Home›Search›Journal of Professional Nursing

Journal of Professional Nursing

W.B. Saunders · United States · Est. 1985

ISSN1532-8481

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.993

H-Indexi

SNIPi

1.38

Total Worksi

4,249

Total Citationsi

62,461

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.96

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

The Journal of Professional Nursing accepts articles focusing on baccalaureate and higher degree nursing education, educational research, policy related to education, and education and practice partnerships. Published articles aim to foster research in nursing, nurse education, medical education, higher education, and health care, addressing changes in legislative, regulatory, ethical, and professional standards affecting nursing careers.

AI-compiled from public web sources · verify on publisher page →

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1985

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications4,249

Publisher OrgElsevier BV

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

thinkchecksubmit.org

6/11 · 55%

✅

Do you know the journal / publisher?

W.B. Saunders

✅

Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

✅

Is the ISSN verified?

1532-8481

✅

Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

❌

Peer review process documented?

N/A

❌

Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

✅

Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

❌

Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

❌

Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

❌

Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

✅

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

114

1.8k

2019

157

2.8k

2020

147

2021

148

2022

145

1.3k

2023

155

786

2024

158

320

2025

144

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q1

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q1

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing education and managementNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHealth Sciences Research and EducationHuman auditory perception and evaluationInnovations in Medical EducationInterprofessional Education and CollaborationNursing Roles and PracticesCultural Competency in Health CareSimulation-Based Education in Healthcare

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Professional Nursing

Is Journal of Professional Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Professional Nursing: 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 Professional Nursing?

Journal of Professional 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 1.96.

Is Journal of Professional Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Journal of Professional Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.