Journal profile · NURSING
Nurse Researcher
ISSN 1351-5578 · eISSN 2047-8992 · Royal College of Nursing Publishing Co.
Nurse Researcher: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); hybrid open access; 29 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nurse Researcher is published by Royal College of Nursing Publishing Co. 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 Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics, Health Sciences Research and Education and Qualitative Research Methods and Applications, together about 39.7% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Qualitative Research Methods and EthicsSocial Sciences14.2%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions13.4%
- Qualitative Research Methods and ApplicationsSocial Sciences12.1%
- Methodologies in Health Research and PracticeHealth Professions9.5%
- Focus Groups and Qualitative MethodsSocial Sciences5.4%
- Nursing education and managementNursing4.8%
- Ethics in Clinical ResearchMedicine3.4%
- Academic Writing and PublishingArts and Humanities3.3%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Theory | Q2 | 9/22 | 61st |
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
ESCIScopusLetPub
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
- 3.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.47LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 3.92LetPub ·
- h-index
- 96OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 517OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.38OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10.17%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 18LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,504 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 22 | 3 | 1,459 |
| 2025 | 29 | 8 | 2,082 |
| 2024 | 27 | 6 | 2,407 |
| 2023 | 29 | 8 | 2,409 |
| 2022 | 29 | 10 | 2,413 |
| 2021 | 26 | 9 | 2,733 |
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.
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
- Royal College of Nursing Publishing Co.
- ISSN
- 1351-5578
- Electronic ISSN
- 2047-8992
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nurse Researcher
What CAS zone is Nurse Researcher in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nurse Researcher 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.
Which databases index Nurse Researcher?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nurse Researcher is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Nurse Researcher open access, and what is the APC?
Nurse Researcher 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; 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: .