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Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Australian Nursing Federation · Australia · Est. 1987

ISSN1447-4328
SJR Q2WOS SCIEWOS SSCIScopus / 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.355
H-Indexi
49
SNIPi
0.629
Total Worksi
821
Total Citationsi
13,882
2yr Mean Citednessi
3.04
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

The AJAN publishes a wide variety of original research, review articles, practice guidelines, and commentary relevant to nursing and midwifery practice, health- maternity- and aged- care delivery, public health, healthcare policy and funding, nursing and midwifery education, regulation, management, economics, ethics, and research methodology. Further, the journal publishes personal narratives that convey the art and spirit of nursing and midwifery. As the official peer-reviewed journal of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), AJAN is dedicated to publishing and showcasing scholarly material of principal relevance to national nursing and midwifery professional, clinical, research, education, management, and policy audiences. Beyond AJAN’s primarily national focus, manuscripts with regional and international scope are also welcome where their contribution to knowledge and debate on key issues for nursing, midwifery, and healthcare more broadly are significant. Please note there is no professional requirement to submission and that it is not a requirement that authors are currently, or have previously, practiced as a nurse and/or midwife.

General Information

Country / RegionAustralia
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published1987
FrequencyFour issues/year
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications821
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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed
OA License
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

8/11 · 73%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Australian Nursing Federation
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
1447-4328
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus
Peer review process documented?
peer-reviewed
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
N/A
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
17
73
2019
33
1.9k
2020
40
386
2021
35
159
2022
29
98
2023
51
267
2024
31
13
2025
8
0
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 NursingQ2
Nursing (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Advanced and Specialized Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing education and managementGlobal Health Workforce IssuesNursing Roles and PracticesGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesInterprofessional Education and CollaborationPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesNursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Sciences Research and Education

Frequently asked questions about Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Is Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing a predatory journal?

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

Australian Journal of Advanced 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 3.04.

Is Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing?

The AJAN publishes a wide variety of original research, review articles, practice guidelines, and commentary relevant to nursing and midwifery practice, health- maternity- and aged- care delivery, public health, healthcare policy and funding, nursing and midwifery education, regulation, management, economics, ethics, and research methodology. Further, the journal publishes personal narratives that convey the art and spirit of nursing and midwifery. As the official peer-reviewed journal of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), AJAN is dedicated to publishing and showcasing sch

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref