Journal profile · Nursing-Nursing (all)
Nursing for Women's Health
ISSN 1751-4851 · eISSN 1751-486X · Elsevier
Nursing for Women's Health: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2026 Xinrui edition); hybrid open access; APC about USD 3,000; median 137 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); 83 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nursing for Women's Health is published by Elsevier and is classed under Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions, Breastfeeding Practices and Influences and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, together about 30.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nursing for Women's Health (NWH) is the practice journal of the Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses. The mission of NWH is to translate evidence into nursing practice to improve health outcomes for individuals, families, and populations. The target audience is nurses, advanced practice nurses, midwives, and interdisciplinary teams working in women's and gender-related health, childbearing care, and neonatal health.Articles published in NWH are peer-reviewed, clinically focused, and intended to promote the practice of nurses across settings to the fullest scope of their training and education. The journal is highly visual, with full-color images, figures, tables, boxes, and additional resources to enhance readers' understanding and implementation of information into practice areas.Topics broadly include emerging and future clinical challenges; development, implementation, and evaluation of interdisciplinary projects; diseases and conditions; pharmacology; and health care policy, legislation, and advocacy. Global health topics, especially those with implications for nursing practice in United States, are also welcome. The editors of NWH are committed to addressing issues of health equity, disparity, and social justice through publication of articles that bring these issues to the forefront.NWH is published bi-monthly. Article types accepted for review include practice articles; literature reviews; reports of quality improvement and evidence-based practice projects; quantitative and qualitative research with direct clinical implications for the target audience; summaries of new drugs and devices; commentaries; continuing nursing education (CNE) articles; personal essays; and letters to the editor.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Nursing (all)
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 14, Canada 3 (17 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Maternal and Perinatal Health InterventionsMedicine11.1%
- Breastfeeding Practices and InfluencesMedicine10%
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMedicine9.3%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine7.5%
- Neonatal Respiratory Health ResearchMedicine5.3%
- Global Maternal and Child HealthMedicine5%
- Maternal and fetal healthcareMedicine4.9%
- Reproductive Health and ContraceptionMedicine4.2%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Obstetrics & Gynecology | 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
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
- 2.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.34LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.51LetPub ·
- h-index
- 37OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 263OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.75OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 10%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 10%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 38LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,028 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 80 | 8 | 6 |
| 2025 | 83 | 19 | 28 |
| 2024 | 93 | 16 | 158 |
| 2023 | 98 | 9 | 181 |
| 2022 | 93 | 14 | 416 |
| 2021 | 79 | 8 | 489 |
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 PubMed · to
137 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 90 days – 180 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 52 days (77 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 190 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (135 in the window); the latest was accepted on
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".
Other sources
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
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
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenAlex | USD 3,000 / EUR 2,810 / GBP 2,400 / JPY 372,090 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | USD 3,450 | — | — |
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.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
What to prepare1 items from the author guidelines
- Abstract
- ≤ 300 words
Article types accepted7
- clinical evaluation & improvementClinical Evaluation & Improvement: This Article Type includes original research (quantitative and qualitative) and quality improvement (QI) and evidence-based p…Length not stated
- editorialClinical Evaluation & Improvement: This Article Type includes original research (quantitative and qualitative) and quality improvement (QI) and evidence-based p…Length not stated
- original researchClinical Evaluation & Improvement: This Article Type includes original research (quantitative and qualitative) and quality improvement (QI) and evidence-based p…Length not stated
- practice articlePractice Article: This Article Type includes articles that are not original research or reviews but that share new or updated guidance or knowledge thatLength not stated
- research articleClinical Evaluation & Improvement: This Article Type includes original research (quantitative and qualitative) and quality improvement (QI) and evidence-based p…Length not stated
- reviewClinical Evaluation & Improvement: This Article Type includes original research (quantitative and qualitative) and quality improvement (QI) and evidence-based p…Length not stated
- reviewsReviews: This Article Type includes systematic, integrative, and scoping reviews.Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Publication ethics, Open access, Peer review
- Authorship
APA 7th edition style Model summary
NWH follows the style set forth in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th edition.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
No concurrent submission Model summary
Submissions to NWH should not concurrently be under consideration at another journal.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 3,450 (excluding taxes). The amount you pay may be reduced during submission if applicable.Review this journal’s open access policy.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-anonymous peer review Model summary
NWH uses a double-anonymous review process.
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
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 1751-4851
- Electronic ISSN
- 1751-486X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nursing for Women's Health
What CAS zone is Nursing for Women's Health in?
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.
How long does peer review take at Nursing for Women's Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 137 days (interquartile range 90–180 days). 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.
Where are the editorial board members of Nursing for Women's Health based?
Of the 17 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (14) and Canada (3). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nursing for Women's Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nursing for Women's Health is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Nursing for Women's Health open access, and what is the APC?
Nursing for Women's Health is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 3,000.
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: .