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American Journal of Nursing

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1888

ISSN1538-7488

SJR Q3✓ 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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 Q3. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

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

SJR · Scopus

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.304

H-Indexi

161

SNIPi

0.615

Total Worksi

101,644

Total Citationsi

222,751

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.52

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nursing (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1888

Annual Volume~ 365 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications101,644

Publisher OrgLippincott Williams & Wilkins

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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?

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1538-7488

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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

480

1.4k

2019

436

1.3k

2020

399

1.2k

2021

372

650

2022

367

613

2023

357

467

2024

371

178

2025

244

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)Q3

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesHuman auditory perception and evaluationDisaster Response and ManagementEducational Leadership and PracticesEarthquake and Disaster Impact StudiesNursing Roles and PracticesHealth and Well-being StudiesHealthcare Policy and ManagementSchool Health and Nursing Education

Frequently asked questions about American Journal of Nursing

Is American Journal of Nursing a predatory journal?

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

American Journal of 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 0.52.

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

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

What is the aims and scope of American Journal of Nursing?