期刊档案
Witness
ISSN 2291-5796 · York University Libraries · Canada
Witness 钻石开放获取（无 APC），免版面费，投稿社区反馈审稿约 20 周，2025 年发文 11 篇。
研究范围
研究范围与定位
Witness 由 York University Libraries 出版。按 OpenAlex 近年发文统计，该刊主要发表 Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership、Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights、Cultural Competency in Health Care 等主题的论文，这 3 个主题约占 40.7%，主导子领域为 Sociology and Political Science、General Health Professions。（根据 OpenAlex 主题统计与中科院分区数据生成）
Envisioned for a decade, conceptualized in 2013, and launched in 2018, Witness is a Canadian online open access scholarly nursing journal. Together, contributors and readers form a collective of nurses whose practice, research, teaching, and way of being are rooted in social justice. There is a rich history of critical discourse and practice in Canada: Discourse and practice gleaned from what Canadian nurses witness regarding health, health care and the quality of life of individuals, groups and populations. The time has come to formalize a Canadian-based scholarly space for critical nursing discourse that is rooted in such ideas as social justice, intersectionality, advocacy and critical social theory .... to name but a few. Witness is a collective of critical nurses in Canada and beyond who strive to ameliorate inequities in the health and quality of life of all. By virtue of the nurse’s privileged societal position, we witness a wide array of inequities that require us to take action. Witness is a collective of critical nurses in Canada and beyond who strive to ameliorate inequities in the health and quality of life of all. Indeed, our tag line represents the ethos of the journal: SEE it .... SPEAK it.... WRITE it.... CHANGE it. SCOPE. The journal is rooted in critical discourse, where the term ‘critical’ refers to a capacity to inquire ‘against the grain.’ It involves a persistent sense of perturbation with the status quo. This is a disposition that involves questioning claims of truth or falsity, charging the thinker with the task of disrupting and destabilizing epistemological certainties, including one’s very own. ‘Critical’ is about recognizing dominant political, economic, and social forces–and interrogating how these influence ways of knowing, the very production of knowledge, and systemic inequities. As both a stance and an action, it is a commitment to the decolonization of knowledge by an analysis of both dominant discourses and oppressive practices. Moreover, ‘critical’ is about a necessity to surface assumptions and tensions in our own and others’ works and practices. It encompasses an unyielding commitment to interrogate the relation of power to knowledge with an understanding that individuals, groups, and systems may–intentionally or unintentionally–reproduce such relations. For Witness, it is a salient attribute that welcomes, and is strengthened by, an openness to perspectival plurality. AIMS. Witness seeks to foster and disseminate crit
摘自期刊官网 Aims & Scope
主要研究主题 OpenAlex 近年发文统计，占比为近似值
- Nursing Education, Practice, and LeadershipNursing20.1%
- Indigenous Health, Education, and RightsSocial Sciences11.1%
- Cultural Competency in Health CareSocial Sciences9.5%
- Ethics in medical practiceHealth Professions9%
- Nursing education and managementNursing8.5%
- Feminism, Gender, and IntersectionalitySocial Sciences3.2%
- Racial and Ethnic Identity ResearchSocial Sciences2.7%
- Climate Change and Health ImpactsEnvironmental Science2.7%
分区与收录
学科分区与数据库收录
中科院期刊分区表
期刊分区表（ 2025年3月升级版）未收录
该期刊未被此版本分区表收录。
《新锐期刊分区表》（ 2026年3月发布）未收录
该期刊未被此版本分区表收录。
期刊分区表（ 2023年12月旧的升级版）未收录
该期刊未被此版本分区表收录。
数据库收录
DOAJLetPub
国际期刊预警名单：各版本均未列入LetPub
不同版本、大类与小类分别展示，不将不同评价口径合并为一个分区值；投稿与考核前请确认所在机构采用的版本。
指标
影响力指标与发文规模
影响力指标
- h-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 11OpenAlex ·
- 两年平均被引
- 0.43OpenAlex ·
- Gold OA 文章占比
- 0%LetPub ·
逐年发文量 OpenAlex 统计 · 累计 94 篇 · 当年数据不完整
| 年份 | 发文量 | 其中 OA | 被引 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 | 4 | 45 |
| 2025 | 11 | 11 | 64 |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 76 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | 85 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | 66 |
| 2021 | 18 | 18 | 39 |
不同来源的统计口径与观测时间不同，页面保留各来源原值；“出版商公布”为期刊官网自述数据。
审稿与录用
审稿周期与录用情况
- 平均审稿速度（社区反馈）
- 20 WeeksLetPub ·
- 投稿到发表（期刊自报）
- 约 20 周DOAJ ·
- 评审方式
- 双盲同行评审DOAJ
社区反馈来自投稿者样本，置信度 0.5，不代表期刊承诺；“出版商公布”的时间节点定义以官网为准。
费用与开放获取
版面费与开放获取政策
钻石开放获取（无 APC）DOAJ
所有文章开放获取，且不向作者收取文章处理费。
| 来源 | 文章处理费 | 费用减免 | 许可证 | 观测时间 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DOAJ | 无文章处理费 | 无 | CC BY-NC | |
| LetPub | 无文章处理费 | 无 | — |
- APC 费用说明 ↗DOAJ
- 开放获取声明 ↗DOAJ
- 许可与版权 ↗DOAJ
费用以期刊官网为准；不同来源的观测时间可能不同，页面保留各来源原值，不做平均。
投稿要求
文章类型与投稿政策（官网）
接收的文章类型2 种
- arts-based submissionsProspective authors are invited to connect with the editor prior to submission. Arts-based submissions must be accompanied by a scholarly explanation of the wor…未说明篇幅
- letter to the editorLetters to the Editor shall be screened for relevance, fit, and professionalism. A decision shall be made regarding their suitedness to the journal in a discuss…未说明篇幅
官网政策摘录AI 使用、作者资格、利益冲突、出版伦理、许可与版权、开放获取、同行评审、查重
- AI 使用
AI tools cannot be credited with authorship; use must be described and cited. 模型摘要
AI-In accordance with COPE’s position statement on AI tools, Large Language Models cannot be credited with authorship as they are incapable of conceptualising a research design without human direction and cannot be accountable for the integrity, originality, and validity of the published work.
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 作者资格 Authorship Requirements
Each person listed as an author is expected to have participated in the preparation of the manuscript to a significant extent. The International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals (http://www.icmje.org/recommendations/) guides our requirements surrounding ethical authorship. That is Witness…
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 利益冲突
Conflict of interest disclosure required from all authors. 模型摘要
The journal requires that all authors disclose any potential sources of conflict of interest. Any interest or relationship, financial or otherwise that might be perceived as influencing an author's objectivity is considered a potential source of conflict of interest.
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 出版伦理
REB ethics approval must be submitted with the manuscript. 模型摘要
REB- A copy of ethics approval from the relevant university's REB is compulsory and must be submitted WITH the manuscript at the time of submission.
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 许可与版权 Copyright Notice
Witness publishes under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC 4.0). Read the license terms at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. The author(s) retain copyright to their works.
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 开放获取 OPEN ACCESS POLICY
CC BY-NC 4.0 license; authors retain copyright. 模型摘要
Witness provides open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge and equitable educational practices. For more information on this approach, see the Public Knowledge Project, which has designed this system to improve the scholarly and public quality of research, and which freely distributes the journal …
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 同行评审 PEER REVIEW PROCESS
Initial editorial screening plus plagiarism check via iThenticate. 模型摘要
All submissions will be initially screened by the managing editors for basic fitness to the scope and theme of the journal and adherence to the journal's submission guidelines. Further, upon submission all manuscripts will be sent through an online plagiarism checker called ithenticate. The Editor/Guest Editor may consult with the prospective author with feedback so as to ensure fit with the criti…
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·- 查重
Originality requirements for submitted manuscripts. 模型摘要
Manuscripts that are submitted to Witness must meet the following originality requirments:
原文 ↗出版商官网 ·
摘录来自期刊官网页面，仅保留原文片段；“模型摘要”由 Workers AI 生成并经原文校验，以官网为准。
基本信息
出版信息与官方入口
- 出版商
- York University Libraries
- 出版国家或地区
- Canada
- 出版语言
- English, French
- ISSN
- 2291-5796
- 官网最新一期
- Volume 8, Issue 1（2026 年）
- 官方链接
- 期刊主页 ↗LetPub
- 作者指南 ↗LetPub
- Aims & Scope ↗LetPub
- 专刊 / 特刊征稿 ↗出版商官网
- APC 费用说明 ↗DOAJ
- 开放获取声明 ↗DOAJ
- 许可与版权 ↗DOAJ
- 评审流程 ↗LetPub
- 编委会 ↗LetPub
常见问题
关于 Witness 的常见问题
Witness 的审稿周期多长？
投稿社区反馈的平均审稿速度为约 20 周。文章统计只含被录用的稿件，出版商数据口径以官网为准，社区反馈来自投稿者样本，均不代表期刊承诺。
Witness 被哪些数据库收录？
据 LetPub 与 DOAJ 记录，Witness 被 DOAJ 收录。
Witness 是开放获取期刊吗？版面费多少？
Witness 为钻石开放获取（无 APC）。不收取文章处理费。
来源与更新
本页事实来自 LetPub、OpenAlex、DOAJ、出版商官网；每个数字旁标注来源与观测日期，冲突数据保留各来源原值。LetPub 原始详情页：查看 ↗（2026-08-26 归档）。最近更新：。