Journal profile · Medicine-Medicine (all)
Nursing
ISSN 0360-4039 · eISSN 1538-8689 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Nursing: subscription journal; 179 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nursing is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Patient Safety and Medication Errors and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, together about 33.9% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Editor-in-chief Linda Laskowski-JonesPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing19.5%
- Patient Safety and Medication ErrorsHealth Professions7.6%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing6.8%
- Nursing care and researchHealth Professions6.2%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine5.6%
- Pharmacy and Medical PracticesPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics5.6%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions5.3%
- Infection Control in HealthcareMedicine3.6%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced and Specialized Nursing | Q3 | 53/73 | — |
| Emergency Nursing | Q4 | 24/31 | — |
| Critical Care Nursing | Q4 | 22/28 | — |
| Assessment and Diagnosis | Q4 | 9/11 | — |
| LPN and LVN | Q4 | 13/15 | — |
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
ScopusLetPub
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
- 0.8LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.19LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.29LetPub ·
- h-index
- 39OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 487OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.55OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 19,715 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 150 | 3 | 763 |
| 2025 | 179 | 6 | 1,169 |
| 2024 | 211 | 4 | 1,403 |
| 2023 | 221 | 7 | 1,411 |
| 2022 | 237 | 16 | 1,298 |
| 2021 | 213 | 10 | 1,434 |
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
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 0360-4039
- Electronic ISSN
- 1538-8689
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 56, Issue 9 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nursing
Which databases index Nursing?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nursing is indexed in Scopus.
Is Nursing open access, and what is the APC?
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; 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 2026-08-28). Last updated: .