Journal profile · INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE-NURSING
Holistic Nursing Practice
ISSN 0887-9311 · eISSN 1550-5138 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Founded 1986
Holistic Nursing Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.23; JCR Q2 (journal website); hybrid open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 59 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Holistic Nursing Practice is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 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 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies, Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, together about 25.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Holistic Nursing Practice (HNP), The Science of Health and Healing, is a peer-reviewed bimonthly journal that explores holistic models of nursing practice. Content emphasizes complementary traditional and holistic nursing and healthcare practices. Articles include theory-based interventions and their outcomes, including: innovations in holistic nursing practice; research related to holistic nursing practice, health care, and policy; and values and ethical-legal issues related to holistic nursing practices. The holistic approach is a worldview that emphasizes the potential for health and healing in human systems rather than on disease process and deficit.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE-NURSING
Editor-in-chief Elizabeth BluntPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine StudiesMedicine11.3%
- Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologySocial Sciences7.5%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing6.4%
- Mindfulness and Compassion InterventionsPsychology5.5%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine5.4%
- Nursing education and managementNursing5.2%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions5.1%
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPsychology3.7%
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 | Integrative & Complementary 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 | Integrative & Complementary 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 | Integrative & Complementary Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE · rank 23/48
- JCR Q2 · NURSING · rank 62/194
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
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
- 2.23LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.62LetPub ·
- h-index
- 33LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 790OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.37OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.21%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 39LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,267 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 33 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 59 | 9 | 57 |
| 2024 | 82 | 15 | 181 |
| 2023 | 64 | 3 | 355 |
| 2022 | 71 | 10 | 494 |
| 2021 | 67 | 11 | 480 |
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 7 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".
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1986
- ISSN
- 0887-9311
- Electronic ISSN
- 1550-5138
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 40, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Holistic Nursing Practice
What CAS zone is Holistic Nursing Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Holistic Nursing Practice is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Integrative & Complementary Medicine / 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 Holistic Nursing Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.23; CiteScore 3, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at Holistic Nursing Practice?
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 JCR quartile is Holistic Nursing Practice in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE Q2 (23/48), NURSING Q2 (62/194). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Holistic Nursing Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Holistic Nursing Practice is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Holistic Nursing Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Holistic Nursing Practice is a hybrid 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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .