Journal profile

Nurse education today

Publisher: Churchill Livingstone
ISSN0260-6917 | 1532-2793 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
4.46
Citation rate 6.60 4,292 total citations
h5-index 80 h5 depth signal
Cited share 86.1% 578 of 671
Total citations 4,292 Citation footprint
Metric signal 6.87 External metric anchor
Self-citation 5.3% 228 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

China 614
Australia 600
United States 545
United Kingdom 472
Turkey 248

Citing Fields of Research

Patient Care 2,669
Education & Pedagogy 1,416
Health Education & Remote Healthcare 659
Psychiatry & Psychology 464
Healthcare Policy 348

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 8,568 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 671 578 cited publications
Last 12 months 467 38.9 publications/month
Open access share 37.7% 176 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country China 614 citing publications
Leading citing field Patient Care 2,669 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 20 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v5n6,Dec. 1985-
PubMed
v5n6,Dec. 1985-
International nursing index
v5n6,Dec. 1985-v19n8,Nov. 1999

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Patient Care Education & Pedagogy Health Education & Remote Healthcare

Broad Categories

Education Nursing Patient Care

MeSH Descriptors

Education, Nursing

Latest Publications

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

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Description based on: Vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb. 1982); title from cover.

Also issued online.