Journal profile · Nursing
Nursing & Health Sciences
ISSN 1441-0745 · eISSN 1442-2018 · Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd · AUSTRALIA · Quarterly · Founded 1999
Nursing & Health Sciences: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.03; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,430; median 138 days to acceptance (97 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: easy; 267 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nursing & Health Sciences is published by Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd and is in Zone 3 of Medicine in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, together about 22.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
NHS has a multidisciplinary focus and broad scope and a particular focus on the translation of research into clinical practice, inter-disciplinary and multidisciplinary work, primary health care, health promotion, health education, management of communicable and non-communicable diseases, implementation of technological innovations and inclusive multicultural approaches to health services and care.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Janet Delgado LinkPublisher website
Editorial board by country: 2 in mainland China (about 3%); most named United States 23, Japan 9, Hong Kong, China 6, United Kingdom 6, Australia 6 (68 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing8.5%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine6.8%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions6.8%
- Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnoutHealth Professions6.7%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions6.1%
- Health and Wellbeing ResearchHealth Professions4.7%
- Interprofessional Education and CollaborationHealth Professions4.1%
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMedicine4%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Medicine Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 2 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Indexing the journal's website claims
Web of ScienceMEDLINEPubMedPsycINFOCINAHLPublisher website
Other: EBSCO, ProQuest
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
- 2.03LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 2.3LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 2.3Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.61LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.84LetPub ·
- h-index
- 41LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,119OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 2.49OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 4.8%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.62%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 236LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher)
- 2Publisher website ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 255Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 591,203Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 2,450 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 146 | 90 | 39 |
| 2025 | 267 | 171 | 764 |
| 2024 | 147 | 95 | 593 |
| 2023 | 73 | 50 | 458 |
| 2022 | 99 | 48 | 947 |
| 2021 | 114 | 51 | 1,849 |
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
138 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 94 days – 221 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 14 days (97 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 154 days
- Sample
- 97 articles with submission and acceptance dates (459 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
- Average review time (community reports)
- 6–12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 12%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 2 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 144 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 13 daysPublisher website ·
- 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 4,430 / EUR 3,700 / GBP 2,950 | — | — | |
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
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 prepare2 items from the author guidelines
- Reference style
- APA
- First submission
- Free format: the journal's layout is not required
Article types accepted6, with length limits
- brief reportodology and/or reporting guidelines 2.5 Brief Report: Limited to 2000 words and no more than four figures and/or tables. Follow EQUATORmain text ≤ 2,000 words
- letters to the editorThe Editor-in-Chief welcomes Letters to the Editor, including commentaries and responses to previously published papers in Nursing & Health Sciences (NHS). Thes…Length not stated
- original research2.1 Original research and education articles:main text ≤ 5,000 words
- original research and education articles2.1 Original research and education articles:Length not stated
- scoping reviewsAuthors considering a scoping review are required to read the following resources prior to submission:Length not stated
- systematic reviewsNursing & Health Sciences accepts systematic reviews using any robust methodology for reviews of the effects of interventions, qualitative reviews, prevalence a…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteAuthorship, Data availability, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review, Preprints, Trial registration / reporting guidelines
- Authorship Authorship
Name change policy: Wiley will update and republish the paper and redeliver updated metadata to indexing services without publishing a correction notice. Model summary
All listed authors should have contributed to the manuscript substantially and have agreed to the final submitted version. Review editorial standards and scroll down for a description of authorship criteria.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Data availability Data Sharing and Data Availability
Data sharing expected; authors should review Wiley's Data Sharing policy to select an appropriate data availability statement. Model summary
This journal expects data sharing. Review Wiley’s Data Sharing policy where you will be able to see and select the data availability statement that is right for your submission.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Reproduction of Copyright Material
Copyright & licensing: standard copyright agreement or Open Access under a Creative Commons License. Model summary
If excerpts from copyrighted works owned by third parties are included, credit must be shown in the contribution. It is your responsibility to also obtain written permission for reproduction from the copyright owners. For more information visit Wiley’s Obtaining Permission to Reproduce Material.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access Open Access
ORCID required for submission. Model summary
This journal is a subscription journal that offers an Open Access option. You’ll have the option to make your article open access after acceptance, which will be subject to an Article Publication Charger (APC) unless a waiver applies. Read more about APCs here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review 1. Submission and Peer Review Process
Double-anonymized peer review policy; authors must anonymize manuscripts and supply a separate title page file. Model summary
New submissions should be made via the Wiley Authors submission portal https://authors.wiley.com/journal/NHS. You may check the status of your submission at any time by logging on to submission.wiley.com and clicking the “My Submissions” button. For technical help with the submission system, please review our FAQs or contact submissionhelp@wiley.com.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Preprints
Preprint policy: journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers; authors may post submitted versions to preprint servers at any time. Model summary
This journal accepts articles previously published on preprint servers. Nursing & Health Sciences will consider for review articles previously available as preprints. You may also post the submitted version of a manuscript to a preprint server at any time.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Trial registration / reporting guidelines Clinical Trial Registration
The journal requires that clinical trials are prospectively registered in a publicly accessible database such as http://clinicaltrials.gov/ and clinical trial registration numbers should be included in all papers that report their results. Authors are asked to include the name of the trial register and the clinical trial registration number at the end of the abstract. If the trial is not registere…
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
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- Country or region
- AUSTRALIA
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Quarterly
- Founded
- 1999
- ISSN
- 1441-0745
- Electronic ISSN
- 1442-2018
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 28, Issue 3 (September 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nursing & Health Sciences
What CAS zone is Nursing & Health Sciences in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nursing & Health Sciences is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 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 & Health Sciences?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.03; CiteScore 2.3, h-index 84.
How long does peer review take at Nursing & Health Sciences?
Based on the dates recorded on 97 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 138 days (interquartile range 94–221 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 12% (2025). 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 & Health Sciences?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Reference style: APA; First submission: Free format: the journal's layout is not required. 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 & Health Sciences based?
Of the 68 board members whose country the journal's board page names, 2 (about 3%) are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (23), Japan (9) and Hong Kong, China (6). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nursing & Health Sciences?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nursing & Health Sciences is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO and CINAHL; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Nursing & Health Sciences open access, and what is the APC?
Nursing & Health Sciences is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,430.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, 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: .