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Journal of Forensic Nursing

Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · United States · Est. 1971

ISSN1556-3693eISSN1939-3938

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.341

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.532

Total Worksi

1,083

Total Citationsi

8,631

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.77

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Criminology & Penology; Nursing; Law; Issues, Ethics and Legal Aspects; Medicine (miscellaneous); Nursing (miscellaneous); Pathology and Forensic Medicine; Psychiatry and Mental Health.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1971

Annual Volume~ 54 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,083

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?

1556-3693 / 1939-3938

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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

547

2019

486

2020

215

2021

250

2022

159

2023

129

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.

LawQ2

Issues, Ethics and Legal AspectsQ3

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q3

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q3

Pathology and Forensic MedicineQ3

Psychiatry and Mental HealthQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Criminology & PenologyNursing

Scopus Categories

LawNursing (miscellaneous)Psychiatry and Mental HealthPathology and Forensic MedicineIssues, Ethics and Legal AspectsMedicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Sexual Assault and Victimization StudiesCriminal Justice and Corrections AnalysisChild Abuse and TraumaPsychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual OffendingIntimate Partner and Family ViolenceWorkplace Violence and BullyingHealthcare Decision-Making and RestraintsSex work and related issuesElder Abuse and NeglectMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Forensic Nursing

Is Journal of Forensic Nursing a predatory journal?

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

Journal of Forensic 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 0.77.

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

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