Journal profile · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES-NURSING
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
ISSN 2327-6886 · eISSN 2327-6924 · John Wiley and Sons Ltd · UNITED STATES
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.34; JCR Q3 (journal website); hybrid open access; median 76 days to acceptance (22 articles, last 24 months); 129 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners is published by John Wiley and Sons 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 Roles and Practices, Nursing education and management and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, together about 46.6% 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): HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES-NURSING
Editor-in-chief Elayne DeSimonePublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions26%
- Nursing education and managementNursing12.2%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing8.4%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions6.8%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing4.7%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions3.6%
- Diabetes Management and EducationMedicine3.6%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions3.4%
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | 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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
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 | Health Care Sciences & Services | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q4 · HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES · rank 153/194
- JCR Q3 · NURSING · rank 127/194
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
- 1.34LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.46LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.72LetPub ·
- h-index
- 14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 47OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 502OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.81OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 14.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 6.35%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 88LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,958 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 133 | 13 | 9 |
| 2025 | 129 | 14 | 90 |
| 2024 | 121 | 17 | 213 |
| 2023 | 156 | 12 | 558 |
| 2022 | 139 | 8 | 664 |
| 2021 | 140 | 21 | 1,171 |
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
76 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 34 days – 117 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 43 days (15 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 147 days
- Sample
- 22 articles with submission and acceptance dates (20 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".
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
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2327-6886
- Electronic ISSN
- 2327-6924
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 38, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners
What CAS zone is Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Health Care Sciences & Services / 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 the American Association of Nurse Practitioners?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.34; CiteScore 2.7, h-index 47.
How long does peer review take at Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners?
Based on the dates recorded on 22 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 76 days (interquartile range 34–117 days). 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 the American Association of Nurse Practitioners in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q3; by category, HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES Q4 (153/194), NURSING Q3 (127/194). 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 the American Association of Nurse Practitioners?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 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: .