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International Journal of Nursing Knowledge is Scopus-indexed (Q1, CiteScore 4.2), WoS SCIE/SSCI. Published by SAGE Publications Ltd.
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ISSN 2047-3087Verify ISSN ↗2047-3095Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Cost to publish: About US$3,350 to publish open access (publisher list price, via OpenAlex) — subscription publishing may be free
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals and Skills | 1 / 15 | 96th | Q1 |
| Research and Theory | 5 / 22 | 79th | Q1 |
Not listed in: DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2012–present, best quartile Q1, CiteScore 4.2.
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge is Q1 in Fundamentals and Skills (rank 1 of 15) and Q1 in Research and Theory (rank 5 of 22), by CiteScore 2025.
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge is indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index, so it may have a Journal Impact Factor in Clarivate's Journal Citation Reports. JCR is paid, so check it for the current value. The closest free measure is its Scopus CiteScore 4.2, which places it in quartile Q1 at the 96th percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.692, quartile Q1, with an H-index of 34.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$3,350 for open access (source: OpenAlex). Many journals also publish by the subscription route at no cost to the author, so confirm on the journal's own website.
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge is published by SAGE Publications Ltd. Its print ISSN is 2047-3087 and its online ISSN is 2047-3095.
Yes — indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Sciences Citation Index.
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge has an h-index of 36 and a 2-year mean of 1.34 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 4.2, quartile Q1. On 2-year citations it ranks #9 of 22 Scopus journals in Research and Theory.
International Journal of Nursing Knowledge published 37 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2023 with 56. 2026* is the year so far.
h-index, i10-index and 2-year mean citedness are open, licence-clear metrics from OpenAlex — not a proprietary impact factor. The subject rank counts only journals that OpenAlex has a figure for; it is not a Scopus or Clarivate ranking. Updated 2026-10-14.
In its latest 100 research articles (2024–2026), authors are most often from Brazil (36.6%), United States (12.5%) and Portugal (10.5%).
Countries are counted fractionally, so a paper by authors from two countries counts half to each.
Scopus status: Active. No retracted papers are recorded. The Problematic Paper Screener flags none of its papers. These are indicators to check, not findings against the journal.
Retractions from OpenAlex; flags from the Problematic Paper Screener (Cabanac, Labbé & Magazinov, CC BY), 2026-09-21 export. A flag marks a paper for a closer look; it is not a finding against the journal.
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