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Nursing and Midwifery Studies is Scopus-indexed (Q2, CiteScore 1.4), WoS ESCI, DOAJ. Published by Kashan University of Medical Sciences.
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ISSN 2322-1488Verify ISSN ↗2322-1674Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: Kashan University of Medical Sciences
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| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced and Specialized Nursing | 35 / 73 | 52nd | Q2 |
| Maternity and Midwifery | 22 / 45 | 52nd | Q2 |
Not listed in: ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2019–present, best quartile Q2, CiteScore 1.4.
Nursing and Midwifery Studies is Q2 in Advanced and Specialized Nursing (rank 35 of 73) and Q2 in Maternity and Midwifery (rank 22 of 45), by CiteScore 2025.
Nursing and Midwifery Studies is indexed in the Emerging Sources 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 1.4, which places it in quartile Q2 at the 52nd percentile of its subject. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.303, quartile Q2, with an H-index of 12.
The publisher lists an article processing charge of about US$150 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.
Nursing and Midwifery Studies is published by Kashan University of Medical Sciences. Its print ISSN is 2322-1488 and its online ISSN is 2322-1674.
Yes — indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index.
Yes — it is an open-access journal, listed in DOAJ.
Nursing and Midwifery Studies has an h-index of 37 and a 2-year mean of 0 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 1.4, quartile Q2. On 2-year citations it ranks #65 of 71 Scopus journals in Advanced and Specialized Nursing.
Nursing and Midwifery Studies published 17 papers in 2022; its busiest recent year was 2016 with 86. 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 34 research articles (2021–2022), authors are most often from Iran (94.1%), Saudi Arabia (2.9%) and Jordan (1.5%). More than half of recent authorship comes from one country.
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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