Nature Reviews Disease Primers

Nature Reviews Disease Primers is a peer-reviewed medical journal published by Nature Portfolio. It was established in 2015. The editor-in-chief is Clemens Thoma. The journal publishes broad review articles about disease areas, offering a global overview of the field and outlining "key open research questions". Each "Primer" is accompanied by a "PrimeView" summary poster containing accessible artwork and highlighting key points from the review. The journal's five-year anniversary was celebrated in April 2020, and noted that 225 primers had been published on medical topics.

Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE/PubMed.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2022 impact factor of 81.5.