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MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins · United States · Est. 1963

ISSN1539-0683

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.349

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.714

Total Worksi

5,780

Total Citationsi

37,527

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.76

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Maternity and Midwifery; Pharmacology (nursing).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyBimonthly

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications5,780

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

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1539-0683

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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

824

2020

557

2021

343

2022

260

2023

126

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.

Maternity and MidwiferyQ2

Pharmacology (nursing)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Maternity and MidwiferyPharmacology (nursing)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Breastfeeding Practices and InfluencesMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumInfant Development and Preterm CareNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipChild and Adolescent HealthMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsNeonatal Respiratory Health ResearchFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Sciences Research and EducationInfant Health and Development

Frequently asked questions about MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Is MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child 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 MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child 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 0.76.

Is MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing?