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Journal of Nursing Research

Taiwan Nurses Association · Taiwan · Est. 1994

ISSN1682-3141eISSN1948-965X

SJR Q1✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR✓ DOAJ✓ Open Access

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.749

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.948

Total Worksi

1,259

Total Citationsi

21,681

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.79

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

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

General Information

Country / RegionTaiwan

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1994

FrequencyBimonthly, 2017-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications1,259

Publisher OrgWolters Kluwer

OA Since2018

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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind

OA LicenseCC BY

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoPMCCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

10/11 · 91%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taiwan Nurses Association

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1682-3141 / 1948-965X

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus, DOAJ

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Peer review process documented?

Double-blind

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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?

Portico, PMC, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

Yes

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

DOAJ verified

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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

1.4k

2019

1.2k

2020

928

2021

726

2022

403

2023

271

2024

108

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.

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q1

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing education and managementGeriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth and Wellbeing ResearchDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesDiabetes Management and EducationHealthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesCancer survivorship and careDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Frequently asked questions about Journal of Nursing Research

Is Journal of Nursing Research a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Journal of Nursing Research: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Nursing Research?

Journal of Nursing Research 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 1.79.

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

Journal of Nursing Research is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

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