Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Nursing Education Perspectives
ISSN 1536-5026 · eISSN 1943-4685 · Wolters Kluwer Health
Nursing Education Perspectives: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.5 (journal website); JCR Q2 (journal website); subscription journal; 117 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nursing Education Perspectives is published by Wolters Kluwer Health and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Simulation-Based Education in Healthcare and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, together about 41.8% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
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From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Barbara J. PattersonPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing17.7%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine14.5%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing9.6%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine7.5%
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences6.2%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions5%
- Education and Critical Thinking DevelopmentSocial Sciences4.5%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions4.1%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- JCR Q2 · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH · rank 362/760
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
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
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 1.5Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.7LetPub ·
- h-index
- 65OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 640OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.15OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 6.7%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 3.79%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 115LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,527 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 119 | 5 | 14 |
| 2025 | 117 | 6 | 100 |
| 2024 | 148 | 8 | 328 |
| 2023 | 138 | 6 | 506 |
| 2022 | 155 | 9 | 853 |
| 2021 | 168 | 11 | 986 |
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
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
Too few articlesOnly 8 articles from the last 24 months carry both submission and acceptance dates, too few for a median
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
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
- Wolters Kluwer Health
- ISSN
- 1536-5026
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-4685
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 47, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nursing Education Perspectives
What CAS zone is Nursing Education Perspectives in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nursing Education Perspectives is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Nursing Education Perspectives?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.5; this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 65.
What JCR quartile is Nursing Education Perspectives in?
The journal's website gives JCR Q2; by category, EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH Q2 (362/760). JCR quartiles are Clarivate's to confirm and a different system from the CAS zones; in the CAS ranking the journal is in Zone 4 of Education.
Which databases index Nursing Education Perspectives?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nursing Education Perspectives is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Nursing Education Perspectives open access, and what is the APC?
Nursing Education Perspectives 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, 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: .