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Journal of Nursing Education

Slack Incorporated · United States

ISSN0148-4834eISSN1938-2421

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.607

H-Indexi

113

SNIPi

0.842

Total Worksi

6,080

Total Citationsi

106,418

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.44

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Education; Nursing (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year, 2002-

StatusActive

Total Publications6,080

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?

0148-4834 / 1938-2421

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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

204

2.5k

2019

198

2.3k

2020

197

1.5k

2021

173

2022

157

875

2023

233

788

2024

165

261

2025

160

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.

EducationQ2

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing education and managementSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareInnovations in Medical EducationEducation and Critical Thinking DevelopmentNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Nursing Education

Is Journal of Nursing Education a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Nursing Education: 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 Nursing Education?

Journal of Nursing Education 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 1.44.

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

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

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