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Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.6), DOAJ. Published by Golestan University of Medical Sciences.
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ISSN 2588-3038Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Golestan University of Medical Sciences
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing (miscellaneous) | 44 / 55 | 20th | Q4 |
| Advanced and Specialized Nursing | 59 / 73 | 19th | Q4 |
| Maternity and Midwifery | 38 / 45 | 16th | Q4 |
Not listed in: Web of Science, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.6.
Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery is Q4 in Nursing (miscellaneous) (rank 44 of 55), Q4 in Advanced and Specialized Nursing (rank 59 of 73) and Q4 in Maternity and Midwifery (rank 38 of 45), by CiteScore 2025.
Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery is not in the Web of Science Core Collection (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI), so Clarivate publishes no Journal Impact Factor for it. Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4, 20th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.184, quartile Q3, with an H-index of 5.
Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery is published by Golestan University of Medical Sciences. Its ISSN is 2588-3038.
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery has an h-index of 8 and a 2-year mean of 0.24 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.6, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #47 of 53 Scopus journals in Nursing (miscellaneous).
Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery published 20 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2021 with 31. 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.
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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