Journal profile · Nursing
Journal of Nursing Care Quality
ISSN 1057-3631 · eISSN 1550-5065 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1991
Journal of Nursing Care Quality: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.57; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; review 6–12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 114 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Nursing Care Quality 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 Patient Safety and Medication Errors, Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes and Patient Satisfaction in Healthcare, together about 27.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Journal of Nursing Care Quality (JNCQ) is a peer-reviewed journal that provides practicing nurses as well as nurses who have leadership roles in nursing care quality programs with useful information regarding the application of quality principles and concepts in the practice setting. The journal offers a forum for the scholarly discussion of “real world” implementation of quality activities.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Staci ReynoldsPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions12.3%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions7.7%
- Patient Satisfaction in HealthcareHealth Professions7.4%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing5.7%
- Nursing education and managementNursing5.7%
- Emergency and Acute Care StudiesMedicine5.1%
- Healthcare Quality and ManagementHealth Professions4.2%
- Hospital Admissions and OutcomesMedicine4.1%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| 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 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q3 · NURSING · rank 106/194
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
- 1.57LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.59LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.9LetPub ·
- h-index
- 42LetPub ·
- h-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 862OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.01OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 5.88%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 58LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,359 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 61 | 11 | 6 |
| 2025 | 114 | 12 | 104 |
| 2024 | 72 | 6 | 140 |
| 2023 | 69 | 13 | 364 |
| 2022 | 75 | 11 | 343 |
| 2021 | 74 | 14 | 533 |
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
- 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
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1991
- ISSN
- 1057-3631
- Electronic ISSN
- 1550-5065
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 41, Issue 4 (December 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Nursing Care Quality
What CAS zone is Journal of Nursing Care Quality in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Nursing Care Quality is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Nursing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of Nursing Care Quality?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.57; CiteScore 2.8, h-index 73.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Nursing Care Quality?
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 Care Quality in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, NURSING Q3 (106/194). 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 Care Quality?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Nursing Care Quality is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Nursing Care Quality open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Nursing Care Quality 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: .