Journal profile · Social Sciences-Education
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
ISSN 1548-923X · Walter de Gruyter
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.4 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC about USD 2,712; median 226 days to acceptance (38 articles, last 24 months); 26 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship is published by Walter de Gruyter 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 Nursing education and management, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare and Cultural Competency in Health Care, together about 36.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About this journal The current volume of International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship (IJNES) is open access via Subscribe to Open (S2O). All accepted articles will be published under a Creative Commons license at no cost to authors. Learn more about De Gruyter Brill’s Subscribe to Open program.ObjectiveThe Interna tional Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship (IJNES) publishes significant research and scholarship in the broad field of nursing education. The mandate of the journal is to present high quality papers to advance nursing education through research, description of innovative methods, or introduction of novel approaches about all aspects of nursing education in a timely manner. The specific aims of IJNES are to: promote worldwide scholarship in nursing education, enhance and advance nursing education globally, and provide a forum for the dissemination of international perspectives and scholarship in nursing education. TopicsStudent, faculty, curriculum, and program development and evaluationTheoretically-based teaching and learning strategies in classroom, clinical, and flexible learning contextsIssues and trends in nursing educationAdministration and leadership of n ursing education programsArticle fo rmatsResearch, expository, and short exemplar articles as well as critical literature reviews about diploma, degree, post-graduate and continuing education are invited from colleagues around the world Your Benefits Your benefitsMost recent research on nursing educationInternational perspective on the subject matterOutstanding platform for research communicationHistoryOne issue/year, updated continuouslyContent available since 2004 (Volume 1, Issue 1)ISSN: 1548-923XComplete Archive AccessAs of 2026, all De Gruyter journal subscriptions include access to every issue, from Volume 1, Issue 1 through to today, meaning subscribers can access even more research at no additional cost. History One issue/year, updated continuouslyContent available since 2004 (Volume 1, Issue 1)ISSN: 1548-923X
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Education
Editor-in-chief Richard Garnet BoothPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing19%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine10.3%
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences7%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences6.4%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine6%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions6%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing5.2%
- Service-Learning and Community EngagementSocial Sciences4%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
EBSCO, ProQuest, Baidu, OCLCPublisher website
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 (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.48LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.73LetPub ·
- h-index
- 64OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 410OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.2OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 7.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 15.73%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 27LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 694 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 12 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 26 | 4 | 34 |
| 2024 | 27 | 13 | 108 |
| 2023 | 37 | 13 | 188 |
| 2022 | 29 | 2 | 165 |
| 2021 | 38 | 7 | 444 |
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
226 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 194 days – 305 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 32 days (38 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 272 days
- Sample
- 38 articles with submission and acceptance dates (47 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".
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 | EUR 2,400 | — | — |
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
- Walter de Gruyter
- ISSN
- 1548-923X
- Print ISSN
- 2194-5772
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship
What CAS zone is International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 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 International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.4; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.4, h-index 64.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship?
Based on the dates recorded on 38 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 226 days (interquartile range 194–305 days). 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 International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 2,712.
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: .