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Nursing Philosophy

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 2000

ISSN1466-7681eISSN1466-769X

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.683

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.393

Total Worksi

1,270

Total Citationsi

20,716

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.64

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Research and Theory; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2000

FrequencyFour No. A Year, 2005-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,270

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

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?

Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1466-7681 / 1466-769X

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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

892

2019

980

2020

457

2021

471

2022

426

2023

218

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.

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ1

Research and TheoryQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Research and TheoryIssues, Ethics and Legal AspectsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Ethics in medical practicePalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesPatient Dignity and PrivacyNursing education and managementEmpathy and Medical EducationMental Health and PsychiatryNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipFoucault, Power, and EthicsHuman auditory perception and evaluationEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Nursing Philosophy

Is Nursing Philosophy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nursing Philosophy: 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 Nursing Philosophy?

Nursing Philosophy 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 1.64.

Is Nursing Philosophy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nursing Philosophy is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nursing Philosophy?