Journal profile · Nursing
Biological Research for Nursing
ISSN 1099-8004 · eISSN 1552-4175 · SAGE Publications Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1999
Biological Research for Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.96; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review about 49 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 53 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Biological Research for Nursing is published by SAGE Publications 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 Stress Responses and Cortisol, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control and Sleep and related disorders, together about 21.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Biological Research For Nursing (BRN) is a peer-reviewed quarterly journal that helps nurse researchers, educators, and practitioners integrate information from many basic disciplines; biology, physiology, chemistry, health policy, business, engineering, education, communication and the social sciences into nursing research, theory and clinical practice. Average time … | View full journal description This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 4%); most named United States 38, Mainland China 2, Spain 2, Taiwan, China 1, Brazil 1 (47 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Stress Responses and CortisolNeuroscience9.8%
- Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic ControlMedicine5.9%
- Sleep and related disordersPsychology5.7%
- Cancer survivorship and careMedicine5.4%
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome ResearchMedicine5.4%
- Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesMedicine4.6%
- Tryptophan and brain disordersNeuroscience4.5%
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMedicine4.4%
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
SCIEScopusLetPub
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
- 1.96LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.74LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.87LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 727OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.17OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 51LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,355 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 35 | 13 | 4 |
| 2025 | 53 | 21 | 87 |
| 2024 | 58 | 32 | 226 |
| 2023 | 50 | 28 | 335 |
| 2022 | 62 | 27 | 759 |
| 2021 | 47 | 19 | 608 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
49 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13.1%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 1 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 26 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 49 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 12 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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 prepare7 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted12
- conference summariesBiological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports, and conference summ…Length not stated
- letterManuscript checklist Biological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports…Length not stated
- meta-analysesBiological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports, and conference summ…Length not stated
- meta-analysisManuscript checklist Biological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports…Length not stated
- original research paperManuscript checklist Biological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports…Length not stated
- original research papersBiological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports, and conference summ…Length not stated
- protocolManuscript checklist Biological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports…Length not stated
- protocol reportsBiological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports, and conference summ…Length not stated
- reviewManuscript checklist Biological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports…Length not stated
- systematic reviewManuscript checklist Biological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports…Length not stated
- systematic reviewsBiological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports, and conference summ…Length not stated
- theoretical articlesBiological Research for Nursing publishes original research papers, systematic reviews/meta-analyses/theoretical articles, protocol reports, and conference summ…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Please view our authorship policies, which includes information on criteria for authorship, who should be the corresponding author and more. Please note that AI chatbots, for example ChatGPT, should not be listed as authors. For more information see the policy on Use of ChatGPT and generative AI tools.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures supplied in color will appear in color online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. For specifically requested color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Double anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
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
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1099-8004
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-4175
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Biological Research for Nursing
What CAS zone is Biological Research for Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Biological Research for Nursing 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 Biological Research for Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.96; CiteScore 4.9, h-index 73.
How long does peer review take at Biological Research for Nursing?
The publisher reports about 49 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13.1%. 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 Biological Research for Nursing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: APA; Templates: Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; 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 Biological Research for Nursing based?
Of the 47 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 4%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (38), Mainland China (2) and Spain (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Biological Research for Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Biological Research for Nursing is indexed in SCIE and Scopus.
Is Biological Research for Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Biological Research for Nursing is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .