms87841658
- Proofpoint MX mxb-002c5801.gslb.pphosted.com
- Email delivery
- Mailchimp Transactional TXT v=spf1 ip4:195.128.10.18/32 ip4:195.128.10.15/32 ip4:195.128.10.69/32…
- DNS hosting
- UltraDNS NS pdns2.ultradns.net
- SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
- Adobe TXT adobe-idp-site-verification=e7d316e26179ad0d4b3f90cf2a0754eec7efe5ffd…
- Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=8YyRB1dGCFU6FTIcUt18raWzPoKaOFUG7xiFOka…
- Canva TXT canva-site-verification=uyK4bK0s0B6XTjkr-evkKA
- DocuSign TXT docusign=67f44eaf-0dbe-458b-b10f-47bed1b15935
- GlobalSign TXT _globalsign-domain-verification=IG4UdrI9gc_SVSE132aTagdWhxkvONdbIBhHh…
- Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=ieCNIjjta99aFWzeD9Mhze-lTbXHZo6GAc-MgXlclL4
- Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=jkc3tvps7b0r4s2a8go26hb3mur2ug
- OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-HAPMMiP9yzTJ3yFoeETfV7vd
- Salesforce TXT v=spf1 ip4:195.128.10.18/32 ip4:195.128.10.15/32 ip4:195.128.10.69/32…
Stack changes
No changes yet. Each new crawl is compared with the last one, and what Nature adds or drops shows up here.
What competitors use
Across the 20 closest sites.
- Google Search Console 18/20
- Microsoft 365 13/20
- Cloudflare · not on nature.com 10/20
- Meta Business Suite 10/20
- Google Workspace · not on nature.com 9/20
- GlobalSign 8/20
- Google Ad Manager · not on nature.com 6/20
- Cloudflare DNS · not on nature.com 5/20
- Fastly 5/20
- Adobe 5/20
- Atlassian 5/20
- Google Analytics · not on nature.com 4/20
- Google Fonts · not on nature.com 4/20
- Google Tag Manager · not on nature.com 4/20
- Amazon Route 53 · not on nature.com 4/20
- Salesforce 4/20