Journal profile · Nursing-General Nursing
BMC Nursing
ISSN 1472-6955 · BioMed Central · ENGLAND · Founded 2002
BMC Nursing: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 5.15; fully open access; APC about USD 3,190; median 123 days to acceptance (192 articles, last 24 months); 1,615 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
BMC Nursing is published by BioMed Central and is in Zone 2 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, together about 44.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
BMC Nursing is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of evidence-based nursing care; nursing research methods; nursing service delivery, utilization, and evaluation; nursing administration and human resources. BMC Nursing considers articles on the following aspects of nursing: Evidence-based nursing care: All aspects of evidence-based knowledge to inform and transform nursing practice in all settings. Please note that research on specific conditions/diseases or patient populations will be considered if there is a robust background and discussion on nurses’ involvement, implications and recommendations for nurses. Nursing research methods: Topics include, but are not limited to: ethics, subject recruitment/retention, sampling, development and testing of psychometric tools, multi-cultural testing studies, meta-analyses techniques, and protocol development. Service organisations, utilization and collaborative care: Resource usage and reduce service delivery costs while maintaining high-quality care, teamwork among healthcare providers, patients, caregivers, and community resources to ensure effective communication and coordinated care. Nursing and interprofessional education: Curriculum and training design for nursing students and staff, integration of new technology in nursing education, competency-based education approaches, strategies for supporting and measuring the achievement of nursing students and staff. As a BMC Series journal, BMC Nursing does not make editorial decisions based on the perceived interest or potential impact of a study. Manuscripts are considered for publication if they are scientifically valid. For research articles, this includes having a clearly defined and sound research question, appropriate methodology and analysis, and adherence to community-agreed standards relevant to the field.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-General Nursing
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing25.4%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions11.6%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine7%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions4.3%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions4.2%
- Workplace Violence and BullyingSocial Sciences4.1%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology3.8%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 1 |
Top journal: yesReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 1 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
CASCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: Google Scholar, ProQuest, Dimensions, CNKI, Baidu, Naver, OCLC, Portico, CLOCKSS, Semantic Scholar
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
- 5.15LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.2Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 5.6Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.37LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.88LetPub ·
- h-index
- 100OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,092OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.73OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 17.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 99.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 1,604LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2,025Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 9,900,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,540 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1,149 | 1,149 | 481 |
| 2025 | 1,615 | 1,615 | 9,193 |
| 2024 | 958 | 958 | 11,657 |
| 2023 | 490 | 490 | 9,528 |
| 2022 | 378 | 378 | 9,425 |
| 2021 | 258 | 258 | 9,435 |
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 · to
123 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 89 days – 191 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 8 days (192 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 137 days
- Sample
- 192 articles with submission and acceptance dates (3,001 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)
- about 30 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 30 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Open 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 | EUR 2,790 / USD 3,190 / GBP 2,590 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC-ND | |
| OpenAlex | USD 3,090 / EUR 2,690 / GBP 2,490 | — | — | |
| LetPub | GBP 2,290 / USD 2,890 / EUR 2,490 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | GBP 2,590 / USD 3,190 / EUR 2,790 | — | — |
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)
Open calls for papers3, by deadline
Publisher websiteWhat to prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Templates
- LaTeX
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteData availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Data availability Formatting the 'Availability of data and materials' section of your manuscript
The following format for the 'Availability of data and materials section of your manuscript should be used:
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Licensing and copyright
Creative Commons licences Open access articles in Springer Nature journals are published under Creative Commons licences. These provide an industry-standard framework to support easy re-use of open access material. Under Creative Commons licences, authors retain copyright of their articles. BMC Nursing articles are published open access under a CC BY-NC-ND (Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commerc…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Benefits of open access
Publishing open access (OA) offers a number of benefits, including greater reach and readership for your work: Cited more 1.6x more citations of OA articles than non-OA articles across all subjects Downloaded more 4x more downloads of OA articles than non-OA articles Greater impact 2.5x more Altmetric attention. OA articles attracted 1.9x more news mentions and 1.2x more policy mentions Open acces…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Peer review is the process used to evaluate the quality of a manuscript before publication. Independent researchers in the relevant field assess submitted manuscripts to check their validity and robustness. Their feedback guides editors in making publication decisions. Typically, two or more experts evaluate each manuscript based on three main criteria: scientific robustness: is the research metho…
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
- BioMed Central
- Country or region
- ENGLAND
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 2002
- ISSN
- 1472-6955
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- 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 BMC Nursing
What CAS zone is BMC Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, BMC Nursing is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 1 of the minor category Nursing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of BMC Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 5.15; CiteScore 5.3, h-index 100.
How long does peer review take at BMC Nursing?
Based on the dates recorded on 192 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 123 days (interquartile range 89–191 days); authors report an average review time of about 30 weeks. 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 BMC Nursing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Templates: LaTeX; Suggested reviewers: Optional. 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.
Which databases index BMC Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, BMC Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists CAS and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is BMC Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
BMC Nursing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,190.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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: .