Open Nursing Journal

Aims & Scope

The Open Nursing Journal is an open-access journal that publishes research articles, reviews/mini-reviews, letters and guest-edited thematic issues in all areas of nursing. The Open Nursing Journal a peer-reviewed journal, is an important and reliable source of current information on developments in the field. Emphasis is placed on publishing quality papers, making them freely available to researchers worldwide. We welcome papers related to nursing and midwifery, with specific relevance to health care practice, policy and research. We publish under the following themes: Nursing and Midwifery practice Education Research methodology Evidence based practice New role in practice Systematic reviews Case studies Ethical and professional issues Management in health care Sustainability in health and health care provision All authors should make clear how the implications of their paper for nursing, midwifery and health care practice. They should also clearly identify the ‘take home message’ from their paper. The Open Nursing Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal covering all aspects of nursing published continuously by Bentham Open.

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.

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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

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