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Top 10 Nursing Journals by Impact Factor

Compare leading Nursing journals ranked by Journal Impact Factor. Each journal summary highlights key details authors often need when choosing where to submit, including publisher, impact factor, open access status, identifiers, and available submission profile information.

Rankings are based on the latest Journal Impact Factor data currently available in our journal database.

International Journal Of Nursing Studies

Elsevier BV

JIF 7.1

Hybrid

The International Journal of Nursing Studies (IJNS) publishes original research and scholarship on health care delivery, organisation, management, workforce, policy, and research methods relevant to nursing, midwifery, and other health-related professions. It...

Identifiers

ISSN 0020-7489

eISSN 1873-491X

Publication Cost

Open Access Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 5,550 (excluding taxes). Subscription: No publication fee charged to authors.

Publishing Timeline

9 days submission to first decision; 63 days submission to decision after review; 179 days submission to acceptance; 4 days from acceptance to first online publication; average time from submission to first decision of 4 weeks; final online publication as soon as 2 weeks post-acceptance.

Nursing

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Journal Of Nursing Regulation

Elsevier BV

JIF 6.3

Hybrid

Journal of Nursing Regulation (JNR), the official journal of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic and professional journal that publishes scholarly articles advancing the science of nursing regulation, supporti...

Identifiers

ISSN 2155-8256

eISSN 2155-8264

Publication Cost

USD 2850 APC for open access; no open access publication fee for subscription publishing.

Publishing Timeline

51 days submission to decision after review

Nursing

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Intensive And Critical Care Nursing

Elsevier BV

JIF 4.7

Hybrid

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing promotes excellence in the care of critically ill patients by specialist nurses and their professional colleagues. It provides an international and interdisciplinary forum for publishing, disseminating, and exchanging resear...

Identifiers

ISSN 0964-3397

eISSN 1532-4036

Publication Cost

Open access options are available for this journal. For open access articles, authors are responsible for payment of the article publishing charge (APC) if the manuscript is accepted; payment may be covered by the corresponding author's institution or the research funder.

Publishing Timeline

8 days submission to first decision; 44 days submission to decision after review; 26 days submission to acceptance; 15 days acceptance to online publication

Critical Care

Nursing

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Nurse Education Today

Elsevier BV

JIF 4.2

Hybrid

Nurse Education Today is an international journal in nurse education publishing original research, review, and debate in nursing, midwifery, and interprofessional healthcare education. It aims to advance educational theory and pedagogy, support evidence-based...

Identifiers

ISSN 0260-6917

eISSN 1532-2793

Publication Cost

Open Access APC: USD 4,210 (excluding taxes); subscription publication: no publication fee charged to authors.

Publishing Timeline

8 days submission to first decision; 88 days submission to decision after review; 167 days submission to acceptance; 3 days acceptance to first online publication.

Nursing

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Women And Birth

Elsevier BV

JIF 4.1

Hybrid

Women and Birth is the official journal of the Australian College of Midwives and publishes midwifery research and scholarship on pregnancy, birth, and the first six weeks post-partum. The journal has a woman-centred focus inclusive of partners, families, fetu...

Identifiers

ISSN 1871-5192

eISSN 1878-1799

Publication Cost

Open access APC: USD 3730 excluding taxes for all articles; subscription publication has no open access publication fee.

Publishing Timeline

6 days submission to first decision; 68 days submission to decision after review; 123 days submission to acceptance; 11 days acceptance to online publication

Nursing

OB/GYN

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Jmir Nursing

JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC

JIF 4

Open

JMIR Nursing (ISSN 2562-7600) is a peer-reviewed nursing journal focused on original research about the transformation of nursing through information technology, mobile health, telehealth, digital patient care, and shifts toward preventive, predictive, and per...

Identifiers

eISSN 2562-7600

Publication Cost

APF of $1985 USD payable upon acceptance for JMIR Nursing; modified APF of $1588 for Viewpoints and $1000 for Research Letter.

Publishing Timeline

Articles are published continuously online as soon as they are available after peer review and copy editing.

Nursing

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Journal Of Nursing Management

WILEY

JIF 4

Hybrid

Identifiers

ISSN 0966-0429

eISSN 1365-2834

Nursing

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Nurse Education In Practice

Elsevier BV

JIF 4

Closed

Nurse Education in Practice publishes international research and scholarship on nurse and midwifery related education spanning education and clinical practice. It publishes empirical studies and systematic reviews to contribute to the evidence base of nurse an...

Identifiers

ISSN 1471-5953

eISSN 1873-5223

Publication Cost

Open Access Article Publishing Charge (APC): USD 3,770 (excluding taxes). Subscription: No publication fee charged to authors; published articles are immediately available to subscribers.

Publishing Timeline

4 days submission to first decision; 73 days submission to decision after review; 133 days submission to acceptance; 3 days acceptance to first online publication.

Nursing

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BMC Nursing

BioMed Central

JIF 3.9

Open

BMC Nursing is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of evidence-based nursing care; nursing research methods; nursing service delivery, utilization, and evaluation; nursing administration and human resources.

Identifiers

ISSN 1472-6955

eISSN 1472-6955

Publication Cost

The current APC is £2590.00 GBP / $3190.00 USD / €2790.00 EUR, subject to VAT or local taxes where applicable.

Publishing Timeline

Submission to first decision (median): 8 days

Nursing

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European Journal Of Cardiovascular Nursing

Oxford University Press

JIF 3.9

Hybrid

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing is an Oxford Academic journal published for the European Society of Cardiology in the fields of cardiovascular medicine, nursing, and allied health professions. The journal publishes cardiovascular nursing research an...

Identifiers

ISSN 1474-5151

eISSN 1873-1953

Publication Cost

No open access charge to pay for affiliated researchers at participating institutions; the open access publication charge is included in the institution’s agreement.

Publishing Timeline

Fast first decisions, rapid online publication, and fast track publication are offered.

Cardiology

Nursing

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