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Nurse Education Today

Churchill Livingstone · United Kingdom · Est. 1968

ISSN1532-2793

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

Medium Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q1+25

Total60

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

1.483

H-Index

162

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

2.026

Total Works

8,655

Total Citations

260,036

2yr Mean Citedness

4.14

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Retractions

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

Nurse Education Today focuses on the education and professional development of nurses. Recent articles explore teaching methods, student experiences with complex care situations like death and dying, the integration of new educational tools such as micro-credentials and virtual reality, and the development of clinical reasoning and interprofessional collaboration skills. The journal also addresses challenges in nursing education, including moral distress among academics and students' preparedness for emotionally demanding aspects of care.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 25% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1968

FrequencyTwelve No. A Year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications8,655

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Churchill Livingstone

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1532-2793

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

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Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

EducationQ1

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Education, Scientific DisciplinesNursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Education

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing education and managementSimulation-Based Education in HealthcareInnovations in Medical EducationInterprofessional Education and CollaborationCultural Competency in Health CareNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipHealth Sciences Research and EducationNursing Roles and PracticesReflective Practices in EducationHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnout