Journal profile · Nursing
Journal of Transcultural Nursing
ISSN 1043-6596 · eISSN 1552-7832 · SAGE Publications Inc. · UNITED STATES · Quarterly · Founded 1989
Journal of Transcultural Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.87; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; review about 138 days (submission to acceptance, publisher); community-reported acceptance: easy; 97 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of Transcultural Nursing is published by SAGE Publications Inc. 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 Cultural Competency in Health Care, Global Health Workforce Issues and Migration, Health and Trauma, together about 45.4% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Explore the Influence of Culture on Nursing Practice and the Delivery of Health Care...Dedicated to the advancement of culturally competent and culturally congruent health care, the Journal of Transcultural Nursing discusses important topics that affect nursing and health care clinical practice, research, education, and theory development.Discover How Culture and Health Care InterrelateThis dynamic and sometimes controversial publication offers practical information about how to deal with diverse cultures on issues that may affect nursing and health care, such as: Birth, including prenatal care, pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post-partum care Rites of passage rituals Definitions of illness Family roles and responsibilities for ill clients Withdrawal of treatment decisions Death and dying Medication and home remedies/treatments Nutrition and diet Reactions to mental illness Symptom management Racially abusive clients Caring for the older adultManaging culturally diverse work forces Culturally appropriate communication, diagnoses, interventions and standards of careThe Journal of Transcultural Nursing also offers nurses, educators, researchers, and practitioners theoretical approaches and current research findings that have direct implications for the delivery of culturally congruent health care and for the preparation of health care professionals who will provide that care.A Comprehensive ApproachThe Journal of Transcultural Nursing includes intriguing and critical articles on Research, including both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, evaluation, and validity and reliability issues Theory Development, including conceptual models and theories currently used to guide culturally congruent health care. Education, including pedagogy, tools for increasing cultural awareness, integrating transcultural nursing concepts into the academic curricula and staff development programs, and teaching culturally diverse nursing students. Clinical Practice, including practical applications of research findings to clinical practice, such as adapting end-of-life care to the needs of specific ethnic populations, developing a hospital-based website with culture-specific information for both staff and patients, and culture assessment tools. International Department, including collaborative international research models, international consultation, and government and non-government health policy formation Information Resources, including methods of accessing information concerning transcultural nursing or health care will be the major emphasis of this department. Articles regarding library searches, web page listings, internet resources, computer software packages and topics on informatics related to the journal’s subject matter are encouraged. In addition, book reviews, critiques of videotapes or educational materials, annotated bibliographies and similar brief reports are welcomed.The Journal of Transcultural Nursing is at the forefront of promoting the creation of standards for transcultural nursing practice, professional competency, and clinical practices. It also keeps you in touch with the Journal of Transcultural Nursing Society's news and events.This journal is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).Submit your manuscript today at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tcn.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Mei R. FuPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 14, Spain 1, Canada 1, Australia 1, Denmark 1 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences26.7%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions9.5%
- Migration, Health and TraumaPsychology9.2%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing6.5%
- Diverse Scientific and Economic StudiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance4.6%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering4.4%
- Nursing education and managementNursing4.2%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences3.4%
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 | 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 | 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 | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 1.87LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher)
- 2.7Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.82LetPub ·
- h-index
- 43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 82OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 946OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 21.94%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 76LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 3Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,358 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 | 31 | 14 |
| 2025 | 97 | 37 | 107 |
| 2024 | 83 | 34 | 270 |
| 2023 | 70 | 31 | 311 |
| 2022 | 82 | 15 | 569 |
| 2021 | 69 | 15 | 612 |
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
Publisher-reported review time from the journal's website
138 dayssubmission to acceptance · community reports over 12 weeks
The publisher's own definition applies; dates from this journal's articles in the last 24 months are not available yet, so the publisher's figure is used.
Figures by source
- Average review time (community reports)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 20.2%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance
- 138 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 39 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 4,150 / GBP 3,043 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare9 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 150 words
- Keywords
- ≥ 4
- Reference style
- APA
- Templates
- LaTeX and Word
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
- Suggested reviewers
- Optional
- Highlights
- Required
- Graphical abstract
- Optional
- Cover letter
- Required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- case studyAll submissions should be double-spaced, 12 pt font, and have a 15-page limit, not including title page, abstract, references or tables/figures. Departments Man…Length not stated
- letterAll submissions should be double-spaced, 12 pt font, and have a 15-page limit, not including title page, abstract, references or tables/figures. Departments Man…Length not stated
- original researchAll submissions should be double-spaced, 12 pt font, and have a 15-page limit, not including title page, abstract, references or tables/figures. Departments Man…Length not stated
- perspective, 4) Discussion, and 5) Recommendation. Perspective articles can have up to 1,500 words, with no more than 8 references and, if needed, a single dimain text ≤ 1,500 words
- registered reportFollowing receipt of an IPA, authors may proceed with the study. Upon completion of data collection and analysis, authors submit a Stage 2 manuscript that inclu…Length not stated
- reviewAll submissions should be double-spaced, 12 pt font, and have a 15-page limit, not including title page, abstract, references or tables/figures. Departments Man…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review, Plagiarism, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Author contributions
As part of our commitment to ensuring an ethical, transparent and fair peer review and publication process, Journal of Transcultural Nursing has adopted CRediT (Contributor Role Taxonomy). CRediT is a high-level taxonomy, including 14 roles, which is used to describe each other's individual contribution to the work. You will be asked to list the contribution of each author as part of the submissio…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data availability
The Journal is committed to facilitating openness, transparency and reproducibility of research, and has the following research data sharing policy. For more information, including FAQs please visit the Sage Research Data policy pages. Subject to appropriate ethical and legal considerations, authors are encouraged to: Share your research data in a relevant public data repository Include a data ava…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics Ethical considerations
Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) member Model summary
Please include your ethics approval statements under this heading, even if you have already included ethics approval information in your methods section. If ethical approval was not required, you need to explicitly state this. All papers reporting studies involving human participants, human data or human tissue must state that the relevant Ethics Committee or Institutional Review Board approved th…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Publishing fees and open access
No submission or publication fees Model summary
There are no fees payable to submit or publish in this journal. Figures supplied in color will appear in color online regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced in color in the printed version. For specifically requested color reproduction in print, you will receive information regarding the costs from Sage after receipt of your accepted article. Optional open access publishin…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer review policy
Single anonymized peer review Model summary
The following summary describes the peer review process for this journal: Identity transparency: Double-anonymized Reviewer interacts with: Editor Review information published: None Your manuscript will undergo an initial evaluation. If it does not conform to the requirements laid out in these guidelines, it will be returned to you for amendments prior to peer review. Manuscripts may be desk rejec…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism Plagiarism
The journal and Sage take issues of copyright infringement, plagiarism or other breaches of best practice in publication very seriously. Please read Sage's complete policy on plagiarism and the actions we may take.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints Preprints
The journal will consider submissions of manuscripts that have been posted on preprint servers. Please enter the preprint DOI in the designated field when submitting your manuscript. We advise that you inform the Journal Editorial office about your posted preprint at submission. Note that you should not post an updated version of your manuscript on a preprint server while it is being peer reviewed…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical trial registration
The journal conforms to the ICMJE requirement that clinical trials are registered in a WHO-approved public trials registry at or before the time of first participant enrollment as a condition of consideration for publication. The trial registry name and URL, and registration number must be included at the end of the abstract.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1989
- ISSN
- 1043-6596
- Electronic ISSN
- 1552-7832
- Society / sponsor
- Transcultural Nursing Society
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of Transcultural Nursing
What CAS zone is Journal of Transcultural Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of Transcultural Nursing is in Zone 4 of Medicine, and in Zone 4 of the minor category 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 Transcultural Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.87; CiteScore 3.2, h-index 82.
How long does peer review take at Journal of Transcultural Nursing?
The publisher reports about 138 days (submission to acceptance); authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 20.2%. 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 are the manuscript requirements of Journal of Transcultural Nursing?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 150 words; Keywords: ≥ 4; Reference style: APA; Templates: LaTeX and Word; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required; Suggested reviewers: Optional; Highlights: Required; Graphical abstract: Optional; Cover letter: Required. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Journal of Transcultural Nursing based?
Of the 20 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (14), Spain (1) and Canada (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Journal of Transcultural Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of Transcultural Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of Transcultural Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of Transcultural Nursing is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .