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International Journal of Nursing Studies
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| Discipline | Nursing |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Edited by | Ian James Norman |
| Publication details | |
| History | 1963–present |
| Publisher | Elsevier (United Kingdom) |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Hybrid open access journal | |
| 6.612 (2021) | |
| Standard abbreviations | |
| ISO 4 | Int. J. Nurs. Stud. |
| Indexing | |
| ISSN | 0020-7489 |
| Links | |
The International Journal of Nursing Studies is a monthly peer-reviewed nursing journal published by Elsevier. It publishes original research and scholarship about health-care delivery, organisation, management, workforce, policy and research methods relevant to in the fields of nursing, midwifery and related health professions.[1]
History
[edit]The journal was established in 1963 and was originally published on a quarterly basis by Pergamon Press. The founding editor-in-chief was Elsie Stevenson (University of Edinburgh).[2] She was succeeded in 1968 by K. J. W. Wilson (University of Edinburgh, later University of Birmingham). Wilson stepped down in 1982 and was replaced by Rosemary Crow (Northwick Park Hospital) and Caroline Cox (University of London).[3] Cox stepped down in 1992,[4] and Crow (then at the University of Surrey), remained as sole editor-in-chief for a further eight years, a total of 18 years making her the longest-serving editor to date. From 2000 to 2004, Jenifer Wilson-Barnett (King's College London) was editor.[5][6] She was succeeded in 2005 by the present editor Ian Norman.
Abstracting and indexing
[edit]The journal is indexed in major databases including:
- Social Sciences Citation Index
- Science Citation Index Expanded
- EmCare
- Current Contents - Social & Behavioral Sciences
- Psychology Abstracts
- PubMed/MEDLINE
- CINAHL
- ASSIA
- Scopus
- British Nursing Index
- CISTI
- CIRRIE
According to the Journal Citation Reports, in 2020 the journal's impact factor was 5.837, with a 5-Year Impact Factor of 6.847, ranking first out of 122 journals in the category "Nursing".[7]
References
[edit]- ^ International Journal of Nursing Studies. "Aims and Scope". Science Direct. Elsevier. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
- ^ Ross, Fiona (2012-03-15). "Elsie Stevenson Memorial Lecture: Elsie Stevenson's legacy: nurse leaders in universities today" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-01-02.
- ^ Wilson, Kathleen J. W. (1981). "Editor's announcement". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 18 (1): 1. doi:10.1016/0020-7489(81)90002-X.
- ^ Crow, Rosemary (1992). "Editorial". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 29: 1. doi:10.1016/0020-7489(92)90055-L.
- ^ Wilson-Barnett, J (2000). "Editorial". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 37 (2): 93–4. doi:10.1016/S0020-7489(99)00074-7. PMID 10684949.
- ^ Wilson-Barnett, Jenifer (2004). "Editorial". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 41 (4): 343. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.02.002.
- ^ "Journals Ranked by Impact: Nursing". 2018 Journal Citation Reports. Web of Science (Science ed.). Thomson Reuters. 2019.
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