Nursing: Journal Rankings

Journal Rankings

TQCC Average citations Median citations H4-Index Number of Papers Impact Factor

(The TQCC is the top quartile citation count: if all publications of a journal are sorted by citation count in descending order, then the TQCC is the citation count of the publication residing at the end of the top quartile; for example, given 100 publications, the TQCC is the citation count of the 25th ranked paper. The data are based on CrossRef. The ranking can be re-used under a CC0-license.)

(Using publications from roughly 2022-07-01 to 2026-07-01)

Rank	Journal	TQCC
1	International Journal of Nursing Studies	14
2	Nurse Education Today	12
3	International Nursing Review	9
4	Journal of Advanced Nursing	7
5	Midwifery	6
6	Cancer Nursing	5
-	Geriatric Nursing	5
8	Nursing Outlook	4
-	Research in Nursing & Health	4
10	Journal of Nursing Education	3
-	Nursing Research	3
-	Western Journal of Nursing Research	3
-	Issues in Mental Health Nursing	3
-	Perspectives in Psychiatric Care	3
-	Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences	3
-	Journal of Nursing Administration	3
17	MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing	2
-	Nursing Clinics of North America	2
-	Advances in Nursing Science	2
-	Critical Care Nurse	2
-	Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing	2
-	Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services	2
-	Nurse Educator	2
24	Rehabilitation Nursing	1
-	Acta Paulista de Enfermagem	1
26	AORN Journal	0
-	American Journal of Nursing	0