Journal profile
Nurse and Health
ISSN 2088-9909 · eISSN 2623-2448 · LPPM Politeknik Kesehatan Kerta Cendekia · Indonesia
Nurse and Health: fully open access; APC about USD 55; review about 4 weeks (community reports); 37 articles in 2025.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nurse and Health is published by LPPM Politeknik Kesehatan Kerta Cendekia. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Public Health and Nutrition, Methodologies in Health Research and Practice and Healthcare Quality and Satisfaction, together about 44.5% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
"Nurse and Health: Jurnal Keperawatan" is a Scientific open access journal (e-journal) managed by Institute for Research and Community Service of Health Polytechnic of Kerta Cendekia which publishes scientific works for nurses, academic people, and practitioners. The articles of this journal are published every six months, that is on July and December (2 issues per year), and developed by Politeknik Kesehatan Kerta Cendekia The NHJK Editorial team welcome and invite researchers from around the world to submit their papers for publication in this journal. All papers are published as soon as they have been accepted.The scope of this journal is articles in the fields including : Adult nursing Emergency nursing Community and Mental health nursing Pediatric nursing and Maternity nursing Education and management in nursing Basic nursing Journal HistoryNurse and Health: Jurnal Keperawatan established since 2011 which is a journal published by Politeknik Kesehatan Kerta Cendekia based on need and importance of nurse publication. The Nurse and Health: Jurnal Keperawatan, its website, and the articles published there in are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Editor-in-chief Dini Prastyo WijayantiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Indonesia 4 (4 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Public Health and NutritionMedicine21.7%
- Methodologies in Health Research and PracticeHealth Professions11.6%
- Healthcare Quality and SatisfactionHealth Professions11.3%
- COVID-19 Prevention and ImpactSocial Sciences5%
- Student Stress and CopingPsychology4.3%
- Educational Methods and ImpactsSocial Sciences4.3%
- Mental Health and Well-beingSocial Sciences4.3%
- Occupational Health and Safety ManagementHealth Professions3.9%
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.
Database indexing
DOAJLetPub
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
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.11OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 314 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 19 | 19 | 0 |
| 2025 | 37 | 37 | 0 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | 11 |
| 2023 | 34 | 34 | 12 |
| 2022 | 31 | 31 | 53 |
| 2021 | 45 | 45 | 47 |
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 4 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 4 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewDOAJ
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 accessDOAJ
Every article is open access; authors usually pay an article processing charge (APC).
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | USD 55 / IDR 750,000 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 55 / IDR 750,000 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 55 / IDR 750,000 | No | — |
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 prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
Article types accepted8, with length limits
- brief reportsShort reports of preliminary studies may be submitted for the category of Brief reports.Length not stated
- editorialhave a national or international focus. Editorials should not exceed 1,500 words. A maximum of 12 references may be included. Guest Editoriamain text ≤ 1,500 words
- guest editorialGuest Editorial: The Editor encourages Guest Editorials to be submitted on a variety of current issues impacting and influencing nursing and healthcare educatio…Length not stated
- letters to editorsLetters to Editors: These should be short and decisive observations.Length not stated
- original articlesOriginal articles: This includes reports of original research (including trials, studies of diagnostic tests or surveys) that are up to 7000 words in length (in…Length not stated
- original researchinal articles: This includes reports of original research (including trials, studies of diagnostic tests or surveys) that are up to 7000 words in length (includ…main text ≤ 7,000 words
- perspectiveauthored by not more than four authors. Perspective: A perspective of 500-1000 words length, with approximately 5 references. The author may expmain text ≤ 1,000 words
- review articledocumentation. No abstract is required. Review Article: Systematic critical assessments of literature and data sources of about 3000 words should be submitted a…main text ≤ 3,000 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteLicense & copyright, Peer review, Plagiarism
- License & copyright Copyright Notice
Copyright / licensing: CC BY-NC 4.0; authors retain copyright; pre/post-print archiving allowed. Model summary
Authors who publish with Nurse and Health: Jurnal Keperawatan agree to the following terms: Authors retain copyright licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CC BY-NC 4.0), which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the authors' work non-commercially, and although the others' new works must also acknowledge the authors and be non-commercial, they don't have to lice…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Blind review instructions apply to peer-reviewed sections. Model summary
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening with zero tolerance for unattributed copying. Model summary
All submitted manuscripts would be subjected to screening and there would be a zero tolerance for manuscripts that demonstrate any evidence of unattributed "cutting and pasting" also called as plagiarism.
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
- LPPM Politeknik Kesehatan Kerta Cendekia
- Country or region
- Indonesia
- Language
- English, Indonesian
- ISSN
- 2088-9909
- Electronic ISSN
- 2623-2448
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nurse and Health
How long does peer review take at Nurse and Health?
Authors report an average review time of about 4 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Nurse and Health based?
Of the 4 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Indonesia (4). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nurse and Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nurse and Health is indexed in DOAJ.
Is Nurse and Health open access, and what is the APC?
Nurse and Health is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 55.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .