Journal profile · NURSING
Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing
ISSN 1522-2179 · eISSN 1539-0705 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Weekly · Founded 1999
Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.16; JCR Q3 (journal website); subscription journal; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 103 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 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 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues, Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health and Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care Units, together about 51.1% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Editor-in-chief Betty Rolling FerrellPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine34.6%
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPsychology8.6%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions7.8%
- Patient Dignity and PrivacyMedicine7.1%
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifeMedicine6.8%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions4.5%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions3.6%
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics3.2%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · NURSING · rank 132/194
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
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
- 1.16LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 20LetPub ·
- h-index
- 44OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 553OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.85OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.4%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 4.76%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 67LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,348 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 5 | 11 |
| 2025 | 103 | 8 | 70 |
| 2024 | 86 | 11 | 131 |
| 2023 | 78 | 17 | 263 |
| 2022 | 89 | 20 | 460 |
| 2021 | 109 | 24 | 786 |
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
Not usableThis publisher's "received" date is mostly when the revised manuscript arrived (33% of articles were "accepted" within 3 days), so it cannot measure review time
Other sources
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Weekly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1522-2179
- Electronic ISSN
- 1539-0705
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing
What CAS zone is Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing 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 Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.16; CiteScore 1.8, h-index 44.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing?
Authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 JCR quartile is Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, NURSING Q3 (132/194). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Medicine.
Which databases index Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Hospice & Palliative Nursing is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .