Journal profile · NURSING
Journal of Infusion Nursing
ISSN 1533-1458 · eISSN 1539-0667 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Journal of Infusion Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 4.5 (journal website); JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; 51 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Infusion Nursing is published by Wolters Kluwer Health 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 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis, Patient Safety and Medication Errors and Vascular Procedures and Complications, together about 37.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Emergency Medical Services. (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 Susan LownPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Central Venous Catheters and HemodialysisHealth Professions22.6%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions9.4%
- Vascular Procedures and ComplicationsMedicine5.5%
- Disaster Response and ManagementHealth Professions5.2%
- Intravenous Infusion Technology and SafetyEngineering5.1%
- Chemotherapy-related skin toxicityMedicine5%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.6%
- Burn Injury Management and OutcomesMedicine4.3%
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.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · NURSING · rank 11/194
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher)
- 4.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.9LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.64LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 333OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 5.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 8.9%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 20%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 35LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,402 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 51 | 5 | 34 |
| 2024 | 50 | 14 | 700 |
| 2023 | 31 | 6 | 81 |
| 2022 | 38 | 10 | 140 |
| 2021 | 39 | 12 | 201 |
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.
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.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 1533-1458
- Electronic ISSN
- 1539-0667
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Infusion Nursing
What CAS zone is Journal of Infusion Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Infusion 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 Infusion Nursing?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 4.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.9, h-index 47.
What JCR quartile is Journal of Infusion Nursing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, NURSING Q1 (11/194). 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 Infusion Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Infusion Nursing is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Infusion Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Infusion Nursing is a hybrid 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: .