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Nursing Practice Today

Tehran University of Medical Sciences · Iran · Est. 2014

ISSN2383-1154eISSN2383-1162
SJR Q2WOS ESCIScopus / SJRDOAJOpen Access
Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

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📊 Standing in its field
Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.
Q2
SJR · Scopus
Top 50% in field
Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ
SJR Scorei
0.379
H-Indexi
15
CiteScorei
2.1
SNIPi
0.521
Total Worksi
287
Total Citationsi
1,236
2yr Mean Citednessi
1.03
Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Nursing Practice Today (NPT) is a peer-reviewed, open access international scientific journal that publishes original scholarly work which is essential for nurses and midwives who are serious about developing their own professions, as well as providing the best outcomes for the clients in their care. Reports of original research and scholarly papers about all aspects of nursing and midwifery practices that have a sound scientific, theoretical or philosophical base are published.

General Information

Country / RegionIran
Primary LanguageEnglish
1st Year Published2014
FrequencyQuarterly
StatusActive (last: 2025)
Total Publications287
OA Since2017
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Submission Info

Peer ReviewDouble-blind
OA LicenseCC BY-NC
OA Rate

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No
OASPA Member✗ No
Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes
Plagiarism Detection✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

9/11 · 82%
Do you know the journal / publisher?
Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Does the journal have a website?
✓ Linked
Is the ISSN verified?
2383-1154 / 2383-1162
Indexed in a trusted database?
WoS, Scopus, DOAJ
Peer review process documented?
Double-blind
Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?
N/A
Not on predatory/blacklists?
✓ Clean
Long-term digital preservation?
N/A
Plagiarism detection in place?
Yes
Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?
DOAJ verified
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
29
275
2019
51
457
2020
40
223
2021
30
107
2022
40
103
2023
41
96
2024
50
14
2025
20
1
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.

Nursing (miscellaneous)Q2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Nursing

Scopus Categories

Nursing (miscellaneous)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Health and Well-being StudiesCOVID-19 and Mental HealthResilience and Mental HealthPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesFamily and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsNursing Diagnosis and DocumentationRespiratory Support and MechanismsEthics in medical practiceHealthcare Education and Workforce IssuesNursing Education, Practice, and Leadership

Frequently asked questions about Nursing Practice Today

Is Nursing Practice Today a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Nursing Practice Today: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ, 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 Practice Today?

Nursing Practice Today 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. As an open alternative, its Scopus CiteScore is 2.1.

Is Nursing Practice Today indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Nursing Practice Today is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, DOAJ.

What is the aims and scope of Nursing Practice Today?

Nursing Practice Today (NPT) is a peer-reviewed, open access international scientific journal that publishes original scholarly work which is essential for nurses and midwives who are serious about developing their own professions, as well as providing the best outcomes for the clients in their care. Reports of original research and scholarly papers about all aspects of nursing and midwifery practices that have a sound scientific, theoretical or philosophical base are published.

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Data updated: 2026-05-22 · Sources: SJR, DOAJ, OpenAlex, WoS, Crossref