Journal profile · Nursing-Fundamentals and Skills
Evidence-based nursing
ISSN 1367-6539 · eISSN 1468-9618 · BMJ Publishing Group
Evidence-based nursing: subscription journal; 206 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Evidence-based nursing is published by BMJ Publishing Group. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Health Sciences Research and Education, Nursing education and management and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, together about 22.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Evidence-Based Nursing (EBN) publishes critical commentaries and summaries of the most valid research in nursing, from other international healthcare journals. Evidence-Based Nursing systematically searches a wide range of international healthcare journals applying strict criteria for the validity of research and relevance to best nursing practice. Content is critically appraised and the most relevant articles are summarised into succinct expert commentaries, focusing on the papers` key findings and implications for nursing practice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Fundamentals and Skills
Editor-in-chief Ben ParkinsonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions9.7%
- Nursing education and managementNursing6.6%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine6.3%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine5.4%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine5.2%
- Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsDecision Sciences5.1%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions4.9%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions4.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals and Skills | Q3 | 11/15 | 30th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.18LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- h-index
- 45OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 175OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.46OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,583 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 193 | 37 | 1,282 |
| 2025 | 206 | 41 | 1,958 |
| 2024 | 240 | 50 | 2,088 |
| 2023 | 180 | 38 | 2,172 |
| 2022 | 127 | 25 | 1,801 |
| 2021 | 62 | 17 | 1,629 |
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
Too few articlesOnly 5 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
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".
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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 papers1, by deadline
Publisher websitePolicy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship
- Authorship
The Author Information section explains the publishing process and competing interests policy. Model summary
The Author Information section explains our publishing process and competing interests policy.
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
- BMJ Publishing Group
- ISSN
- 1367-6539
- Electronic ISSN
- 1468-9618
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Evidence-based nursing
Which databases index Evidence-based nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Evidence-based nursing is indexed in Scopus.
Is Evidence-based nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Evidence-based nursing is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .