Impact Factor
3.09
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
2.73
277 total citations
h5-index
14
h5 depth signal
Cited share
68.0%
70 of 103
Total citations
277
Citation footprint
Metric signal
2.70
External metric anchor
Self-citation
5.1%
14 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United States
403
Canada
45
Iran
13
Japan
11
United Kingdom
11
Citing Fields of Research
Patient Care
286
Education & Pedagogy
123
Healthcare Policy
117
Sociology
103
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
86
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
1,192
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
103
70 cited publications
Last 12 months
65
5.4 publications/month
Open access share
30.8%
20 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United States
403 citing publications
Leading citing field
Patient Care
286 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
15 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n1,Oct. 1994-
v1n1,Oct. 1994-
v1n1,Oct. 1994-v5n3, 1999
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Patient Care
Healthcare Policy
Education & Pedagogy
Sociology
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Broad Categories
Nursing
Patient Care
Healthcare Policy
Psychiatry & Psychology
Medical Ethics
Anthropology
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
MeSH Descriptors
Nursing
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.1177/10784535261499636
Open DOI
Where Nurses Gather to Work
Creative Nursing 2026, with its overarching theme of The Sociology of Nursing, has illuminated the social dimensions of health, illness, and health-care delivery. This issue of the journal contains articles by authors from Austria, Brazi...
02
DOI 10.1177/10784535261497719
Open DOI
The Impact of Artificial Intelligence Language Models on Critical Thinking in Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Learning among Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Narrative Review
Artificial Intelligence (AI) language models are increasingly used in higher education. Many students use them for learning, often without proper academic policies or guidelines. Nursing undergraduate curricula include both theoretical a...
03
DOI 10.1177/10784535261496573
Open DOI
Assessment Tools for Nursing Informatics Competency: A Scoping Review
Objective: To conduct a scoping review of existing nursing informatics competency assessment tools in China and abroad. Methods: Following the methodological framework for scoping reviews, eight databases were systematically searched for...
04
DOI 10.1177/10784535261495571
Open DOI
Bridging Sustainability and Planetary Health: Nursing Students’ Sustainability Consciousness and Perceived Competency for Sustainable Health Care
Climate change, environmental degradation, and increasing pressure on health-care resources highlight the need for nurses who are prepared to promote planetary health and sustainable health care. Nursing education provides an important o...
05
DOI 10.1177/10784535261491856
Open DOI
Mental Health Support and Educational Programs for New Graduate Nurses: A Scoping Review
Aim: To explore studies on mental health support and educational programs for new graduate nurses to enhance their workplace adaptation, job satisfaction, and well-being. Background: New graduate nurses face significant mental health cha...
06
DOI 10.1177/10784535261493619
Open DOI
Artful Encounters: Using Visual Humanities to Explore Social Complexity in Nursing
Integrating humanities into nursing education can deepen self-understanding, enhance empathy and communication, and strengthen culturally responsive practice. This article describes an innovative partnership between a college of nursing ...
07
DOI 10.1177/10784535261490954
Open DOI
Medication Adherence Views of Mental Health Nurses to Inspire Transformative Care
Aim: Adherence to the treatment plan for medications is crucial in treating mental illness but remains low due to complex factors such as illness characteristics, side effects of psychotropic drugs, and systemic health-care challenges. U...
08
DOI 10.1177/10784535261492027
Open DOI
Technical Rationality Under Pressure: Nursing Leadership and Clinical Governance in Politically Volatile Health-Care Settings
Clinical protocols are commonly framed as technical instruments for standardizing care and improving patient safety. Their implementation in practice, however, depends not only on the strength of the evidence that underpins them, but als...
09
DOI 10.1177/10784535261486392
Open DOI
From Silence to Solutions: Learning Through the “Problem Tree Game” to Explore Public Health-Oriented Sexual and Reproductive Health Issues
Background: Game-based learning has become a successful method for encouraging nursing students’ active participation, critical thinking, and conceptual understanding, while building comfort and helping with information recall. It is a c...
10
DOI 10.1177/10784535261487679
Open DOI
Geriatric Nursing Care in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review of Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices
Background: Ethiopia's rapidly growing older population increases demand for geriatric care, yet nurses’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices toward elderly care remain fragmented and inadequately synthesized at the national level. Object...
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Description based on: Vol. 1, issue 3 (Jan./Feb. 1995); title from cover.
Also issued online.