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Nursing Standard

RCN Publishing Company Ltd. · United Kingdom · Est. 1987

ISSN2047-9018

SJR Q3✓ 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

Top 75% in field

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

SJR Scorei

0.391

H-Indexi

Total Worksi

100,067

Total Citationsi

105,433

2yr Mean Citednessi

0.23

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Medicine (miscellaneous).

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1987

Annual Volume~ 295 articles / year

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications100,067

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?

2047-9018

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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

342

990

2019

321

598

2020

340

654

2021

364

288

2022

322

189

2023

284

159

2024

279

2025

185

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)Q3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Medicine (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Healthcare Systems and ChallengesHealth Services Management and PolicyNursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing Roles and PracticesGlobal Health Workforce IssuesScience, Research, and MedicineBiotechnology and Related FieldsPrimary Care and Health OutcomesHealthcare innovation and challengesChild and Adolescent Health

Frequently asked questions about Nursing Standard

Is Nursing Standard a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nursing Standard: 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 Standard?

Nursing Standard is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.391.

Is Nursing Standard indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nursing Standard is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Nursing Standard?