Nursing Outlook

Aims & Scope

Nursing Outlook, a bimonthly journal, provides innovative ideas for nursing leaders through peer-reviewed articles and timely reports.

Each issue examines current issues and trends in nursing practice, education, and research, offering progressive solutions to the challenges facing the profession.

Nursing Outlook is the official journal of the American Academy of Nursing and the Council for the Advancement of Nursing Science and supports their mission to serve the public and the nursing profession by advancing health policy and practice through the generation, synthesis, and dissemination of nursing knowledge.

The journal is included in MEDLINE, CINAHL and the Journal Citation Reports published by Clarivate Analytics.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	3.7
2024	4.10

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	1.195

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q1

h-index

Year	Value
2024	76

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	3576

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	1267

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science
• Medline

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Nursing, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Quality and safety education for nurses

  Citation: 827

  Authors: Linda, Gwen, Jane, Joanne, Jean, Pamela, Dori Taylor, Judith

• The Individual and Family Self-Management Theory: Background and perspectives on context, process, and outcomes

  Citation: 605

  Authors: Polly, Kathleen J.

• Developing and refining interventions in persons with health disparities: The use of Qualitative Description

  Citation: 450

  Authors: Susan, Carol, Doreen

• Effect of transformational leadership on job satisfaction and patient safety outcomes

  Citation: 345

  Authors: Sheila A., Heather K., Carol, Sean

• Hospital staffing, organization, and quality of care: Cross-national findings

  Citation: 339

  Authors: Linda H., Sean P., Douglas M.

• Toward a conceptual definition of frail community dwelling older people

  Citation: 322

  Authors: Robbert J., Katrien G., Maria T., Jos M.

• Impact of nurse burnout on organizational and position turnover

  Citation: 298

  Authors: Lesly A., Perry M., Richard J.

• Missed nursing care: Errors of omission

  Citation: 273

  Authors: Beatrice J., Gay, Reg Arthur

• Developing and testing the health literacy universal precautions toolkit

  Citation: 223

  Authors: Darren A., Kimberly A., Victoria, Cindy, Ashley, Rima, Leigh

• Updating the Stetler Model of research utilization to facilitate evidence-based practice

  Citation: 219

  Authors: Cheryl B.

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