Nursing

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States

ISSN0360-4039

SJR Q3✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.189

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.315

Total Worksi

19,845

Total Citationsi

24,879

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.45

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Advanced and Specialized Nursing; Emergency Nursing; Assessment and Diagnosis; Critical Care Nursing; LPN and LVN.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary Language—

1st Year Published—

Annual Volume~ 204 articles / year

StatusActive

Total Publications19,845

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

0360-4039

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

271

939

2019

236

850

2020

213

379

2021

237

421

2022

222

233

2023

212

188

2024

179

2025

116

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ3

Emergency NursingQ3

Assessment and DiagnosisQ4

Critical Care NursingQ4

LPN and LVNQ4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Critical Care NursingAdvanced and Specialized NursingAssessment and DiagnosisEmergency NursingLPN and LVN

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipHuman auditory perception and evaluationDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesEducational Leadership and Practices

Frequently asked questions about Nursing

Is Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nursing: it is indexed in 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 Nursing?

Nursing is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.189.

Is Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nursing is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nursing?