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Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1969

ISSN1527-1544eISSN1552-7468

SJR Q1✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.96

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.867

Total Worksi

956

Total Citationsi

11,913

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.95

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Health Policy & Services; Nursing; Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Leadership and Management; Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1969

FrequencyQuarterly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications956

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

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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?

SAGE Publications Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1527-1544 / 1552-7468

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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

478

2019

448

2020

349

2021

363

2022

197

2023

161

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

Leadership and ManagementQ1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Health Policy & ServicesNursing

Scopus Categories

Leadership and ManagementIssues, Ethics and Legal AspectsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Health Workforce IssuesNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipHealthcare Policy and ManagementNursing Roles and PracticesGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesPrimary Care and Health OutcomesNursing education and managementFood Security and Health in Diverse PopulationsEmployment and Welfare StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluation

Frequently asked questions about Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Is Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice: 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 Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice?

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice 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 1.95.

Is Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice?