Journal profile · Nursing-General Nursing
JMIR Nursing
ISSN 2562-7600 · JMIR Publications · Canada
JMIR Nursing: CAS Zone 2 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); impact factor 5 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 1,985; median 139 days to acceptance (102 articles, last 24 months); 51 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JMIR Nursing is published by JMIR Publications and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Electronic Health Records Systems and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, together about 31.3% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
JMIR Nursing is a peer-reviewed journal for nursing in the 21st century. The focus of this journal is original research related to the paradigm change in nursing due to health information technology and the shift toward preventative, predictive, and personalized health and nursing care. "In the 21st century the whole foundations of health care are being shaken. Technology is taking service to new heights of portability: less invasive, short-term, and with greater impact on both the length and quality of life. Along with portability is the immediately emerging impact of genomics/proteinomics with all that implies for how life processes will be dealt with, when they will be addressed, and the techniques and technologies that will be used to treat persons. Time-based nursing care with the activities of bathing, treating, changing, feeding, intervening, drugging, and discharging are quickly becoming historic references to an age of practice that no longer exists. Now the challenge for nursing practice skills relates more to taking on the activities of accessing, informing, guiding, teaching, counseling, typing, and linking." (Tim Porter-O'Brady, Nurs Outlook 2001;49:182-6) All papers are rigorously peer-reviewed, copyedited and XML-tagged. Upon acceptance, an article processing fee will apply. JMIR Nursing is indexed in National Library of Medicine (NLM)/MEDLINE, PubMed, PubMed Central, DOAJ, Scopus, Sherpa Romeo, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), and the International Academy of Nursing Editors (INANE) directory of nursing journals. JMIR Nursing has also met the editorial criteria for inclusion in the Web of Science™ (ESCI). Need help choosing a journal? Use our Journal Finder tool to find the perfect match for your manuscript. Get Started
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-General Nursing
Editor-in-chief Proposals Theme IssuesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Canada 7, United States 4, Finland 2, South Korea 1, Australia 1 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Mobile Health and mHealth ApplicationsHealth Professions13.5%
- Electronic Health Records SystemsHealth Professions8.9%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine8.9%
- Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and EducationMedicine8%
- Telemedicine and Telehealth ImplementationMedicine7.1%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing6.2%
- Nursing education and managementNursing5.1%
- Digital Mental Health InterventionsPsychology5.1%
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)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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPMCCINAHLPublisher website
Other: Sherpa Romeo
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) 2025
- 5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 5.9LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 5.9Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 1.11LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.22LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 69OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 4.24OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.9%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 46LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 239 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 69 | 69 | 36 |
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | 228 |
| 2024 | 27 | 27 | 360 |
| 2023 | 24 | 24 | 365 |
| 2022 | 24 | 24 | 457 |
| 2021 | 12 | 12 | 503 |
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
139 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 101 days – 189 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (102 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 183 days
- Sample
- 102 articles with submission and acceptance dates (127 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)
- about 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 19 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 1,985 | Yes | CC BY | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,500 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 1,500 | Yes | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- AMA
- Cover letter
- Required
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Peer review, Preprints
- Authorship
ORCID required for all authors at time of publication. Model summary
JMIR Publications requires that all authors / coauthors have an ORCID (a unique researcher identifier) at the time of publication.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Preprints Open for Peer Review
No duplicate submission; prior publication disqualifies unless disclosed. Model summary
2026-08-03 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Missing Data or Missed Care? A Qualitative Study of Inpatient Insulin Management Workflows to Inform Knowledge Graph Development Open Peer Review Period: September 09, 2026 - November 04, 2026 Peer Review Me 2026-08-08 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Development and Weighting …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints Open for Peer Review
2026-08-03 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Missing Data or Missed Care? A Qualitative Study of Inpatient Insulin Management Workflows to Inform Knowledge Graph Development Open Peer Review Period: September 09, 2026 - November 04, 2026 Peer Review Me 2026-08-08 | Share on Bluesky Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Development and Weighting …
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
- JMIR Publications
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2562-7600
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JMIR Nursing
What CAS zone is JMIR Nursing in?
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 JMIR Nursing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 5 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 5.9, h-index 23.
How long does peer review take at JMIR Nursing?
Based on the dates recorded on 102 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 139 days (interquartile range 101–189 days); authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks. 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 are the manuscript requirements of JMIR Nursing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: AMA; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of JMIR Nursing based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Canada (7), United States (4) and Finland (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index JMIR Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JMIR Nursing is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PMC and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is JMIR Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
JMIR Nursing is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 1,985.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .