Journal profile · Nursing
NURSING ECONOMICS
ISSN 0746-1739 · Jannetti Publications Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1983
NURSING ECONOMICS: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0.67; subscription journal; community-reported acceptance: easy; 47 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
NURSING ECONOMICS is published by Jannetti Publications Inc. 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 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, Nursing Roles and Practices and Healthcare Policy and Management, together about 37% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nursing Economic$ advances nursing leadership in health care, with a focus on tomorrow, by providing information and thoughtful analyses of current and emerging best practices in health care management, economics, and policymaking. The journal supports nurse leaders and others who are responsible for directing nursing's impact on health care cost and quality outcomes. The journal is published six times per year.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing16.8%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions10.2%
- Healthcare Policy and ManagementEconomics, Econometrics and Finance9.9%
- Nursing education and managementNursing8.6%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions7.6%
- Primary Care and Health OutcomesHealth Professions5.6%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions4%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions3.3%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
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
- 0.67LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.26LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.66LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 8OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 6OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.27OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 33.3%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 21LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 294 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 47 | 1 | 7 |
| 2024 | 51 | 0 | 26 |
| 2023 | 52 | 0 | 58 |
| 2022 | 52 | 3 | 56 |
| 2021 | 51 | 0 | 167 |
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 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
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
- Jannetti Publications Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1983
- ISSN
- 0746-1739
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about NURSING ECONOMICS
What CAS zone is NURSING ECONOMICS in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, NURSING ECONOMICS 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 ECONOMICS?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0.67; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 8.
Which databases index NURSING ECONOMICS?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, NURSING ECONOMICS is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is NURSING ECONOMICS open access, and what is the APC?
NURSING ECONOMICS 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .