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Status
Active
Coverage
2000–present
Source type
Trade Journal
Open access
No
CiteScore
0.7
SJR · SCImago
0.183
Q4 SJR quartile
H-index
27
Best quartile
Q4 · 11th pctile
| Subject area | Rank | Pctile | Q |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerontology | 36 / 40 | 11th | Q4 |
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Nursing Older People
Nursing Older People is Scopus-indexed (Q4, CiteScore 0.7). Published by RCN Publishing Company Ltd..
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ISSN 1472-0795Verify ISSN ↗2047-8941Verify ISSN ↗
Publisher: RCN Publishing Company Ltd.
Scopus · Q4
0.7
CiteScore 2025
Q4
Best quartile
1
Indexed in
Cost to publish: No APC data — check the publisher
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Open accessNot registered as fully open access
Not listed in: Web of Science, DOAJ, ABDC, ABS / AJG, FT50, UT Dallas, ONOS (subscription), ONOS (APC covered)
Quick answers
Is Nursing Older People indexed in Scopus?
Yes — actively indexed in Scopus, coverage 2000–present, best quartile Q4, CiteScore 0.7.
What quartile is Nursing Older People in Scopus?
Nursing Older People is Q4 in Gerontology (rank 36 of 40), by CiteScore 2025.
What is the impact factor of Nursing Older People?
Nursing Older People 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 0.7, quartile Q4, 11th percentile. Any "impact factor" quoted elsewhere is not the Clarivate metric. Its SCImago Journal Rank (SJR, a free Scopus-based metric) is 0.183, quartile Q4, with an H-index of 27.
Who publishes Nursing Older People and what is its ISSN?
Nursing Older People is published by RCN Publishing Company Ltd. Its print ISSN is 1472-0795 and its online ISSN is 2047-8941.
Is Nursing Older People in Web of Science?
No — it is not currently in the Web of Science core collections (SCIE, SSCI, AHCI or ESCI).
Is Nursing Older People open access?
No — it is not registered as an open-access journal in DOAJ or Scopus.
How well cited is Nursing Older People? — open metrics via OpenAlex
Nursing Older People has an h-index of 39 and a 2-year mean of 0.39 citations per paper (OpenAlex). Its Scopus CiteScore is 0.7, quartile Q4. On 2-year citations it ranks #35 of 40 Scopus journals in Gerontology.
39
h-index
0.39
2-yr mean citations
292
i10-index
6,941
works indexed
13,936
total citations
2-yr mean citations, among Scopus journals in the same subject
#35 of 40 Bottom 13% Gerontology
Nursing Older People published 68 papers in 2025; its busiest recent year was 2017 with 259. 2026* is the year so far.
Main topics
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.
Who publishes in Nursing Older People? — latest 40 articles, 2025–2026
In its latest 40 research articles (2025–2026), authors are most often from United Kingdom (80%), Ireland (5%) and Australia (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.
Are there integrity warnings for Nursing Older People? — indicators, not proof of misconduct
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.
- Scopus statusActive
- Retracted papers None recorded
- Problematic Paper Screener flags None flagged
- Author concentration80% of recent authorship from United Kingdom
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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