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Research and Theory for Nursing Practice

Springer Publishing Company · United States · Est. 2001

ISSN1541-6577eISSN1945-7286

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.322

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.334

Total Worksi

707

Total Citationsi

9,398

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.54

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice focuses on issues relevant to improving nursing practice, education, and patient care. The journal is a peer-reviewed quarterly publication.

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General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published2001

Annual Volume~ 32 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications707

Publisher OrgSpringer Science+Business Media

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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

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6/11 · 55%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Springer Publishing Company

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1541-6577 / 1945-7286

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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

185

2019

233

2020

143

2021

2022

111

2023

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Research and TheoryQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Research and TheoryMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing education and managementHealth Sciences Research and EducationNursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Policy Implementation ScienceEthics in medical practiceHealth and Wellbeing ResearchInterprofessional Education and Collaboration

Frequently asked questions about Research and Theory for Nursing Practice

Is Research and Theory for Nursing Practice a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: 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 Research and Theory for Nursing Practice?

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 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 0.54.

Is Research and Theory for Nursing Practice indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Research and Theory for Nursing Practice is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.