Journal profile · Nursing
Nurse Educator
ISSN 0363-3624 · eISSN 1538-9855 · Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1976
Nurse Educator: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.76; JCR Q1 (journal website); hybrid open access; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 295 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nurse Educator is published by Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd. and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership and Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare, together about 36.9% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nurse Educator, a scholarly, peer reviewed journal for faculty and administrators in schools of nursing and nurse educators in other settings, provides practical information and research related to nursing education. Topics include program, curriculum, course, and faculty development; teaching and learning in nursing; technology in nursing education; simulation; clinical teaching and evaluation; testing and measurement; trends and issues; and research in nursing education.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Marilyn H. OermannPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing14.6%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing11.7%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine10.6%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine7.6%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions6.9%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences5%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions4.7%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.5%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 2 |
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q1 · NURSING · rank 36/194
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
- 2.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.13LetPub ·
- h-index
- 34LetPub ·
- h-index
- 72OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,326OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.31OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 11.83%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 124LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 5,721 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 243 | 48 | 32 |
| 2025 | 295 | 23 | 320 |
| 2024 | 206 | 21 | 623 |
| 2023 | 240 | 19 | 1,529 |
| 2022 | 209 | 14 | 1,061 |
| 2021 | 178 | 22 | 1,659 |
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
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
- Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1976
- ISSN
- 0363-3624
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-9855
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 51, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nurse Educator
What CAS zone is Nurse Educator in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nurse Educator is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 2 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 Nurse Educator?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.76; CiteScore 3, h-index 72.
How long does peer review take at Nurse Educator?
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 Nurse Educator in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q1; by category, NURSING Q1 (36/194). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 3 of Medicine.
Which databases index Nurse Educator?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nurse Educator is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Nurse Educator open access, and what is the APC?
Nurse Educator 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .