Journal profile · Nursing-Nursing (miscellaneous)
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education
ISSN 2368-6669 · Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing · Canada
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education: diamond open access (no APC); no APC; review about 40 weeks (community reports); 39 articles in 2025; indexed in Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education is published by Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing. By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Nursing education and management, Innovations in Medical Education and Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership, together about 52.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
About This Journal Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière (QANE-AFI), a bilingual double-anonymized peer-reviewed journal, aims to address questions and issues related specifically to quality advancement in nursing education. Many themes are addressed, including the assessment, indicators, and standards of quality nursing education, the evaluation, program modality outcomes, and the nature and key elements of educational quality. With the collaboration of several highly respected scholars in the nursing field, Quality Advancement in Nursing Education - Avancées en formation infirmière, published three times per year, promotes excellence in nursing pedagogy through the publication of research, theoretical, and policy papers from Canadian and international perspectives. Articles are accepted and published in English or French, or both. ISSN: 2368-6669 QANE-AFI is a recognized journal included in CINAHL DOAJ Érudit INANE ProQuest Scholars Portal SCOPUS Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory Archive versions of all articles are available through Library and Archives Canada. Articles from Volumes 1 through 10 are also archived on CLOCKSS and Portico. QANE-AFI is a member of the Canadian Association of Learned Journals. Licensing and Copyright QANE-AFI is an open-access journal. All articles are available under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND. Under these terms, readers may download, print, or share QANE-AFI articles but cannot change them or use them commercially, and they must credit the authors. More details on this Creative Commons licence are available on their website. All authors retain copyright of their article(s) without restrictions. QANE-AFI does not charge article processing fees, publishing fees, or submission fees. Peer Review All articles in QANE-AFI are submitted for double-anonymized peer review. Each article is sent to, at minimum, two subject matter experts for a detailed review, which adheres to prescribed guidelines. Peer reviewers are selected based on expertise and potential conflicts of interest. Staff members do not complete the reviews. Articles are checked for identifying information prior to being sent for peer review. The author names are not shared, nor do the authors know who has completed the review. The QANE-AFI editorial team does not use artificial intelligence tools to make editorial decisions. Peer reviewers are prohibited from using these tools in the creation of their reviews. Sponsors
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing-Nursing (miscellaneous)
Editor-in-chief Jacinthe PepinPublisher website
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing education and managementNursing22%
- Innovations in Medical EducationMedicine18.3%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing12.2%
- Healthcare Education and Workforce IssuesNursing7.6%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions6.8%
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences3.4%
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences3.3%
- Simulation-Based Education in HealthcareMedicine2.7%
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)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
CiteScore quartiles (Scopus, June 2026 release)
| Subject | Quartile | Rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing (miscellaneous) | Q2 | 27/55 | 51st |
| Education | Q3 | 1064/1698 | 37th |
| Research and Theory | Q3 | 15/22 | 34th |
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
ScopusDOAJLetPub
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
- 1.4LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.27LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.43LetPub ·
- h-index
- 10OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 14OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.45OpenAlex ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 296 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25 | 25 | 75 |
| 2025 | 39 | 39 | 123 |
| 2024 | 34 | 34 | 141 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | 92 |
| 2022 | 41 | 41 | 91 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 68 |
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 40 weeksLetPub ·
- Submission to publication (journal-reported)
- about 45 weeksDOAJ ·
- Peer review
- Double 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
Diamond open access (no APC)DOAJ
Every article is open access and authors pay no article processing charge.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | No APC | No | CC BY-NC-ND | |
| LetPub | No APC | No | — | |
| Publisher website | No APC | — | — |
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 accepted5
- articleArticleLength not stated
- editorialEditorialLength not stated
- international perspectiveInternational PerspectiveLength not stated
- interviewInterviewLength not stated
- special editionSpecial EditionLength not stated
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteConflicts of interest, Publication ethics, License & copyright, Open access, Peer review
- Conflicts of interest Conflict of Interest
References cited according to APA 7th edition. Model summary
All authors are required to complete and submit the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest. In handling issues of conflicts of interest, QANE-AFI adheres to the recommendations outlined by the ICMJE.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Publication ethics
Ethics committee approval required where appropriate. Model summary
Where appropriate, research should be approved by an appropriate ethics committee in accordance with the legal requirements of the study’s country.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- License & copyright Copyright Notice
QANE-AFI is an open-access journal. All articles are available under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND. Under these terms, readers may download, print, or share QANE-AFI articles but cannot change them or use them commercially, and they must credit the authors. More details on this Creative Commons licence are available on the Creative Commons website. All authors retain copyright of their …
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Open access
Open access under CC BY-NC-ND licence. Model summary
QANE-AFI is an open-access journal. All articles are available under the Creative Commons licence CC BY-NC-ND.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review Peer Review
Double-anonymized peer review; identifying information removed from submissions. Model summary
All articles in QANE-AFI are submitted for double-anonymized peer review. Each article is sent to, at minimum, two subject matter experts for a detailed review, which adheres to prescribed guidelines. Peer reviewers are selected based on expertise and potential conflicts of interest. Staff members do not complete the reviews. Articles are checked for identifying information prior to being sent for…
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
- Canadian Association of Schools of Nursing
- Country or region
- Canada
- Language
- English, French
- ISSN
- 2368-6669
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 12, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Quality Advancement in Nursing Education
How long does peer review take at Quality Advancement in Nursing Education?
Authors report an average review time of about 40 weeks. 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.
Which databases index Quality Advancement in Nursing Education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Quality Advancement in Nursing Education is indexed in Scopus and DOAJ.
Is Quality Advancement in Nursing Education open access, and what is the APC?
Quality Advancement in Nursing Education is a diamond open-access journal (no APC). It charges no article processing charge.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, DOAJ, 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 2026-08-25). Last updated: .