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Best Advanced and Specialized Nursing journals

73 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Advanced and Specialized Nursing. All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 18 of them sit in quartile Q1. Every title links to a full profile with Scopus, Web of Science, ABDC, DOAJ and open-access details.

# Journal CiteScore Percentile Quartile WoS ABDC OA
1 Diabetes Care 35.3 99th Q1 SCIE – No
2 Stroke 13.1 97th Q1 SCIE – No
3 European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 6.5 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
4 Complementary Therapies in Medicine 5.9 95th Q1 SCIE – Yes
5 Methods of Information in Medicine 5.7 93rd Q1 SCIE – No
6 Echo Research and Practice 4.2 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
7 Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 4 91st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
8 Pain Management Nursing 3.6 89th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
9 Perfusion (United Kingdom) 3.3 88th Q1 SCIE – No
10 Journal of Renal Care 3.3 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
11 Bereavement 3.1 85th Q1 ESCI – No
12 Palliative Care and Social Practice 3.1 84th Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Nursing 3.1 82nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
14 Curationis 3 81st Q1 – – Yes
15 Holistic Nursing Practice 3 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
16 Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 2.6 78th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
17 International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing 2.6 77th Q1 ESCI – No
18 Journal of Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing 2.5 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
19 International Journal of MS Care 2.5 74th Q2 – – No
20 Chinese Journal of Nursing 2.4 73rd Q2 – – No
21 Women's Health Nursing 2.3 71st Q2 ESCI – No
22 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research 2.2 70th Q2 ESCI – Yes
23 Advances in Skin and Wound Care 2.2 69th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
24 Enfermeria Intensiva 2.1 67th Q2 ESCI – No
25 Blood Pressure Monitoring 2 66th Q2 SCIE – No
26 Journal of Infection Prevention 2 65th Q2 ESCI – No
27 Palliative Medicine Reports 1.8 63rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
28 Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 1.8 62nd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
29 Journal of Hospice and Palliative Nursing 1.8 60th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
30 Wound Management and Prevention 1.7 59th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
31 Journal of Wound Management 1.7 58th Q2 – – No
32 Women's Health Reports 1.6 56th Q2 ESCI – Yes
33 Texto e Contexto Enfermagem 1.6 55th Q2 – – Yes
34 ACTA Paulista de Enfermagem 1.5 54th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
35 Nursing and Midwifery Studies 1.4 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
36 International Journal of Palliative Nursing 1.4 51st Q2 ESCI – No
37 Jurnal Ners 1.4 50th Q2 – – Yes
38 Journal for Nurse Practitioners 1.3 48th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
39 Journal of Radiology Nursing 1.2 47th Q3 – – No
40 Journal of trauma nursing : the official journal of the Society of Trauma Nurses 1.2 45th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
41 Gastroenterology Nursing 1.1 44th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
42 Journal of Perioperative Nursing 1.1 43rd Q3 – – Yes
43 Avicenna Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Care 1.1 41st Q3 – – Yes
44 Journal of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists 1 40th Q3 – – No
45 Clinical Nurse Specialist 1 39th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
46 Journal of Psychiatric Nursing 1 36th Q3 ESCI – Yes
47 Plastic and Aesthetic Nursing 1 36th Q3 – – No
48 Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery 0.9 34th Q3 – – Yes
49 Orthopaedic Nursing 0.9 33rd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
50 Journal of Neurocritical Care 0.9 32nd Q3 – – Yes
51 Journal of Nursing Effect 0.8 30th Q3 – – No
52 Home Healthcare Now 0.8 29th Q3 – – No
53 Nursing 0.8 28th Q3 – – No
54 Nephrology Nursing Journal 0.8 26th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
55 Jurnal Keperawatan Indonesia 0.7 25th Q3 – – Yes
56 Africa Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 0.7 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
57 Nefroloji Hemsireligi Dergisi 0.6 22nd Q4 – – Yes
58 Chinese Journal of Burns and Wounds 0.6 21st Q4 – – No
59 Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery 0.6 19th Q4 – – Yes
60 Vascular Access 0.6 19th Q4 – – No
61 Journal of Health and Nursing Management 0.5 17th Q4 – – Yes
62 Advances in Family Practice Nursing 0.5 15th Q4 – – No
63 Gastrointestinal Nursing 0.4 14th Q4 – – No
64 Journal of Diabetes Nursing 0.4 13th Q4 – – No
65 Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo 0.4 11th Q4 – – No
66 Chinese Journal of Neonatology 0.3 10th Q4 – – No
67 Journal of the Dermatology Nurses' Association 0.3 8th Q4 ESCI – No
68 International Journal on Disability and Human Development 0.3 7th Q4 – – No
69 AAO Journal 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
70 Ukraine. Nation's Health 0.2 4th Q4 – – No
71 Contemporary Ob/Gyn 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
72 Urology Times 0 2nd Q4 – – No
73 Revista Mexicana de Enfermeria Cardiologica 0 0th Q4 – – No

Rank and percentile are within the Advanced and Specialized Nursing Scopus subject table (CiteScore 2025, dataset 2026-10-04). A journal can rank differently in its other subject areas — open its profile for the full picture.

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