Journal profile · NURSING
Asian Nursing Research
ISSN 1976-1317 · eISSN 2093-7482 · Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd · SOUTH KOREA · Quarterly · Founded 2007
Asian Nursing Research: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.89; fully open access; APC about USD 1,500; median 220 days to acceptance (91 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 75 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Asian Nursing Research is published by Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd 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 Health and Wellbeing Research, Nursing education and management and Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues, together about 31.6% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Asian Nursing Research is the official peer-reviewed research journal of the Korean Society of Nursing Science, and is the devoted to publication of a wide range of research that will contribute to the body of nursing science and inform the practice of nursing, nursing education, administration, and history, on health issues relevant to nursing, and on the testing of research findings in practice. The ISO abbreviated title of the journal is Asian Nurs Res. It is published five times (28th Feb, 31th May, 31th Aug, 31th Oct, 31th Dec) by Elsevier beginning in June 2007, and indexed/abstracted in CINAHL, Embase, Science Direct, SCOPUS, Science Citation Index Expanded (SCIE), Current Contents/Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) and Journal Citation Reports/ Science Edition and Social Sciences Edition.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Editor-in-chief Jiyeon LeePublisher website
Editorial board by country: 4 in mainland China (about 6%); most named South Korea 42, United States 6, Mainland China 4, Hong Kong, China 4, Japan 2 (65 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions12.1%
- Nursing education and managementNursing11.3%
- Healthcare Education and Workforce IssuesNursing8.2%
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine5.5%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine5.3%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions4.4%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions4.4%
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMedicine4.2%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEEmbaseCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Science Direct
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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
- 2.89LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2024
- 2.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.6LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 3.6Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.12LetPub ·
- h-index
- 16LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 451OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.46OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 100%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 60LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 801 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 35 | 2 |
| 2025 | 75 | 75 | 101 |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | 353 |
| 2023 | 29 | 29 | 431 |
| 2022 | 36 | 36 | 314 |
| 2021 | 41 | 41 | 876 |
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 PubMed · to
220 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 170 days – 267 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 39 days (91 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 264 days
- Sample
- 91 articles with submission and acceptance dates (132 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 35 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 98 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 224 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 44 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 51 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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
Fully open accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,500 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 / EUR 1,400 / GBP 1,200 / JPY 186,050 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,000 | Yes | — |
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare4 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
- Keywords
- 3–5
- Reference style
- Numbered, in order of citation
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted16, with length limits
- announcementsAnnouncements: These include announcements to pertinent forthcoming meetings or events.Length not stated
- commentaryANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- editorialANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- editorialsEditorials: These include comments by organizations or individuals on topics of current interest by invitation only. Editorials can be a maximum of 2,000 words …Length not stated
- full paperANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- letterANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- letters to the editorANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…main text ≤ 2,000 words
- opinionANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- original researchANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- perspectiveANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- research articleANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- research articlesResearch Articles: These include full papers reporting original research. These are reports of empirical findings from the highest quality basic and clinical re…Length not stated
- research paperANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- reviewANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- review articleANR publishes high quality papers to report research findings, research-based reviews and commentaries which are of interest to an international readership of p…Length not stated
- review articlesReview Articles: These include critical presentations of topics of interest to those relevant to nursing theory, practice, and education.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints
- AI use Declaration of generative AI use
Authors must declare the use of generative AI tools in the manuscript preparation process upon submission of the paper.Generative AI and AI-assisted technologies (“AI tools”) have been rapidly adopted in research and scholarly publishing, offering significant benefits while requiring clear standards for responsible and transparent use.Authors preparing a manuscript for this journal may use AI tool…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Author contributions: CRediT
Corresponding authors are encouraged to acknowledge co-author contributions using CRediT (Contributor Roles Taxonomy) roles: Not all CRediT roles will apply to every manuscript and some authors may contribute through multiple roles. We advise you to read more about CRediT and view an example of a CRediT author statement.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Authors must disclose any financial and personal relationships with other people or organizations that might lead to bias or a conflict of interest. If there is no conflict of interest, this should also be explicitly stated as none declared.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Scientific Misconduct and Redundant Publication
Scientific misconduct includes but is not necessarily limited to data fabrication; data falsification including deceptive manipulation of images; and plagiarism. Redundant publication is defined as “reporting (publishing or attempting to publish) substantially the same work more than once, without attribution of the original source(s)”. Characteristics of reports that are substantially similar inc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Authors are required to sign the copyright transfer agreement to the society. All accepted manuscripts, artwork, and photographs become the permanent property of society. The copyright agreement form will be sent to the corresponding authors of accepted manuscripts with proofs. This should be signed and returned to society. Authors must obtain permission to reproduce or adapt all or part of copyri…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open access
Every peer-reviewed research article appearing in this journal will be published open access. This means that the article is universally and freely accessible via the internet in perpetuity, in an easily readable format immediately after publication. To provide open access, this journal has an open access fee (also known as an article publishing charge or APC) which needs to be paid by the authors…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review
Double anonymized review Model summary
This journal operates a double anonymized review process. All contributions will be initially assessed by the editor for suitability for the journal. Papers deemed suitable are then typically sent to a minimum of two independent expert reviewers to assess the scientific quality of the paper. The Editor is responsible for the final decision regarding the acceptance or rejection of articles. The Edi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprint references
Where a preprint has subsequently become available as a peer-reviewed publication, the formal publication should be used as the reference. If there are preprints that are central to your work or that cover crucial developments in the topic, but are not yet formally published, these may be referenced. Preprints should be clearly marked as such, for example by including the word preprint, or the nam…
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Elsevier (Singapore) Pte Ltd
- Country or region
- SOUTH KOREA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 2007
- ISSN
- 1976-1317
- Electronic ISSN
- 2093-7482
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Author guidelines ↗DOAJ
- Aims & Scope ↗DOAJ
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗DOAJ
- Editorial board ↗DOAJ
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Asian Nursing Research
What CAS zone is Asian Nursing Research in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Asian Nursing Research is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Asian Nursing Research?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.89; CiteScore 3.6, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at Asian Nursing Research?
Based on the dates recorded on 91 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 220 days (interquartile range 170–267 days); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
What are the manuscript requirements of Asian Nursing Research?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 300 words; Keywords: 3–5; Reference style: Numbered, in order of citation; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Asian Nursing Research based?
Of the 65 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 4 (about 6%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are South Korea (42), United States (6) and Mainland China (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Asian Nursing Research?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Asian Nursing Research is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Asian Nursing Research open access, and what is the APC?
Asian Nursing Research is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,500.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .