Journal profile · Arts and Humanities-History and Philosophy of Science
Index de Enfermeria
ISSN 1132-1296 · eISSN 1699-5988 · Fundacion Index · Spain
Index de Enfermeria: fully open access; no APC; review about 20 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 40% (journal website); 53 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Index de Enfermeria is published by Fundacion Index. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Nursing care and research and Palliative and Oncologic Care, together about 38.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Index de Enfermería es una revista de investigación sobre cuidados de salud, la única especializada de información bibliográfica enfermera del espacio iberoamericano. Fomenta el pensamiento crítico y pone énfasis en los abordajes fenomenológicos del proceso salud-enfermedad y en la humanización de los cuidados, privilegiando posturas epistemológicas emergentes en las ciencias de la salud, como la gestión del conocimiento o la investigación cualitativa.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Arts and Humanities-History and Philosophy of Science
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing17.1%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions14.1%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine7.5%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing5%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions4.9%
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences4.5%
- Healthcare Education and Workforce IssuesNursing4.2%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| History and Philosophy of Science | Q2 | 122/254 | 52nd |
| Nursing (miscellaneous) | Q3 | 40/55 | 28th |
| Health (social science) | Q4 | 329/387 | 15th |
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
Indexing the journal's website claims
DOAJPublisher website
Other: Cuiden (Base de datos de enfermería en español), IME (Índice Médico Español), IBECS (Índice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud), MEDES (MEDicina en ESpañol), Cuidatge (Referències bibliogràfiques en Infermeria), OAIster, Latindex, Compludoc, Dialnet, Publindex, Dulcinea, CAPES-QUALIS, SIIC Databases, CANTARIDA, Google 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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.2LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 88OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.17OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,261 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 73 | 73 | 153 |
| 2025 | 53 | 53 | 254 |
| 2024 | 80 | 80 | 280 |
| 2023 | 50 | 50 | 309 |
| 2022 | 73 | 73 | 210 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 239 |
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
- Average review time (community reports)
- about 20 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 40%Publisher website ·
- Peer review
- Peer reviewLetPub
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 accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Page charges
- No page charges
- Submission fee
- No submission fee
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)
Article types accepted7
- cartas científicasoriginales, revisiones, editoriales, cartas científicas, metodología de investigación, historia de la Enfermería, instrumentos para el cuidado, etc.Length not stated
- editorialesoriginales, revisiones, editoriales, cartas científicas, metodología de investigación, historia de la Enfermería, instrumentos para el cuidado, etc.Length not stated
- historia de la enfermeríaoriginales, revisiones, editoriales, cartas científicas, metodología de investigación, historia de la Enfermería, instrumentos para el cuidado, etc.Length not stated
- instrumentos para el cuidadooriginales, revisiones, editoriales, cartas científicas, metodología de investigación, historia de la Enfermería, instrumentos para el cuidado, etc.Length not stated
- metodología de investigaciónoriginales, revisiones, editoriales, cartas científicas, metodología de investigación, historia de la Enfermería, instrumentos para el cuidado, etc.Length not stated
- originalesoriginales, revisiones, editoriales, cartas científicas, metodología de investigación, historia de la Enfermería, instrumentos para el cuidado, etc.Length not stated
- revisionesoriginales, revisiones, editoriales, cartas científicas, metodología de investigación, historia de la Enfermería, instrumentos para el cuidado, etc.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
No submission fees nor publication fees (APC). Model summary
Index de Enfermería no cobra tasas por el envío de trabajos, ni tampoco cuotas por la publicación de sus artículos.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright
Content published under CC BY-NC license. Model summary
Todo el contenido de Index de Enfermería, excepto donde esté expresamente identificado, se publica bajo una licencia Creative Commons Reconocimiento No Comercial (CC BY-NC). Todos los detalles de la licencia están disponibles en la web https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ Esta licencia permite la generación de obras derivadas siempre que no se haga un uso comercial. Tampoco se puede uti…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access journal; all content freely available without charge. Model summary
Index de Enfermería is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
All manuscripts undergo peer review. Model summary
Todos los manuscritos recibidos para su publicación son sometidos a la revisión por expertos (revisión por pares o peer-review).
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
- Fundacion Index
- Country or region
- Spain
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISSN
- 1132-1296
- Electronic ISSN
- 1699-5988
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Index de Enfermeria
How long does peer review take at Index de Enfermeria?
Authors report an average review time of about 20 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 40%. 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.
Which databases index Index de Enfermeria?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Index de Enfermeria is indexed in Scopus. The journal's website also lists DOAJ; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Index de Enfermeria open access, and what is the APC?
Index de Enfermeria is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .