Journal profile

Nursing ethics

Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISSN0969-7330 | 1477-0989 FormatPrint StatusCurrently indexed
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Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor
3.93
Citation rate 4.65 1,315 total citations
h5-index 37 h5 depth signal
Cited share 84.2% 240 of 285
Total citations 1,315 Citation footprint
Metric signal 5.30 External metric anchor
Self-citation 10.1% 133 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 182
United Kingdom 159
Iran 147
China 137
Norway 114

Citing Fields of Research

Patient Care 759
Medical Ethics 590
Palliative Care 358
Psychiatry & Psychology 228
Psychiatry 125

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 4,050 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set 285 240 cited publications
Last 12 months 186 15.5 publications/month
Open access share 22.0% 41 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country United States 182 citing publications
Leading citing field Patient Care 759 citing publications
Latest tracked publication 15 October 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE
v1n1,Mar. 1994-
PubMed
v1n1,Mar. 1994-
International nursing index
v1n1,Mar. 1994-v7n3,May 2000

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Patient Care Medical Ethics Palliative Care Psychiatry & Psychology

Broad Categories

Ethics Nursing Patient Care Medical Ethics Palliative Care

MeSH Descriptors

Ethics, Nursing

Latest Publications

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

01
Open DOI
Gaelyn Grant, Aimee Milliken
Moral distress is recognized as a major contributor to burnout and attrition among nurses. While the sequelae of moral distress are profound, the antecedents of moral distress are multi-factorial and therefore the phenomenon is challengi...
02
Open DOI
Fanny Ahokas, Marit Silén, Anna T. Höglund et al.
Background: Moral distress is an increasingly recognized ethical concern in healthcare, particularly in older adult care, where it is associated with negative consequences for nurses, patients, and healthcare organizations. Although wide...
06
Open DOI
Binbin Yang, Changzai Li, Wei Zhao et al.
Background: Moral courage helps nursing students respond to ethically difficult situations, yet little is known about how its dimensions relate to ethical sensitivity, professional identity, and emotional intelligence at the dimension le...
07
Open DOI
Preston H. Miller, Shikha Modi, Haley Hoy
Background: When transplant clinicians encounter ethical challenges and are constrained by their institution from acting in a manner within their professional ethical obligations, they may experience moral distress. Moral distress has be...
08
Open DOI
Hwa Soon Kim, Eun Ha Roh, Kyung-Sun Moon et al.
Background: Compassionate care is a core ethical obligation in nursing, yet the processes through which nurses enact and sustain it remain insufficiently theorized. Existing grounded theory models have not examined an East Asian care con...
10
Open DOI
Gamze Saatçi, Sevda Korkut, Muhammed Köstekçi et al.
Background: Professional values guide nurses’ ethical judgments, care relationships, and professional responsibilities. However, evidence on culturally grounded educational approaches that connect local moral traditions with nursing prof...

Bibliographical & Catalog Notes

Title from cover.

Also issued online.

In English, with abstracts in English, French, and German.