Journal profile · Nursing
International Nursing Review
ISSN 0020-8132 · eISSN 1466-7657 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · SWITZERLAND · Quarterly · Founded 1954
International Nursing Review: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.71; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,400; median 186 days to acceptance (100 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 164 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
International Nursing Review is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 2 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, Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership and Global Health Workforce Issues, together about 38.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
International Nursing Review (INR) is the official journal of the International Council of Nurses (ICN). It is a quarterly, peer-reviewed journal that focuses predominantly on nursing and health policy issues of relevance to nurses. INR welcomes original articles that help to forward ICN’s global mission by representing nursing, advancing the profession and shaping health policy. ICN also contributes to the ongoing development of nursing internationally with its regular section on International Perspectives. The diverse international readership of INR is located in more than 130 countries*. Published both in hard copy and online, INR is a key resource for nurses and health policy makers worldwide. INR encourages unsolicited original manuscripts where nurses describe the policy relevance of their work and document their experience and research. Authors are encouraged to develop a ‘global intelligence’ on nursing and to address INR’s diverse audience by exploring beyond local or national interests to the more general, global application of the principles underlying their work. Background information on the local arrangements for nursing and health care in a country also provides useful context for this global readership. Policy concerns of this journal are as follows: regulation of the profession, workplace issues, innovations in practice, patient safety, quality improvement education, ethics, nurses’ and midwives’ work-life experiences, and the impact of globalization and technology on nursing and health and social policy. *Each copy is also published in Spanish, courtesy of the National Nursing Association of Spain. 3,811 institutions in developing countries also receive INR through HINARI (Health InterNetwork for the Access to Research Initiative) or INASP (International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications) at a free or reduced rate.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Parveen AliPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Taiwan, China 1, United States 1, United Kingdom 1, Canada 1, Belgium 1 (6 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing20.1%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing9.8%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions8.4%
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences6.7%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions6.2%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions5.1%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions4.2%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine3.9%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 2
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 2 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
MEDLINEPubMedCINAHLCurrent 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
- 4.71LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 4.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2023
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2022
- 3.67Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 6.5LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 6.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2023
- 6.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.91LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2022
- 1.54Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 98OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,156OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 6.39OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.2%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 42.06%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 140LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 153Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 708,998Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,563 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 104 | 74 | 47 |
| 2025 | 164 | 104 | 1,030 |
| 2024 | 166 | 111 | 1,697 |
| 2023 | 108 | 70 | 1,579 |
| 2022 | 83 | 39 | 1,817 |
| 2021 | 98 | 47 | 2,497 |
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
186 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 123 days – 278 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 25 days (100 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 218 days
- Sample
- 100 articles with submission and acceptance dates (304 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 11%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 8 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 157 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 23 daysPublisher 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 3,400 / EUR 2,850 / GBP 2,270 | — | — |
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)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 6
Article types accepted7, with length limits
- editorialThe INR provides a publication opportunity for research about nursing, the policies and influences surrounding nurses, and the contexts in which they practice. …Length not stated
- letter to the editorLetter to the EditorLength not stated
- letters to the editorLook at Section 6 for more information. Letters to the Editor referring to articles published in INR and online should be less than 1,000 words and well-referen…main text ≤ 1,000 words
- literature reviewno more than 40 references. Systematic Literature Reviews should be between 5000-7000 words, including a 250-300 word abstract and reference list, andmain text ≤ 7,000 words
- original researchply to revised versions of manuscripts. Original Research (Quantitative/ Qualitative), must be 4,000-5,500 words long, including the abstract and a reference li…main text ≤ 5,500 words
- reviewAt INR, we try our best to get manuscripts reviewed as quickly as possible, but the Editor-in-Chief cannot accept requests for expedited reviews of your work. I…Length not stated
- short communicationluding the abstract and reference list. Short communications are limited to 2000 words, including abstract and reference list. Look at Section 6 fmain text ≤ 2,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Authorship Authorship and Acknowledgements
Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that all authors have read and approved the manuscript. All authors must meet at least one of the following authorship criteria (as recommended by the International Council of Medical Journal Editors):
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest AUTHOR DISCLOSURES
Authorship and Acknowledgements Authors submitting a paper do so on the understanding that all authors have read and approved the manuscript. All authors must meet at least one of the following authorship criteria (as recommended by the International Council of Medical Journal Editors): substantial contributions to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics PUBLICATION ETHICS
The International Nursing Review is a member of the Committee for Publication Ethics (COPE; http://publicationethics.org/) and adheres to the following guidelines: Non-original material and plagiarism In keeping with international trends in publication, all manuscripts are checked at submission and following revision for the percentage of non-original material and any referencing or non-referencin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright ETHICS, SOURCES OF FUNDING, CONFLICT OF INTEREST, AND COPYRIGHT
Research ethics approvals and ethical process descriptions must align with those in the Declaration of Helsinki (World Medical Association 2013) or subsequent revisions of international research standards such as the Declaration of Taipei (World Medical Association 2016). It must also conform to the additional legal and research ethics requirements of the country where the research occurred. Resea…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review PEER REVIEW
AI Technology should be used only on a limited basis in connection with peer review. A GenAI tool can be used by an editor or peer reviewer to improve the quality of the written feedback in a peer review report. This use must be transparently declared upon submission of the peer review report to the manuscript’s handling editor. Independent of this limited use case, editors or peer reviewers shoul…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Non-original material and plagiarism
In keeping with international trends in publication, all manuscripts are checked at submission and following revision for the percentage of non-original material and any referencing or non-referencing issues, using anti-plagiarism software. At INR, we use CrossCheck™ powered by iThenticate to check manuscripts.
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
- SWITZERLAND
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1954
- ISSN
- 0020-8132
- Electronic ISSN
- 1466-7657
- Society / sponsor
- International Council of Nurses
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 73, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about International Nursing Review
What CAS zone is International Nursing Review in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, International Nursing Review is in Zone 2 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 of the minor category Nursing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 2 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of International Nursing Review?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 4.71; CiteScore 6.5, h-index 98.
How long does peer review take at International Nursing Review?
Based on the dates recorded on 100 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 186 days (interquartile range 123–278 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 11% (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 Nursing Review based?
Of the 6 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Taiwan, China (1), United States (1) and United Kingdom (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index International Nursing Review?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, International Nursing Review is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists MEDLINE, PubMed, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is International Nursing Review open access, and what is the APC?
International Nursing Review is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,400.
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: .