Journal profile · Nursing
Research in Nursing & Health
ISSN 0160-6891 · eISSN 1098-240X · John Wiley and Sons Inc. · UNITED STATES · Bimonthly · Founded 1978
Research in Nursing & Health: CAS Zone 3 · Medicine (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 2.76; hybrid open access; APC about USD 4,150; median 213 days to acceptance (78 articles, last 24 months); community-reported acceptance: fairly easy; 99 articles in 2025; indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Research in Nursing & Health is published by John Wiley and Sons Inc. 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 Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes, Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership and Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum, together about 20.2% of its articles. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
Research in Nursing & Health ( RINAH ) is a peer-reviewed general research journal devoted to publication of a wide range of research that will inform the practice of nursing and other health disciplines. The editors invite reports of research describing problems and testing interventions related to health phenomena, health care and self-care, clinical organization and administration; and the testing of research findings in practice. Research protocols are considered if funded in a peer-reviewed process by an agency external to the authors’ home institution and if the work is in progress. Papers on research methods and techniques are appropriate if they go beyond what is already generally available in the literature and include description of successful use of the method. Theory papers are accepted if each proposition is supported by research evidence. Systematic reviews of the literature are reviewed if PRISMA guidelines are followed. Letters to the editor commenting on published articles are welcome. Readership Researchers and clinicians in nursing and health sciences, health policy officials, and faculty in nursing and other health fields. Statistics Acceptance rate was 11.9% in 2022 and average time to decision for peer reviewed papers in 2023 was 45 days. Abstracting and Indexing Information AgeLine Database (EBSCO Publishing) British Nursing Database (ProQuest) CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health Literature (EBSCO Publishing) Current Contents: Social & Behavioral Sciences (Clarivate Analytics) EMCare (Elsevier) Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest) Health Research Premium Collection (ProQuest) Hospital Premium Collection (ProQuest) Journal Citation Reports/Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) Journal Citation Reports/Social Science Edition (Clarivate Analytics) MEDLINE/PubMed (NLM) MIDIRS: Midwifery Digest (Midwives Information & Resource Service) Nursing & Allied Health Database (ProQuest) PASCAL Database (INIST/CNRS) ProQuest Central (ProQuest) ProQuest Central K-490 PsycINFO/Psychological Abstracts (APA) Public Health Database (ProQuest) PubMed Dietary Supplement Subset (NLM) Research Library (ProQuest) Research Library Prep (ProQuest) Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate Analytics) SCOPUS (Elsevier) Social Science Premium Collection (ProQuest) Social Sciences Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics) The RECAL Legacy (National Centre for Prosthetics & Orthodontics) Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Nursing
Editor-in-chief Eileen LakePublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named Hong Kong, China 2, Italy 1, Mexico 1, Sri Lanka 1 (5 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Geriatric Care and Nursing HomesHealth Professions7.5%
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing6.4%
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumMedicine6.3%
- Health Sciences Research and EducationHealth Professions6%
- Nursing Diagnosis and DocumentationNursing5.6%
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentPsychology5.5%
- Nursing education and managementNursing5.3%
- Infant Development and Preterm CareMedicine4.5%
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 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Medicine | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Nursing | Zone 2 |
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 3 |
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 ScienceMEDLINEPubMedPsycINFOCINAHLCurrent ContentsPublisher 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
- 2.76LetPub ·
- Impact factor (publisher)
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- Impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 2.8Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 4.1LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher)
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 4.1Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.86LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.14LetPub ·
- h-index
- 76LetPub ·
- h-index
- 149OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 1,788OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 1.78OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 3.6%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 37.28%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 71LetPub ·
- Articles per year (publisher) 2025
- 72Publisher website ·
- Downloads per year (publisher) 2025
- 358,942Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 3,480 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 88 | 61 | 32 |
| 2025 | 99 | 59 | 164 |
| 2024 | 76 | 47 | 272 |
| 2023 | 78 | 52 | 501 |
| 2022 | 95 | 48 | 841 |
| 2021 | 108 | 59 | 1,332 |
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
213 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 154 days – 262 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 12 days (78 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 223 days
- Sample
- 78 articles with submission and acceptance dates (189 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)
- Fairly easyLetPub ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 6%Publisher website ·
- Acceptance rate (publisher) 2025
- 6%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to first decision 2025
- 4 daysPublisher website ·
- Submission to acceptance 2025
- 179 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication 2025
- 15 daysPublisher 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 4,150 / EUR 3,470 / GBP 2,720 | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
Other charges and waivers (author guidelines)
- Submission fee
- USD 50
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
- Abstract
- ≤ 250 words
- Manuscript length
- ≤ 5,500 words
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review, Plagiarism
- Open access Open Access
Wiley-Blackwell also offers its Open Access service, (http://wileyonlinelibrary.com/onlineopen). Upon payment of the Open Access fee, the article is made available to non-subscribers upon publication via Wiley Online Library and deposited in the funding agency’s preferred archive. For more information on the Open Access fee please click here.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double-blinded review Model summary
To enable double-blinded review, the title page should be a separate document from the text, tables, and figures.
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Plagiarism
Plagiarism screening Model summary
Research in Nursing & Health employs a plagiarism detection system. By submitting your manuscript to the Journal you accept that your manuscript may be screened for plagiarism.
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
- John Wiley and Sons Inc.
- Country or region
- UNITED STATES
- Language
- English
- Frequency
- Bimonthly
- Founded
- 1978
- ISSN
- 0160-6891
- Electronic ISSN
- 1098-240X
- Society / sponsor
- SNRS
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 49, Issue 5 (October 2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗LetPub
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Research in Nursing & Health
What CAS zone is Research in Nursing & Health in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Research in Nursing & Health is in Zone 3 of Medicine, and in Zone 3 of the minor category Nursing. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Medicine. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Research in Nursing & Health?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 2.76; CiteScore 4.1, h-index 149.
How long does peer review take at Research in Nursing & Health?
Based on the dates recorded on 78 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 213 days (interquartile range 154–262 days); authors report an average review time of 6–12 weeks; the community-reported acceptance is “Fairly easy”; the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 6% (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 Research in Nursing & Health?
According to the journal's author guidelines: Abstract: ≤ 250 words; Manuscript length: ≤ 5,500 words. 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 Research in Nursing & Health based?
Of the 5 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are Hong Kong, China (2), Italy (1) and Mexico (1). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Research in Nursing & Health?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Research in Nursing & Health is indexed in SCIE, SSCI and Scopus. The journal's website also lists Web of Science, MEDLINE, PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL and Current Contents; that list has not been checked against each database.
Is Research in Nursing & Health open access, and what is the APC?
Research in Nursing & Health is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC about USD 4,150.
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: .