Journal profile · Nursing-Nursing (all)
Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
ISSN 1225-9012 · eISSN 2287-1802 · Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing: fully open access; median 143 days to acceptance (98 articles, last 24 months); 48 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing is published by Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Healthcare Education and Workforce Issues, Nursing education and management and Health and Well-being Studies, together about 32.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Nursing (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Healthcare Education and Workforce IssuesNursing13.9%
- Nursing education and managementNursing11.6%
- Health and Well-being StudiesPsychology7%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions6.8%
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions6.3%
- Infection Control in HealthcareMedicine5.1%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine4.9%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Nursing | Q3 | 101/144 | 30th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- 1.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- h-index
- 26OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 174OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.74OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,236 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | 37 | 243 |
| 2025 | 48 | 48 | 416 |
| 2024 | 48 | 48 | 418 |
| 2023 | 48 | 48 | 404 |
| 2022 | 48 | 48 | 398 |
| 2021 | 78 | 78 | 416 |
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
143 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 108 days – 202 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 13 days (98 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 157 days
- Sample
- 98 articles with submission and acceptance dates (99 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
Fully open accessOpenAlex
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
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
- Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
- ISSN
- 1225-9012
- Electronic ISSN
- 2287-1802
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing
How long does peer review take at Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing?
Based on the dates recorded on 98 articles published between November 2024 and November 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 143 days (interquartile range 108–202 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.
Which databases index Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing is indexed in Scopus.
Is Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing is a fully open-access journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
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: .