Journal profile · PSYCHIATRY
Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
ISSN 2149-374X · KARE Publishing · Turkey
Journal of Psychiatric Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); fully open access; no APC; review about 24 weeks (community reports); 38 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Psychiatric Nursing is published by KARE Publishing 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 Health and Well-being Studies, Resilience and Mental Health and Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues, together about 30.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are Clinical Psychology. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): PSYCHIATRY
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Well-being StudiesPsychology15.8%
- Resilience and Mental HealthPsychology7.6%
- Healthcare Education and Workforce IssuesNursing7.6%
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions6.2%
- Family Caregiving in Mental IllnessPsychology5.4%
- COVID-19 and Mental HealthPsychology5.2%
- Mental Health Treatment and AccessPsychology5%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology4.4%
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 | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Psychiatry | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
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
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.28LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- h-index
- 25OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 115OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.74OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 98.46%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 31LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 497 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 1 |
| 2025 | 38 | 38 | 11 |
| 2024 | 53 | 53 | 69 |
| 2023 | 45 | 45 | 103 |
| 2022 | 37 | 37 | 76 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | 174 |
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)
- about 24 weeksLetPub ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewLetPub
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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LetPub | No APC | No | — |
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
- KARE Publishing
- Country or region
- Turkey
- Language
- English, Turkish
- ISSN
- 2149-374X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
What CAS zone is Journal of Psychiatric Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Psychiatric Nursing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Psychiatry. 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.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Psychiatric Nursing?
Authors report an average review time of about 24 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Journal of Psychiatric Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Psychiatric Nursing is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Psychiatric Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Psychiatric Nursing is a fully open-access journal. It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex; 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: .