PRESS RELEASE FROM NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
29 July 2005
Embargo: for immediate release
Contact: Laura Brown
Nature Publishing Group
+44 (0)20 7843 4609
Nature archive – now back to 1970
Nature Publishing Group (NPG) announced today that the latest installment of the Nature archive will go
live on Tuesday, August 2, 2005. A decade of scientific information has been added to Nature‘s online
archive at www.nature.com/nature/archive enabling users to search back to January 1970. The addition
of all content published between January 1970 and December 1979 includes approximately 37,405
articles from 510 issues.
Notable papers from the decade include Lauterburg’s paper on a new imaging technique known as
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) (Nature, March 16, 1973), and Gibbons and Hawking’s paper stating
evidence for black holes in binary star systems (Nature, August 13, 1971).
Nature is currently digitizing the archives back to 1950. Content will be released in installments of 10
years until completion in 2006. When complete, the Nature archive will contain:
 2,399 issues (volumes 283 – 384)
 Approximately 154,500 articles
The Nature archives provide online access to a wealth of premier editorial information previously
published only in print format. All editorial content from the print issues is available including Articles and
Letters, Review material, News and Views, News and comment, Literature and Essays, plus
supplements. All images have been included when available within online copyright.
When converting print articles into integrated online files, NPG has applied all the online functionality
today’s researchers expect from a web resource. Each article includes:
 HTML abstract
 PDF version of full article
 Hyperlinked references using abstracting services of CrossRef, Medline, and ISI including the ISI
Web of Science.
As an integrated part of the NPG online platform, the Nature archive has excellent searching capability
and integration with current content from across the NPG portfolio.
Access to Nature is available to institutions with a site license, providing access to all issues from January
1997 to the present issue. Access to the Nature archive: January 1987 - December 1996 and the Nature
archive: January 1950 - December 1986 is available with signed addendums. The Nature archive:
January 1950 - December 1986 agreement includes the following delivery dates:
1960-1969 – Spring 2006
1950-1959 – Fall/ Autumn 2006
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academic, professional scientific and medical communities. NPG's flagship title, Nature, is the world's
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Contact details:
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Nature Publishing Group
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E-mail: l.brown@nature.com
Links:
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