Journal profile

Contemporary nurse

Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISSN1037-6178 | 1839-3535 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
3.03
Citation rate 2.24 264 total citations
h5-index 17 h5 depth signal
Cited share 66.4% 79 of 119
Total citations 264 Citation footprint
Metric signal 2.42 External metric anchor
Self-citation 4.5% 12 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

Australia 274
United States 61
China 46
Turkey 37
New Zealand 37

Citing Fields of Research

Patient Care 266
Health Education & Remote Healthcare 112
Healthcare Policy 84
Palliative Care 62
Psychiatry & Psychology 57

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 2,449 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 119 79 cited publications
Last 12 months 61 5.1 publications/month
Open access share 36.1% 22 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country Australia 274 citing publications
Leading citing field Patient Care 266 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 12 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1, 1992-
PubMed
v1n1, 1992-
International nursing index
v1n1, 1992-v8n1, Mar. 1999

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Patient Care

Broad Categories

Nursing Patient Care

MeSH Descriptors

Nursing Care Nursing

Latest Publications

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

05
Danny Kinsella, Caleb Ferguson, Gordon Bingham et al.
We examined the Australian public’s online search behaviour for stroke-related health information. Understanding health information-seeking behaviour is important for health professionals to help i...
08
Shona Marie Bates, Phil Oldfield, Patricia Davidson
In many parts of the world, health systems can be described to be in a situation of crisis and are organised around sickness rather than health. Populations are aging and many people are living wit...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Issues for <October 2012>- also have title: CN.

Two issues, 1992; 5 issues, 1992/1993- .

Title from cover.

Also issued online.