New: Think Tank Rankings 2026

Nursing

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 Studies14
2 Nurse Education Today12
3 International Nursing Review9
4 Journal of Nursing Management8
5 Journal of Advanced Nursing7
- Journal of Clinical Nursing7
- Journal of Tissue Viability7
- Nursing Ethics7
- Intensive and Critical Care Nursing7
10 Midwifery6
- Australian Critical Care6
- Journal of Family Nursing6
13 Birth-Issues in Perinatal Care5
- Seminars in Oncology Nursing5
- Applied Nursing Research5
- Cancer Nursing5
- Clinical Nursing Research5
- Geriatric Nursing5
- Journal of Pediatric Nursing-Nursing Care of Children & Families5
20 Nursing Outlook4
- Public Health Nursing4
- Research in Nursing & Health4
- Archives of Psychiatric Nursing4
- Contemporary Nurse4
- Biological Research for Nursing4
- Journal of Neuroscience Nursing4
27 Perspectives in Psychiatric Care3
- Western Journal of Nursing Research3
- American Journal of Critical Care3
- Australian Journal of Rural Health3
- Holistic Nursing Practice3
- Issues in Mental Health Nursing3
- Journal of Nursing Administration3
- Journal of Nursing Education3
- Nursing Research3
- Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences3
- European Journal of Cancer Care3
- Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing3
- Journal of Community Health Nursing3
- Journal of Nursing Care Quality3
- Journal of the American Psychiatric Nurses Association3
- Journal of Transcultural Nursing3
43 MCN-The American Journal of Maternal-Child Nursing2
- Nursing Clinics of North America2
- Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing2
- Journal of Human Lactation2
- Journal of Pediatric Health Care2
- Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing2
- Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services2
- Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing2
- Nurse Educator2
- Pflege2
- Advances in Nursing Science2
- Critical Care Nurse2
- JANAC-Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care2
- Journal of Addictions Nursing2
- Journal of Perinatal & Neonatal Nursing2
58 Nursing Science Quarterly1
- Acta Paulista de Enfermagem1
- Clinical Nurse Specialist1
- Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America1
- Gastroenterology Nursing1
- Journal of Trauma Nursing1
- Rehabilitation Nursing1
65 AORN Journal0
- JOGNN-Journal of Obstetric Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing0
- Orthopaedic Nursing0
- American Journal of Nursing0
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