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Best Nursing (all) journals

144 Scopus-active journals are ranked in Nursing (all). All are listed below, ranked by CiteScore percentile — 36 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 International Journal of Nursing Studies 13.3 99th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
2 Journal of Clinical Nursing 8.8 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
3 Nurse Education Today 8.7 98th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
4 JBI Evidence Synthesis 8 97th Q1 ESCI – No
5 Clinical and Translational Immunology 7.2 96th Q1 SCIE – Yes
6 Journal of Advanced Nursing 7 96th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
7 International Nursing Review 6.5 95th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
8 Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing 6.5 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
9 Journal of Nursing Scholarship 6.3 94th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
10 Nurse Education in Practice 6.3 93rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
11 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 6.1 92nd Q1 SCIE – No
12 International Journal of Nursing Sciences 6 92nd Q1 ESCI – Yes
13 Nursing Open 5.9 91st Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
14 JMIR Nursing 5.9 90th Q1 ESCI – Yes
15 Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 5.8 89th Q1 SCIE – No
16 Nursing Forum 5.5 89th Q1 ESCI – No
17 Nursing Inquiry 5.5 88th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
18 Journal of Professional Nursing 5.4 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
19 BMC Nursing 5.3 87th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
20 Nursing Outlook 5.1 86th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
21 Journal of Religion and Health 4.8 85th Q1 AHCI, SSCI – No
22 International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances 4.7 85th Q1 ESCI – Yes
23 International Journal of Nursing Practice 4.5 84th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
24 Clinical Nursing Research 4.5 83rd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
25 Western Journal of Nursing Research 4.5 82nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
26 Journal of Nursing Research 4.4 82nd Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
27 SAGE Open Nursing 4.3 81st Q1 ESCI – Yes
28 Applied Nursing Research 4.2 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
29 Collegian 4.2 80th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
30 Research in Nursing and Health 4.1 79th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
31 Global Qualitative Nursing Research 3.9 78th Q1 ESCI – Yes
32 Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare 3.9 78th Q1 SCIE – Yes
33 Traumatology 3.9 77th Q1 ESCI – No
34 Nursing Research 3.8 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – No
35 Asian Nursing Research 3.6 76th Q1 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
36 Explore 3.6 75th Q1 SCIE – No
37 Journal of Caring Sciences 3.5 74th Q2 – – Yes
38 Nursing Clinics of North America 3.4 73rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
39 Obesity Medicine 3.3 73rd Q2 – – No
40 Advances in Nursing Science 3.3 72nd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
41 Palliative and Supportive Care 3.3 71st Q2 SSCI – No
42 Journal of Palliative Medicine 3.2 71st Q2 SCIE – No
43 Journal of Transcultural Nursing 3.2 70th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
44 Asian Pacific Island Nursing Journal 3.2 69th Q2 – – Yes
45 Research in Gerontological Nursing 3 69th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
46 Nurse Educator 3 68th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
47 Nursing Research and Practice 3 67th Q2 ESCI – Yes
48 Symbolic Interaction 3 67th Q2 SSCI – No
49 Belitung Nursing Journal 3 66th Q2 ESCI – Yes
50 Journal of Nursing Education 2.9 65th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
51 Nursing Reports 2.9 64th Q2 ESCI – Yes
52 Journal of Nursing Care Quality 2.8 64th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
53 Public Health Nursing 2.8 63rd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
54 Biomedical Physics and Engineering Express 2.8 62nd Q2 ESCI – No
55 Contemporary Nurse 2.8 62nd Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
56 Nordic Journal of Nursing Research 2.8 61st Q2 ESCI – Yes
57 International Journal of Africa Nursing Sciences 2.7 60th Q2 – – Yes
58 Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 2.7 60th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
59 Creative Nursing 2.7 59th Q2 ESCI – No
60 Ocular Oncology and Pathology 2.7 58th Q2 ESCI – No
61 Investigacion y Educacion en Enfermeria 2.5 57th Q2 ESCI – Yes
62 Enfermeria Clinica 2.4 57th Q2 ESCI – No
63 International Journal of Nursing Education Scholarship 2.4 56th Q2 ESCI – No
64 Journal of the Anus, Rectum and Colon 2.4 55th Q2 ESCI – Yes
65 Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem 2.3 55th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
66 Nursing and Health Sciences 2.3 54th Q2 SCIE, SSCI – No
67 Nursing Education Perspectives 2.3 53rd Q2 ESCI – No
68 Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem 2.2 53rd Q2 ESCI – Yes
69 Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research 2.2 52nd Q2 ESCI – Yes
70 Hispanic Health Care International 2.1 51st Q2 ESCI – No
71 Nursing for Women's Health 2.1 51st Q2 ESCI – No
72 Nursing Practice Today 2.1 50th Q2 ESCI – Yes
73 Journal of Health Research 2.1 49th Q3 ESCI – Yes
74 Journal of Infusion Nursing 1.9 48th Q3 ESCI – No
75 Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 1.9 48th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
76 NASN School Nurses 1.9 47th Q3 – – No
77 Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing 1.8 46th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
78 Progress in Palliative Care 1.8 46th Q3 ESCI – No
79 Revista da Escola de Enfermagem da USP 1.8 45th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – Yes
80 Journal of Gerontological Nursing 1.8 44th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
81 Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 1.8 44th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
82 Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing 1.8 43rd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
83 Journal of Nursing Measurement 1.7 42nd Q3 ESCI – No
84 Nursing Science Quarterly 1.7 42nd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
85 Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing Administration 1.7 41st Q3 – – No
86 British Journal of Nursing 1.6 40th Q3 – – No
87 Open Nursing Journal 1.6 39th Q3 – – No
88 Texto e Contexto Enfermagem 1.6 39th Q3 – – Yes
89 Revista Gaucha de Enfermagem 1.5 38th Q3 – – Yes
90 Pacific Rim International Journal of Nursing Research 1.5 37th Q3 ESCI – No
91 Medical History 1.4 37th Q3 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
92 Enfermeria Global 1.3 36th Q3 – – Yes
93 HAYAT 1.3 35th Q3 – – Yes
94 Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences 1.3 35th Q3 ESCI – No
95 Assistenza Infermieristica e Ricerca 1.2 34th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
96 Korean Journal of Adult Nursing 1.2 33rd Q3 – – No
97 Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery 1.2 32nd Q3 – – Yes
98 Rehabilitation Nursing 1.1 32nd Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
99 Journal of Doctoral Nursing Practice 1.1 31st Q3 ESCI – No
100 American Journal of Nursing 1.1 30th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
101 Journal of the Korean Academy of Fundamentals of Nursing 1.1 30th Q3 – – No
102 Journal of Integrative Nursing 1 29th Q3 – – Yes
103 Chinese Journal of Nursing Education 1 28th Q3 – – No
104 Pflege 1 28th Q3 SCIE, SSCI – No
105 Nurse Practitioner 1 27th Q3 ESCI – No
106 Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Science 0.9 26th Q3 – – Yes
107 Kontakt 0.9 26th Q3 ESCI – Yes
108 Frontiers of Nursing 0.8 25th Q3 – – No
109 Malaysian Journal of Nursing 0.8 24th Q4 – – No
110 Rawal Medical Journal 0.8 23rd Q4 ESCI – No
111 Revista Cuidarte 0.8 23rd Q4 ESCI – Yes
112 Bulletin of the History of Medicine 0.8 22nd Q4 AHCI, SCIE, SSCI – No
113 Pielegniarstwo XXI Wieku 0.7 21st Q4 ESCI – Yes
114 Revista de Enfermagem Referencia 0.7 21st Q4 – – Yes
115 Enfermeria Nefrologica 0.7 20th Q4 – – Yes
116 Journal of Nursing 0.7 19th Q4 – – No
117 Health Professions Education 0.6 19th Q4 – – Yes
118 Revista Cubana de Enfermeria 0.6 18th Q4 – – No
119 Cogitare Enfermagem 0.6 17th Q4 – – Yes
120 Revista Baiana de Enfermagem 0.6 17th Q4 – – Yes
121 Chinese Journal of Practical Nursing 0.6 16th Q4 – – No
122 Ciencia y Enfermeria 0.5 15th Q4 – – Yes
123 Revista Enfermagem UERJ 0.4 14th Q4 – – Yes
124 Revista Portuguesa de Enfermagem de Reabilitacao 0.4 14th Q4 – – Yes
125 Nursing History Review 0.4 13th Q4 ESCI – No
126 Journal of Midwifery and Health Sciences 0.4 12th Q4 – – Yes
127 Medicina Paliativa 0.3 12th Q4 – – No
128 MedUNAB 0.3 11th Q4 – – Yes
129 Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing 0.3 10th Q4 – – Yes
130 Revue de l'Infirmiere 0.3 10th Q4 – – No
131 Revista Cientifica Pensar Enfermagem 0.3 9th Q4 – – Yes
132 Soins: La Revue de Reference Infirmiere 0.3 8th Q4 – – No
133 Zdravotnicke Listy 0.3 7th Q4 – – Yes
134 Metas de Enfermeria 0.2 7th Q4 – – No
135 Horizonte de Enfermeria 0.2 6th Q4 – – No
136 Chinese Journal of Aerospace Medicine 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
137 Philippine Journal of Nursing 0.1 5th Q4 – – No
138 Practice Nurse 0.1 4th Q4 – – No
139 Aide Soignante 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
140 Hellenic Journal of Nursing 0.1 3rd Q4 – – No
141 Journal of Institute of Medicine Nepal 0.1 2nd Q4 – – Yes
142 Nursing Care and Research 0 1st Q4 – – No
143 Soins Aides - Soignantes 0 1st Q4 – – No
144 Journal of Behcet Uz Children's Hospital 0 0th Q4 ESCI – Yes

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