Journal profile

British journal of community nursing

Publisher: MA Healthcare Ltd
ISSN1462-4753 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed
Official Website Verify CrossRef

Journal Citation Impact

Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.

Impact Factor
2.45
Citation rate 1.01 348 total citations
h5-index 16 h5 depth signal
Cited share 33.4% 116 of 347
Total citations 348 Citation footprint
Metric signal 0.68 External metric anchor
Self-citation 10.6% 37 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United Kingdom 1,225
Australia 30
Ireland 30
United States 26
Netherlands 11

Citing Fields of Research

Wounds & Ulcers 367
Patient Care 310
Palliative Care 251
Health Education & Remote Healthcare 220
Healthcare Policy 159

Publishing Activity & Reach

Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.

All-time article footprint 4,656 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 347 116 cited publications
Last 12 months 150 12.5 publications/month
Open access share 0.7% 1 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United Kingdom 1,225 citing publications
Leading citing field Wounds & Ulcers 367 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 2 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v5n1, Jan. 2000-
PubMed
v5n1, Jan. 2000-

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Wounds & Ulcers Patient Care Palliative Care Urology Health Education & Remote Healthcare

Broad Categories

Nursing Wounds & Ulcers Palliative Care Patient Care Urology Breast Cancer

MeSH Descriptors

Community Health Nursing Nursing Care United Kingdom

Latest Publications

Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.

01
Open DOI
Dion Smyth
As debate around assisted dying continues, the longstanding pressures facing palliative, end-of-life and social care cannot be ignored. With concerns over funding, capacity and access repeatedly raised, the author questions whether healt...
02
Open DOI
Ian Peate
The government's first Men's Health Strategy outlines a comprehensive framework for improving health outcomes among men by addressing preventable morbidity, reducing health inequalities and enhancing engagement with health services. With...
03
DOI 10.12968/bjcn.2026.0162

Reflections on neighbourhood ways of working

Open DOI
Crystal Oldman
This article discusses the opportunities and challenges of neighbourhood working, and the important role district nurses can play in understanding and improving the health of local communities.
05
Open DOI
Mark Millar
With an increasing focus on shifting care into community and home settings, it is crucial that the community and home nursing workforce is adequately equipped to meet growing demand and complexity. Nursing education must reflect the chan...
06
Open DOI
Karen Harrison Dening
Oral health is recognised as an essential component of a person's overall wellbeing, increasingly so in people with dementia. As dementia progresses, a person diagnosed with the condition may become more dependent on the support of the f...
10
Open DOI
Linda Nazarko
Around 600 000 people die each year in the UK, with the number of deaths set to increase to 736 000 within the next 10 years because of the ageing population. Although most of these deaths are predictable, people do not always die in the...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Description based on: Vol. 3, no. 6 (June 1998); title from cover.

Supplements accompany some vols.

Also issued online.

Some issues include supplements with title: Wound care.

Some issues include supplements with title: Exudate supplement.