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Journal of Family Nursing

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States

ISSN1074-8407eISSN1552-549X

SJR Q1✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.871

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.373

Total Worksi

1,096

Total Citationsi

20,834

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.72

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Journal of Family Nursing combines knowledge in the areas of family nursing, nursing, clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and health care. The journal's mission is to extend knowledge about family response to health and illness and improve healthcare offered to families. It publishes research, practice, education, and policy issues, as well as empirical and theoretical analyses on the subject of family health.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published—

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive

Total Publications1,096

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1074-8407 / 1552-549X

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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

554

2019

835

2020

498

2021

480

2022

177

2023

2024

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.

Community and Home CareQ1

Family PracticeQ1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Family StudiesNursing

Scopus Categories

Family PracticeCommunity and Home Care

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsFamily and Disability Support ResearchFamily Support in IllnessPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Family Nursing

Is Journal of Family Nursing a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Family 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 1.72.

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

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