Journal profile · Nursing
MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing
ISSN 0361-929X · eISSN 1539-0683 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1976
MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.76; JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 91 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins 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 Breastfeeding Practices and Influences, Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum and Infant Development and Preterm Care, together about 27.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Explore MCN: The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing, featuring peer‑reviewed articles, clinical studies, and the latest medical research.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Kathleen R. SimpsonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Breastfeeding Practices and InfluencesMedicine9.5%
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMedicine9.2%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine9.2%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing7.9%
- Child and Adolescent HealthHealth Professions7.6%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine6.8%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine4.4%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions4.1%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
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
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · NURSING · rank 95/194
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
- 1.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.9Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.35LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.54LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37LetPub ·
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 951OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.83OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 15.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.48%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 36LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,798 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 67 | 3 | 5 |
| 2025 | 91 | 5 | 71 |
| 2024 | 94 | 7 | 132 |
| 2023 | 93 | 6 | 270 |
| 2022 | 89 | 5 | 351 |
| 2021 | 96 | 20 | 563 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1976
- ISSN
- 0361-929X
- Electronic ISSN
- 1539-0683
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing
What CAS zone is MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child 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 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.76; CiteScore 2, h-index 72.
How long does peer review take at MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, NURSING Q2 (95/194). 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 MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing is a subscription 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: .