Nursing Reports

Aims & Scope

Nursing Reports (ISSN 2039-4403) provides an opportunity to nurse researchers and scholars to make a unique and important contribution to nursing and the broader health care community by addressing topics, theories and issues that concern the discipline of nursing, including research, practice, policy and education.

The journal publishes reviews, experimental and observational research papers, registered reports, brief communications, editorials, critical debates and protocols.

Special Issues focused on topics of particular relevance and importance to the discipline are also published.

The aim of Nursing Reports is to influence the art and science of nursing by making rigorously conducted research accessible and understood to the full spectrum of practicing nurses, academics, educators and interested members of the public.

The journal has no restrictions regarding the length of papers.

Papers published in Nursing Reports are to adhere to the relevant reporting guidelines.

Scope: -Home and community care- Elderly, geriatric nursing- Health promotion- Mental health- Nursing practice- Nursing research- Paramedics and emergency medical services- Medical devices- Ward environment- Quality of life- Nursing education- Midwifery- Nursing management- Patient-centered and person centered care- Interpersonal communication

Metrics & Ranking

Abstracting & Indexing

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

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
• Web of Science

Subjects & Keywords

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

Licensing & Copyright

This journal operates under an Open Access model. Articles are freely accessible to the public immediately upon publication. The content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing users to share and adapt the work with proper attribution.

Copyright remains with the author(s), and no permission is required for non-commercial use, provided the original source is cited.

Policy Links

This section provides access to essential policy documents, guidelines, and resources related to the journal’s publication and submission processes.

• Aims scope
• Homepage
• Oa statement
• Author instructions
• License terms
• Review url
• Board url
• Copyright url
• Plagiarism url
• Preservation url
• Apc url
• License

Plagiarism Policy

This journal follows a plagiarism policy. All submitted manuscripts are screened using reliable plagiarism detection software to ensure originality and academic integrity. Authors are responsible for proper citation and acknowledgment of all sources, and any form of plagiarism, including self-plagiarism, will not be tolerated.

For more details, please refer to our official: Plagiarism Policy.

APC Details

The journal’s Article Processing Charge (APC) policies support open access publishing in Nursing, ensuring accessibility and quality in research dissemination.

This journal requires an Article Processing Charge (APC) to support open access publishing, covering peer review, editing, and distribution. The current APC is 1,800.00 CHF. Learn more.

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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.

• The meaning of being young with dementia and living at home

  Citation: 18

  Authors: Dag, Ove, Ingela

• Attitudes towards older people among Swedish health care students and health care professionals working in elder care

  Citation: 17

  Authors: Gabriella, Ingegerd

• Mothers’ experiences of sharing breastfeeding or breastmilk, part 2: the early 21st century

  Citation: 15

  Authors: Virginia

• Universal and targeted early home visiting: perspectives of public health nurses, managers and mothers

  Citation: 14

  Authors: Megan, Sheri, Josephine, Adele, Linda, Christine, Emily, Patricia

• A quantitative study on personnel’s experiences with patient handovers between the operating room and the postoperative anesthesia care unit before and after the implementation of a structured communication tool

  Citation: 11

  Authors: Ann-Chatrin, Ellen Klavestad, Gro, Trine

• Evaluation of communication behavior in persons with dementia during caregivers’ singing

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Gabriella, Lena, Christine, Eva

• Talking about dying and death: a focus group study to explore a local community perspective

  Citation: 10

  Authors: Marilyn N. Y., Ian, Brigid, Seamus

• Interruptions during hospital nurses’ medication administration rounds

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Marian, Marjoke, Emma, Femke, Hester

• Exploring communication skills training in undergraduate nurse education by means of a curriculum

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Britt-Maj, Gunilla

• Spiritual care in a hospital setting: nurses’ and patients’ perspectives

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Jan P., Jenny T., Henk