Journal profile · Nursing
JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION
ISSN 0002-0443 · eISSN 1539-0721 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Monthly · Founded 1971
JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.38; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 172 days to acceptance (63 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 149 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION 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 Nursing education and management, Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership and Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation, together about 32.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (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 Hussein Michael TahanPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing13.7%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing12.2%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing7%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions6.9%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions4.9%
- Medical Research and TreatmentsMedicine4.9%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions4.7%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions3.9%
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 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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · NURSING · rank 100/194
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
- 1.38LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.6LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.56LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.81LetPub ·
- h-index
- 75LetPub ·
- h-index
- 125OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,052OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.63OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 11.1%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 8.7%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 116LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 10,278 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 127 | 11 | 25 |
| 2025 | 149 | 18 | 187 |
| 2024 | 138 | 13 | 462 |
| 2023 | 135 | 5 | 539 |
| 2022 | 141 | 11 | 1,073 |
| 2021 | 137 | 7 | 1,646 |
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
172 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 75 days – 209 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 78 days (48 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 243 days
- Sample
- 63 articles with submission and acceptance dates (300 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 ·
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.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Founded
- 1971
- ISSN
- 0002-0443
- Electronic ISSN
- 1539-0721
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION
What CAS zone is JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION 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 NURSING ADMINISTRATION?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.38; CiteScore 2.6, h-index 125.
How long does peer review take at JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION?
Based on the dates recorded on 63 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 172 days (interquartile range 75–209 days); 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 NURSING ADMINISTRATION in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, NURSING Q3 (100/194). 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 NURSING ADMINISTRATION?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION open access, and what is the APC?
JOURNAL OF NURSING ADMINISTRATION 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 2026-08-30). Last updated: .