Journal profile · Nursing

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

ISSN 1527-6546 · eISSN 1547-5069 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 2000

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Journal of Nursing Scholarship: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 3.88; hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,640; median 141 days to acceptance (88 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 84 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.

Impact factor3.88Latest value listed by LetPub

CAS zoneZone 3 · Medicine2025 upgraded edition, major category · 2026 Xinrui edition Zone 2 · Medicine

Review time141 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · 88 articles, last 24 months · Crossref

APCUSD 3,640Hybrid journal: charged only for open-access articles

AcceptanceFairly easyCommunity average

Articles per year842025 · OpenAlex count

Scope

Aims, scope and focus

Journal of Nursing Scholarship is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, Nursing education and management and Nursing Diagnosis and Documentation, together about 37.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)

This widely read and respected journal features peer-reviewed, thought-provoking articles representing research by some of the world’s leading nurse researchers. Reaching health professionals, faculty and students in 103 countries, the Journal of Nursing Scholarship is focused on health of people throughout the world. It is the official journal of Sigma Theta Tau International and it reflects the society’s dedication to providing the tools necessary to improve nursing care around the world.

From the journal's Aims & Scope

Research area (LetPub): Nursing

Editor-in-chief Susan GennaroPublisher website

Editorial board by country: 1 in mainland China (about 33%); most named Mainland China 1, United States 1, Italy 1 (3 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website · 2026-10-03

Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate

Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing16.4%
Nursing education and managementNursing13.9%
Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing7.4%
Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions6%
Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences4.7%
Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions4.6%
Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions4.4%
Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions4%

Rankings & indexing

CAS ranking and database indexing

CAS Journal Ranking

CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3

Level	Category	Zone
Major	Medicine	Zone 3
Minor	Nursing	Zone 2

Top journal: noReview journal: no

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)Medicine Zone 3

Level	Category	Zone
Major	Medicine	Zone 3
Minor	Nursing	Zone 2

Top journal: noReview journal: no

Database indexing

SCIESSCIScopusLetPub

International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub

Indexing the journal's website claims

MEDLINEPubMedPsycINFOCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher website

Other: EBSCO, ProQuest

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: 3.88LetPub · 2026-09-13
Impact factor (publisher): 3.9Publisher website · 2026-09-25
Impact factor (publisher) 2025: 3.9Publisher website · 2026-10-03
CiteScore 2026-06: 6.3LetPub · 2026-09-13
CiteScore (publisher): 6.3Publisher website · 2026-09-25
CiteScore (publisher) 2025: 6.3Publisher website · 2026-10-03
SJR 2026-06: 1.06LetPub · 2026-09-13
SNIP 2026-06: 1.38LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 72LetPub · 2026-09-13
h-index: 143OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
i10-index: 1,901OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
2-year mean citedness: 4.08OpenAlex · 2026-10-01
Self-citation rate: 0%LetPub · 2026-09-13
Share of gold OA articles: 36.82%LetPub · 2026-09-13

Volume

Articles per year: 56LetPub · 2026-09-13
Articles per year (publisher) 2025: 69Publisher website · 2026-10-03
Downloads per year (publisher) 2025: 576,926Publisher website · 2026-10-03

Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,927 in total · the current year is incomplete

Year	Articles	Open access	Citations
2026	76	41	15
2025	84	45	238
2024	96	53	791
2023	90	60	994
2022	114	54	1,492
2021	147	38	2,832

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 · 2024-10-05 to 2026-10-05

141 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 75 days – 195 days

Acceptance to online: median 15 days (89 articles)
Submission to online: median 160 days
Sample: 88 articles with submission and acceptance dates (167 in the window); the latest was accepted on 2026-09-01

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 · 2026-09-13
Average acceptance (community reports): Fairly easyLetPub · 2026-09-13
Acceptance rate (publisher): 6%Publisher website · 2026-09-25
Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025: 6%Publisher website · 2026-10-03
Submission to first decision: 7 daysPublisher website · 2026-09-25
Submission to first decision 2025: 7 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-03
Submission to acceptance 2025: 124 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-03
Acceptance to publication 2025: 16 daysPublisher website · 2026-10-03

Peer review: Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website

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.

Source	APC	Fee waiver	License	Observed
OpenAlex	USD 3,640 / EUR 2,730 / GBP 1,880	—	—	2026-10-01
Publisher website	Yes, amount not published	—	—	2026-10-03

A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.

Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)

Submission fee: No submission fee

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: APA
Not considered: research conducted on nursing students; concept analysis papers; psychometric studies; educational research

Publisher website · model-extracted, each line checked against the text

Article types accepted11

commentaryWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
editorialWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
letterWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
letter to the editorWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
letters to the editorWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
meta-analysisWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
opinionWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
original researchWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
reviewWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
review articleWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated
systematic reviewWe are most interested in content that provides new knowledge that is clinically relevant to nurses around the world. We do not publish research conducted on nu…Length not stated

Publisher website

Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAI use, Authorship, Data availability, Open access, Peer review, Preprints

AI use Disclosing the use of artificial intelligence (AI)

If you or your co-authors have used Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) tools such as ChatGPT and others based on large language models (LLMs) to develop any portion of a manuscript, their use must be described transparently and in detail in the Methods section.