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Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery

Unisa Press · South Africa · Est. 1999

ISSN1682-5055eISSN1682-5055

SJR Q3✓ WOS ESCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (ESCI) — 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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.203

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.165

Total Worksi

609

Total Citationsi

1,619

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.21

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope✦ Compiled from public sources

Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery publishes articles on current nursing and health-related issues. It encourages debate, both theoretical and practical, on a wide range of topics that represent a variety of cross-disciplinary interests.

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General Information

Country / RegionSouth Africa

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1999

Annual Volume~ 40 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications609

Publisher OrgUniversity of South Africa

Region🌍 Global South

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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?

Unisa Press

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1682-5055 / 1682-5055

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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

123

2019

203

2020

149

2021

147

2022

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.

Advanced and Specialized NursingQ3

Maternity and MidwiferyQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Maternity and MidwiferyAdvanced and Specialized Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Global Maternal and Child HealthAdolescent Sexual and Reproductive HealthHIV/AIDS Impact and ResponsesHIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsNursing education and managementInterprofessional Education and CollaborationFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsGlobal Health Workforce IssuesMaternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsCOVID-19 and Mental Health

Frequently asked questions about Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery

Is Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery: 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 Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery?

Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 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 0.21.

Is Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.