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AORN Journal

John Wiley & Sons Inc. · United States · Est. 1963

ISSN1878-0369

SJR Q3✓ WOS SCIE✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

/ 100

High Risk

Score Breakdown

✓ WoS SCIE/SSCI+25

✓ Scopus Q3+12

Total37

Journal Impact Factor

This journal is indexed in Web of Science (JCR) and has an official Journal Impact Factor. View the current value on the journal’s page ↗

SJR Score

0.221

H-Index

CiteScore

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Scopus metric · on the journal’s page

SNIP

0.502

Total Works

21,900

Total Citations

91,745

2yr Mean Citedness

0.41

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Aims & Scope✦ Inferred from recent articles

This journal focuses on perioperative nursing practices, including the safe use of surgical energy devices, structured orientation programs for novice nurses, standardized surgical time-out procedures, effective intraoperative hand-off communication, and the cleaning of surgical molds and guides.

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⚡ Speed vs Prestige

How does this journal balance review speed with impact level?

SJR Rank

Top 75% in field

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

Annual Volume~ 221 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications21,900

Publisher OrgWiley

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Submission Info

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Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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6/12 · 50%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

John Wiley & Sons Inc.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1878-0369

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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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APC fees clearly disclosed?

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

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Times cited

2019

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2021

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2026

Source: OpenAlex · Note: citations accumulate over time so older years appear higher

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Medical and Surgical NursingQ3

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Medical and Surgical Nursing

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesHuman auditory perception and evaluationVascular Anomalies and TreatmentsDiverse Scientific and Economic StudiesMedical Malpractice and Liability IssuesNursing Diagnosis and DocumentationEducational Robotics and EngineeringPatient Safety and Medication ErrorsNursing education and management