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BMC Nursing

BioMed Central Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1999

ISSN1472-6955eISSN1472-6955

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

1.368

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.741

Total Worksi

4,769

Total Citationsi

68,355

2yr Mean Citednessi

4.16

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

BMC Nursing is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of evidence-based nursing care; nursing research methods; nursing service delivery, utilization, and evaluation; nursing administration and human resources. Rigorous and efficient peer review High visibility for your work with open access Welcomes research aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with a focus on SDG 3 “Good Health and Well-Being".

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 1,021 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,769

Publisher OrgBioMed Central

OA Since2001

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewOpen

OA LicenseCC BY, CC BY-NC-ND

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

LOCKSSPMC

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

BioMed Central Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1472-6955 / 1472-6955

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ, PubMed

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Peer review process documented?

Open

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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?

LOCKSS, PMC

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

3.8k

2019

126

4.6k

2020

258

9.3k

2021

378

9.2k

2022

490

9.2k

2023

958

11k

2024

1.6k

8.1k

2025

305

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.

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing education and managementHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutSimulation-Based Education in HealthcarePatient Safety and Medication ErrorsFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsWorkplace Violence and BullyingCOVID-19 and Mental HealthEthics in medical practiceGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesCultural Competency in Health Care

Frequently asked questions about BMC Nursing

Is BMC Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for BMC Nursing: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 BMC Nursing?

BMC 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 4.16.

Is BMC Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

BMC Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.