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Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

SAGE Publications Inc. · United States · Est. 1973

ISSN1532-5725

SJR Q2✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q2. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 50% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.712

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.782

Total Worksi

1,865

Total Citationsi

20,401

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.28

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Psychiatry; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1973

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,865

Publisher OrgSAGE Publishing

Visit Journal Website

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

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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?

1532-5725

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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

1.3k

2019

870

2020

664

2021

432

2022

270

2023

178

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.

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

NursingPsychiatry

Scopus Categories

Psychiatry and Mental Health

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Mental Health Treatment and AccessSchizophrenia research and treatmentHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsPsychiatric care and mental health servicesChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentNursing Roles and PracticesNursing education and managementHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutMental Health and Patient InvolvementMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum

Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association

Is Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association: 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 Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association?

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association 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 1.28.

Is Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association?