Journal profile · NURSING
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
ISSN 1541-6577 · Springer Publishing Company · UNITED STATES
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice: CAS Zone 4 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.04; subscription journal; review over 12 weeks (community reports); community-reported acceptance: easy; 30 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice is published by Springer Publishing Company 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, Practice, and Leadership, Aging, Elder Care, and Social Issues and Hermeneutics and Narrative Identity, together about 22.1% of its articles. Its main subfields are General Health Professions. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice focuses on issues relevant to improving nursing practice, education, and patient care. The articles strive to discuss knowledge development in its broadest sense, reflect research using a variety of methodological approaches, and combine several methods and strategies in a single study. Because of the journal's international emphasis, article contributors address the implications of their studies for an international audience.
Source: LetPub
Research area (LetPub): NURSING
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing7.8%
- Aging, Elder Care, and Social IssuesHealth Professions7.2%
- Hermeneutics and Narrative IdentityArts and Humanities7%
- Health, Medicine and SocietyHealth Professions6.9%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing6.5%
- Nursing education and managementNursing6.4%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions5.9%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions5.5%
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)Medicine Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SCIESSCIScopusLetPub
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
- 1.04LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.3LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.32LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0.44LetPub ·
- h-index
- 36LetPub ·
- h-index
- 63OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 391OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.7OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 0%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 33LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,245 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 27 | 1 | 2 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1 | 19 |
| 2024 | 33 | 3 | 42 |
| 2023 | 32 | 3 | 126 |
| 2022 | 23 | 3 | 73 |
| 2021 | 26 | 6 | 144 |
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)
- over 12 weeksLetPub ·
- Average acceptance (community reports)
- EasyLetPub ·
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
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
- Springer Publishing Company
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1541-6577
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗LetPub
- Submission system ↗LetPub
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research and Theory for Nursing Practice
What CAS zone is Research and Theory for Nursing Practice in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 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 Research and Theory for Nursing Practice?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 1.04; CiteScore 1.3, h-index 63.
How long does peer review take at Research and Theory for Nursing Practice?
Authors report an average review time of over 12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Easy”. 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 Research and Theory for Nursing Practice?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research and Theory for Nursing Practice is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Is Research and Theory for Nursing Practice open access, and what is the APC?
Research and Theory for Nursing Practice 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; 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: .