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Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Slack Incorporated · United States

ISSN0022-0124eISSN1938-2472

SJR Q2✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE · SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.379

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.548

Total Worksi

4,620

Total Citationsi

45,464

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.80

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Nursing (miscellaneous); Review and Exam Preparation; Education.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyMonthly, 2008-

StatusActive

Total Publications4,620

Publisher OrgSlack Incorporated (United States)

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Submission Info

Publishing ModelSubscription

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Slack Incorporated

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0022-0124 / 1938-2472

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

109

2019

123

2020

103

520

2021

109

496

2022

126

426

2023

211

2024

106

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q2

Review and Exam PreparationQ2

EducationQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Review and Exam PreparationEducation

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing education and managementInnovations in Medical EducationNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareInterprofessional Education and Collaboration

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing

Is Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing?

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 0.80.

Is Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing?