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Nursing children and young people

RCN Publishing Company Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1979

ISSN2046-2344

SJR Q4✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals. If this journal has one, it appears on the journal’s page ↗

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Bottom 25%

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.185

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

2,684

Total Citationsi

3,186

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.19

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1979

Annual Volume~ 62 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications2,684

Publisher OrgRoyal College of Nursing

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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

5/11 · 45%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

RCN Publishing Company Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

2046-2344

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Indexed in a trusted database?

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?

N/A

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

134

182

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2020

2021

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.

Medicine (miscellaneous)Q4

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Child and Adolescent HealthChildhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeEthics and Legal Issues in Pediatric HealthcareAdolescent and Pediatric HealthcareHealthcare Systems and ChallengesFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsFamily Support in IllnessNursing Roles and PracticesInfant Development and Preterm CareSchool Health and Nursing Education

Frequently asked questions about Nursing children and young people

Is Nursing children and young people a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nursing children and young people: it is indexed in 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 Nursing children and young people?

Nursing children and young people is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.185.

Is Nursing children and young people indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nursing children and young people is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nursing children and young people?