PNAS is one of the world's most-cited and comprehensive multidisciplinary scientific journals, publishing more than 3,200 research papers annually. Submissions are accepted from all researchers; authors do not need to have a connection to an NAS member to publish in PNAS.Established in 1914, PNAS publishes cutting-edge research, science news, Commentaries, Perspectives, Colloquium Papers, Reviews, and actions of the NAS. PNAS is available by subscription and all content is free after 6 months.The journal's content spans the biological, physical, and social sciences and is global in scope. Nearly half of all accepted papers come from authors outside the United States.PNAS strives to publish only the highest quality scientific research, and papers undergo rigorous peer review and approval by an NAS member before publication.

PNAS是世界上被引用最多的綜合性多學科科學期刊之一，每年發表3200多篇研究論文。所有研究人員均可提交研究報告;作者不需要連接到NAS成員就可以在PNAS中發布。PNAS成立于1914年，出版前沿研究、科學新聞、評論、觀點、研討會論文、評論和NAS的行動。PNAS可通過訂閱獲得，6個月后所有內容都是免費的。該雜志的內容涵蓋了生物、物理和社會科學，并且是全球性的。將近一半被接受的論文來自美國以外的作者。PNAS致力于只發表最高質量的科學研究，論文在發表前要經過NAS成員的嚴格同行評審和批準。