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AORN Journal

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

ISSN1878-0369

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JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date.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

0.258

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.502

Total Worksi

21,900

Total Citationsi

91,745

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.41

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Nursing; Medical and Surgical Nursing.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1963

FrequencyMonthly, <Oct. 1985- >

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications21,900

Publisher OrgWiley

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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?

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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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

329

2019

353

1.2k

2020

293

524

2021

272

396

2022

234

294

2023

209

193

2024

219

2025

136

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.

Medical and Surgical NursingQ2

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

Frequently asked questions about AORN Journal

Is AORN Journal a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for AORN Journal: 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 AORN Journal?

AORN Journal 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 0.41.

Is AORN Journal indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

AORN Journal is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of AORN Journal?