Journal profile · Nursing-Medical and Surgical Nursing
AORN Journal
ISSN 0001-2092 · eISSN 1878-0369 · John Wiley & Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES
AORN Journal: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.58; subscription journal; APC about USD 3,360; 219 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
AORN Journal is published by John Wiley & Sons Inc. and is in Zone 4 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes and Human auditory perception and evaluation, together about 32.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
<em>AORN Journal</em> is a perioperative nursing journal providing evidence-based practice information to help meet the physiological, behavioral, and safety needs of patients.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Medical and Surgical Nursing
Editor-in-chief Laurie SaletnikPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing15.5%
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical OutcomesMedicine10.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering6.8%
- Vascular Anomalies and TreatmentsMedicine6.3%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance5.7%
- Medical Malpractice and Liability IssuesHealth Professions4.8%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing4.6%
- Educational Robotics and EngineeringComputer Science4.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 1.58LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.55LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,795OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 21,941 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 158 | 50 | 13 |
| 2025 | 219 | 75 | 79 |
| 2024 | 209 | 78 | 204 |
| 2023 | 234 | 115 | 314 |
| 2022 | 272 | 17 | 408 |
| 2021 | 293 | 39 | 532 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (48% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,360 / EUR 2,810 / GBP 2,260 | — | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0001-2092
- Electronic ISSN
- 1878-0369
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 124, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about AORN Journal
What CAS zone is AORN Journal in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, AORN Journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of AORN Journal?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.58; CiteScore 1.2, h-index 100.
Which databases index AORN Journal?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, AORN Journal is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is AORN Journal open access, and what is the APC?
AORN Journal is a subscription journal. APC about USD 3,360.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .