Journal profile · Nursing-Gerontology
International Journal of Older People Nursing
ISSN 1748-3735 · eISSN 1748-3743 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom
International Journal of Older People Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.14; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,550; median 259 days to acceptance (76 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 9% (journal website); 61 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Journal of Older People Nursing is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing 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 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Aging and Gerontology Research, together about 35.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Journal of Older People Nursing welcomes scholarly papers on all aspects of older people nursing including research, practice, education, management, and policy. We publish manuscripts that further scholarly inquiry and improve practice through innovation and creativity in all aspects of gerontological nursing. We encourage submission of integrative and systematic reviews; original quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research; secondary analyses of existing data; historical works; theoretical and conceptual analyses; evidence based practice projects and other practice improvement reports; and policy analyses. All submissions must reflect consideration of IJOPN's international readership and include explicit perspective on gerontological nursing. We particularly welcome submissions from regions of the world underrepresented in the gerontological nursing literature and from settings and situations not typically addressed in that literature. Editorial perspectives are published in each issue. Editorial perspectives are submitted by invitation only.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Gerontology
Editor-in-chief Sarah H. KaganPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 13, United Kingdom 5, Ireland 5, Australia 4, Canada 3 (35 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions20.8%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine7.5%
- Aging and Gerontology ResearchPsychology7.1%
- Frailty in Older AdultsMedicine7%
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine6.4%
- Nursing education and managementNursing6.3%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions4.3%
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingSocial 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 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Gerontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Gerontology | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
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 | Nursing | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Geriatrics & Gerontology | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedPsycINFOCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 2.14LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.2LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.2Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.69LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 62OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 531OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.71OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 60.49%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 41LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 48Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 273,106Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,199 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 44 | 26 | 6 |
| 2025 | 61 | 46 | 99 |
| 2024 | 87 | 61 | 223 |
| 2023 | 82 | 67 | 513 |
| 2022 | 86 | 51 | 880 |
| 2021 | 90 | 47 | 959 |
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
259 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 198 days – 307 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 19 days (76 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 276 days
- Sample
- 76 articles with submission and acceptance dates (123 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
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 9%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 5 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 269 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 17 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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 | USD 4,550 / EUR 3,810 / GBP 3,020 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted11, with length limits
- book reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- case reportArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- commentaryArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- editorialArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- letter to the editorArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- meta-analysisArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- opinionArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- original articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- review articleArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
- systematic reviewArticle Type Description Word Limit Abstract / Structure Other Requirements Original Article Reports of new research findings or conceptual analyses that make a…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Peer review, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- AI use Artificial Intelligence Generated Content
Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools — such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) — cannot be considered capable of initiating an original piece of research without direction by human authors. They also cannot be accountable for a published work or for research design, which is a generally held requirement of authorship (as discussed in the previous section)…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Authorship Authorship
No submission fees Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Copyright Terms & Conditions FAQ.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Double-blind peer review Model summary
Once the submission materials have been prepared in accordance with the Author Guidelines, manuscripts should be submitted online at: https://authors.wiley.com/journal/OPN For help with submissions, please contact: submissionhelp@wiley.com This journal does not charge submission fees. New submissions should be made via the Research Exchange submission portal. You may check the status of your submi…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
We require that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Please include the name of the trial register and your clinical trial registration number at the end of your abstract. If your trial is not registered, or was registered retrospectively, please explain the…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1748-3735
- Electronic ISSN
- 1748-3743
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 21, Issue 5 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Journal of Older People Nursing
What CAS zone is International Journal of Older People Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Journal of Older People Nursing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Nursing / Geriatrics & Gerontology / Gerontology. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Journal of Older People Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.14; CiteScore 4.2, h-index 62.
How long does peer review take at International Journal of Older People Nursing?
Based on the dates recorded on 76 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 259 days (interquartile range 198–307 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 9% (2025). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of International Journal of Older People Nursing based?
Of the 35 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (13), United Kingdom (5) and Ireland (5). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Journal of Older People Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Journal of Older People Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Journal of Older People Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
International Journal of Older People Nursing is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,550.
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: .