Journal profile · NURSING
Nursing-Research and Reviews
ISSN 2230-522X · Dove Medical Press · United Kingdom
Nursing-Research and Reviews: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.8 (journal website); fully open access; APC about USD 3,230; review about 16 weeks (community reports); acceptance rate 13% (journal website); 15 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nursing-Research and Reviews is published by Dove Medical Press 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 and management, Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues and Global Health Workforce Issues, together about 19.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Editor-in-Chief: Pariya Fazeli (Wheeler) Nursing: Research and Reviews is an international, peer-reviewed, open access online journal publishing original research, reviews, editorials and commentaries on all aspects of nursing and patient care. Nursing: Research and Reviews will no longer consider meta-analyses for publication. Specific topics in the journal include: Involvement with patients' adherence to treatment regimen Improving patient safety in all settings Patient education and counseling Diagnostics and prescribing Collaboration with physicians and other health care providers in patient treatment Continuing nurse training and education Current information on clinical topics Ethics Management and organizational issues Health outcomes, economics and resource management Updated 4 August 2025
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Editor-in-chief Pariya FazeliPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United States 3, United Kingdom 2, Canada 2, Poland 2, Pakistan 2 (14 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing7.7%
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesMedicine5.8%
- Global Health Workforce IssuesHealth Professions5.8%
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions5.1%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions5.1%
- Family and Patient Care in Intensive Care UnitsHealth Professions5.1%
- Health and Well-being StudiesPsychology5.1%
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchMedicine4.5%
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
ESCIDOAJLetPub
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) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.8Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 19OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 38OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.51OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 97.3%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 16LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 67,669Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 160 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 15 | 15 | 1 |
| 2025 | 15 | 15 | 8 |
| 2024 | 15 | 15 | 59 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| 2022 | 22 | 22 | 174 |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 39 |
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 16 weeksLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 13%Publisher website ·
- Desk decision
- 52 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 16 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Single 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 3,230 | Yes | CC BY, CC BY-NC | |
| OpenAlex | USD 1,806 | — | — | |
| LetPub | USD 2,630 | Yes | — |
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)
Article types accepted2
- case reportAuthors may use these detailed descriptions of different paper types accepted by Dove Medical Press (case reports, reviews, etc) to decide how to label their pa…Length not stated
- reviewAuthors may use these detailed descriptions of different paper types accepted by Dove Medical Press (case reports, reviews, etc) to decide how to label their pa…Length not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websitePeer review
- Peer review
Member of and subscribes to the principles of COPE Model summary
This journal is a member of and subscribes to the principles of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).
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
- Dove Medical Press
- Country or region
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2230-522X
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Author guidelines ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
- APC information ↗DOAJ
- Fee waivers ↗DOAJ
- Open access statement ↗DOAJ
- License & copyright ↗DOAJ
- Peer review process ↗LetPub
- Editorial board ↗LetPub
- Plagiarism policy ↗DOAJ
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nursing-Research and Reviews
What CAS zone is Nursing-Research and Reviews in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Nursing-Research and Reviews 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-Research and Reviews?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.8 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; h-index 19.
How long does peer review take at Nursing-Research and Reviews?
Authors report an average review time of about 16 weeks; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 13%. 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-Research and Reviews based?
Of the 14 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United States (3), United Kingdom (2) and Canada (2). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Nursing-Research and Reviews?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nursing-Research and Reviews is indexed in ESCI and DOAJ.
Is Nursing-Research and Reviews open access, and what is the APC?
Nursing-Research and Reviews is a fully open-access journal. APC about USD 3,230.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex, DOAJ; 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: .