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Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
ISSN 0029-6570 · eISSN 2047-9018 · Royal College of Nursing Publishing Co.
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987): subscription journal; 280 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) is published by Royal College of Nursing Publishing Co.. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership and Healthcare Systems and Challenges, together about 48.2% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Nursing Standard is the UK's best selling nursing journal with a reputation for bringing readers exclusive, up-to-the-minute coverage on issues affecting nursing practice.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Medicine-Medicine (all)
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing21.3%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing15.6%
- Healthcare Systems and ChallengesHealth Professions11.2%
- Health Services Management and PolicyHealth Professions10.2%
- Nursing Roles and PracticesHealth Professions7.3%
- Healthcare RegulationHealth Professions4%
- Healthcare Education and Workforce IssuesNursing3.4%
- Palliative and Oncologic CareMedicine2.3%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Not covered
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CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Not covered
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CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
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CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Medicine | Q2 | 221/669 | 67th |
Scopus ranks journals by CiteScore within each subject: the 75th percentile and above is Q1, then a quartile every 25 points. A different system from the CAS zones.LetPub
Database indexing
ScopusLetPub
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
- 2.7LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.39LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- h-index
- 84OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 2,304OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.29OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 97,563 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 223 | 7 | 1,729 |
| 2025 | 280 | 9 | 2,919 |
| 2024 | 284 | 13 | 3,927 |
| 2023 | 322 | 10 | 4,174 |
| 2022 | 364 | 13 | 4,337 |
| 2021 | 340 | 6 | 5,330 |
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.
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
- Royal College of Nursing Publishing Co.
- ISSN
- 0029-6570
- Electronic ISSN
- 2047-9018
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
Which databases index Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) is indexed in Scopus.
Is Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) open access, and what is the APC?
Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987) 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: .