Impact Factor
1.95
Journal Citation Impact
Estimated influence, citation density, publishing volume, and citation integrity from the analytics table.
Citation rate
0.27
156 total citations
h5-index
15
h5 depth signal
Cited share
12.3%
74 of 604
Total citations
156
Citation footprint
Metric signal
0.26
External metric anchor
Self-citation
1.3%
2 self-citations
Citations Trend
Monthly Publications Cadence
Citing Geographic Demographics
United Kingdom
966
Australia
48
Ireland
42
Portugal
26
United States
20
Citing Fields of Research
Patient Care
3,394
Healthcare Policy
1,816
Health Education & Remote Healthcare
1,253
Palliative Care
805
Psychiatry
533
Publishing Activity & Reach
Volume, recency, access pattern, and citing-community signals from the journal analytics record.
All-time article footprint
99,994
Articles tracked across the journal lifetime
Indexed publication set
604
74 cited publications
Last 12 months
291
24.3 publications/month
Open access share
0.0%
0 OA publications in the last year
Leading citing country
United Kingdom
966 citing publications
Leading citing field
Patient Care
3,394 citing publications
Latest tracked publication
19 October 2026
10 recent records available
Coverage & Indexing History
v1n1,Sept. 12, 1987-
v1n1,Sept. 12, 1987-
v1n1,Sept. 12, 1987-v14n4, Oct. 13-19, 1999
Research Focus & Classification
Indexed Subjects
Patient Care
Issuing & Sponsoring Bodies
Contributor
Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain)
Broad Categories
Nursing
Patient Care
MeSH Descriptors
Nursing
United Kingdom
Latest Publications
Recent article records with DOI-first linking and condensed abstracts.
01
DOI 10.7748/ns.2026.e12694
Open DOI
The history, current state and future of nurse prescribing in the UK
02
DOI 10.7748/ns.2026.e12745
Open DOI
Chronic pain: an overview of its assessment and management
03
DOI 10.7748/ns.2026.e12758
Open DOI
Understanding respiratory rate as a predictor of clinical deterioration and mortality
04
DOI 10.7748/ns.2026.e12759
Open DOI
Preventing sexually transmitted infections in gay and bisexual men who have sex with men
05
DOI 10.7748/ns.41.10.6.s3
Open DOI
Repeated failures of nurses and others enabled Letby to continue harming babies
06
DOI 10.7748/ns.41.10.8.s6
Open DOI
The pull of practice overseas: why so many want to make the move
07
DOI 10.7748/ns.41.10.7.s5
Open DOI
Victory for bank staff as employer reverses pay banding decision
08
DOI 10.7748/ns.41.10.7.s4
Open DOI
AfC pay scales: call to restart talks that could bring reform
09
DOI 10.7748/ns.41.10.6.s2
Open DOI
Thousands in pension benefits limbo resulting from delays in age discrimination remedy
10
DOI 10.7748/ns.41.10.5.s1
Open DOI
Bank pay: is it really a ‘win’ when nurses just get back what is theirs?
Bibliographical & Catalog Notes
Title from cover.
Has numbered supplement: Nursing standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987). Special supplement, Sept. 24, 1988- .
Has supplement: Emergency nurse, Mar. 25, 1992- .
Some issues have supplement with title: RCN nursing update, 1992-
Some issues for 1992?-1995 have special sections with distinctive titles such as: AIDS focus, Cardiology update, Tissue viability, etc., which are included in the pagination of the issue.
Print issues ceased with 2023.
Issue for week ending Sept. 12, 1987 lacks numbering but constitutes v. 1, issue 1.
Vol. 1 complete in 3 issues, Sept. 12-Sept. 23, 1987; v. 2 begins with week ending Oct. 3, 1987.
Unnumbered supplements accompany some issues.
Also issued online.
Published for the Royal College of Nursing.
Absorbed: Tradimus.