Journal profile · NURSING
Nursing and Midwifery Studies
ISSN 2322-1488 · eISSN 2322-1674 · Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications · India
Nursing and Midwifery Studies: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 600; review about 29 weeks (community reports); 34 articles a year; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nursing and Midwifery Studies is published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 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 Health and Well-being Studies, Nursing education and management and Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout, together about 24% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The primary aim is to promote a high standard of clinically related scholarship which advances and supports the practice and discipline of nursing and midwifery. Nursing and Midwifery Studies (eISSN: 2322-1674) also aims to promote the international exchange of ideas and experience that draws from the different cultures in which practice takes place. Further, Nursing and Midwifery Studies seeks to enrich insight into clinical need and the implications for nursing and midwifery intervention and models of service delivery. We publish high quality papers from across the methodological spectrum that make an important and novel contribution to the field of clinical nursing and midwifery (regardless of where care is provided), and which demonstrate clinical application and international relevance. Topics include but are not limited to Nursing and midwifery research to enhance patient safety and reduce harm to patients; The nature of nursing and midwifery need, intervention, social interaction and models of service delivery; Clinical nursing and midwifery leadership; Development of clinical research, evaluation, evidence-based practice and scientific enquiry; Patient and family experiences of health and health care; illness and recovery; Examination of clinical decision-making; Exploration of organizational or systemic factors that enhance or impede the provision of effective, high-quality nursing and midwifery care; Application and dissemination of clinical knowledge and theory; Role development and inter-disciplinary working, exploring the scope and changing boundaries of clinical nursing and midwifery; Cultural comparisons and evaluations of nursing and midwifery practice in different health sectors, social and geographical settings; and Ethics in nursing and midwifery, and other related topics
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Editor-in-chief Zahra TagharrobiPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Iran 16, United States 1, Saudi Arabia 1, Thailand 1, Cyprus 1 (20 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Health and Well-being StudiesPsychology11.7%
- Nursing education and managementNursing6.4%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions5.9%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine5.4%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine5.1%
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine5.1%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine4.9%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions4.9%
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.
Database indexing
ESCIScopusDOAJLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
SCImagoPublisher website
As the journal's website lists them, not checked against each database; for Web of Science editions the records above apply.
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.4LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.4Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.3LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 164OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 40%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 34LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 415 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 17 | 17 | 52 |
| 2021 | 20 | 20 | 139 |
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 29 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 10 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 600 | No | CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 150 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 600 | No | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Keywords
- ≥ 3
- Reference style
- Vancouver
Article types accepted3
- letter to the editorLetter to the Editor From surviving to thriving: The case for systematizing support for newly graduated nursesLength not stated
- original articleOriginal Article Association of the interval from preterm premature rupture of membranes to delivery with maternal and neonatal outcomes: A cross-sectional stud…Length not stated
- reviewReview Effects of in-person educational interventions on postpartum pelvic floor function and maternal physical health outcomes: A narrative reviewLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Conflicts of interest, Data availability, License & copyright, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Based on the ICJME recommendations "all those designated as authors should meet all four criteria for authorship, and all who meet the four criteria should be identified as authors. Those who do not meet all four criteria should be acknowledged". Author's contribution should be stated in the declaration section. All authors should be accountable for all sections of the manuscript and declare that …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
Authors are expected to disclose any commercial associations or sources of support that might pose a conflict of interest regarding the submitted article.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Availability
Author(s) should guarantee that data of the study are available and will be provided if anyone needs them.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright
CC BY-NC 4.0 license Model summary
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Reporting Guidelines for Specific Study Designs
The reporting guidelines for other type of studies can be found at https://www.equator-network.org/reporting-guidelines/.
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
- Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
- Country or region
- India
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2322-1488
- Electronic ISSN
- 2322-1674
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 15, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗DOAJ
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- 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 Nursing and Midwifery Studies
What CAS zone is Nursing and Midwifery Studies in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nursing and Midwifery Studies 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.
What is the impact factor of Nursing and Midwifery Studies?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.4, h-index 37.
How long does peer review take at Nursing and Midwifery Studies?
Authors report an average review time of about 29 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.
What are the manuscript requirements of Nursing and Midwifery Studies?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Keywords: ≥ 3; Reference style: Vancouver. A model extracted these from the author guidelines and each was checked against the text; check the latest version on the journal's website before submitting.
Where are the editorial board members of Nursing and Midwifery Studies based?
Of the 20 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Iran (16), United States (1) and Saudi Arabia (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nursing and Midwifery Studies?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nursing and Midwifery Studies is indexed in ESCI, Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Nursing and Midwifery Studies open access, and what is the APC?
Nursing and Midwifery Studies is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 600.
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 2026-08-26). Last updated: .