Is Nursing history review : official journal of the American Association for the History of Nursing SCI Indexed? Indexing Status & Metrics

Journal Citation Impact

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

Impact Factor

0.81

Citation rate 0.00 0 total citations

h5-index 2 h5 depth signal

Cited share 0.0% 0 of 29

Total citations 0 Citation footprint

Metric signal 0.31 External metric anchor

Self-citation 0.0% 0 self-citations

Citations Trend

Monthly Publications Cadence

Citing Geographic Demographics

United States 110

Canada 18

United Kingdom 16

New Zealand 4

Ireland 4

Citing Fields of Research

Contemporary History 161

Modern History 154

History & Philosophy Of Science 93

Medieval & Early Modern History 74

Information & Library Science 25

Publishing Activity & Reach

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

All-time article footprint 782 Articles tracked across the journal lifetime

Indexed publication set 29 0 cited publications

Last 12 months 16 16.0 publications/month

Open access share 0.0% 0 OA publications in the last year

Leading citing country United States 110 citing publications

Leading citing field Contemporary History 161 citing publications

Latest tracked publication 30 January 2026 10 recent records available

Coverage & Indexing History

MEDLINE

v3, 1995-

PubMed

v3, 1995-

International nursing index

v1, 1993-v8, 2000

Index medicus

Active Coverage

Research Focus & Classification

Indexed Subjects

Modern History Contemporary History History & Philosophy Of Science

Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies

Contributor

American Association for the History of Nursing

Broad Categories

Nursing Modern History

MeSH Descriptors

History of Nursing

Latest Publications

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

01 30 January 2026

DOI 10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0197

“Untelling Nursing History: Centering the Voices of IBPOC Nurses”

Open DOI

Barbra Mann Wall

02 30 January 2026

DOI 10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0031

Revisiting Georgetown Nursing School History, 1903–1969: Racialized Exclusion, Barriers, and Othering

Open DOI

William A. Cessato, Edilma L. Yearwood

Georgetown University School of Nursing began in 1903 as a hospital diploma program. Previous school histories have not interrogated how racism existed within and around registered-nursing education. Nor did they fully celebrate the stud...

03 30 January 2026

DOI 10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0161

Punishment, Forgiveness, Drunkenness, and Praise: Nurses in the Council Minutes of Halsar Naval Hospital, 1755–1775

Open DOI

Erin Spinney

Nursing practice at Haslar Naval Hospital was regulated by the British Royal Navy’s Sick and Hurt Board. Before 1795, when the position of hospital governor was created, on-the-ground authority was in the hands of medical practitioners t...

04 30 January 2026

DOI 10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0064

“The Most Important Problem”: Group Nursing and Hospital Staffing, 1920–1949

Open DOI

Sheri Tesseyman, Elizabeth Burt Hoffmann, Rachel Schmidt et al.

This article aims to explain an early twentieth-century staffing method known as group nursing and its relationship to nurse shortages. In the 1920s hospital wards in the United States were generally staffed with student nurses. Hospital...

05 30 January 2026

DOI 10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0090

Gay Nurses/Straight Health Care: Toward a Queer History of Nursing

Open DOI

Jess Dillard-Wright

Queering nursing’s history is imperative. In a political landscape that demands compliance with legislation that infringes on the rights and well-being of people, understanding moments of queer resistance in health care and in nursing al...

06 30 January 2026

DOI 10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0116

“It’s What Saved Me”: Jewish Nursing Identity During the National Socialist Regime

Open DOI

Jane Brooks

Although nursing had not been a popular choice as a profession for Jewish women in Germany during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, its importance as a mode of occupation increased significantly under the Nazi regime. While o...

07 30 January 2026

DOI 10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0001

“Oriental Women Should Nurse Oriental Patients”: A History of Chinese Nurses and Segregated Health Care in British Columbia, 1929–1960

Open DOI

Lydia Wytenbroek, Lieza Phan

This article explores the experiences of the first Chinese graduate nurses in British Columbia, Canada, between 1929 and 1960. Drawing on newspaper articles (both mainstream and Chinese), professional nursing publications, available inte...

08 30 January 2026

DOI 10.5325/nursinghistory.34.0187