This post is part of the “Celebrating Five Years of the Discover Journals” series, highlighting Discover journals and the people who have played a key role in shaping their development. The series aims to spotlight the leadership, values, and vibrant communities behind the journals. 

This year marks an important milestone for the Discover journals at Springer Nature: five years since the first thirteen Discover titles started publishing papers from across our research communities. What began as an ambitious effort to create broad-scope, high‑quality, community‑driven journals has now grown into a thriving portfolio, supported and shaped by the research community. 

As we celebrate five years of Discover Journals Series, we are delighted to share the latest indexing metrics of 2025 for the first thirteen Discover journals. These milestones reflect the growing visibility and recognition of journals that were established with a clear mission: to provide inclusive, multidisciplinary platforms that accelerate the sharing of sound science.

Citation-based metrics are of course not the only or best way to measure the impact of research at a journal, but they are a valuable insight into the influence the publications in our journals have on their research communities.

Discover more about Discover Journal Series here: https://www.springer.com/gp/campaign/discover-journals 

Please stay tuned for more posts from our anniversary celebrations!