Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal

Aims & Scope

The Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal (PCNM) is a premier, international, open-access, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to advancing the science, practice, and policy of prevention within nursing and midwifery.

Our primary aim is to serve as a pivotal platform for disseminating high-quality, evidence-based research that directly contributes to health promotion, disease prevention, and the improvement of population health outcomes globally.

The journal welcomes original research and scholarly contributions that explore the entire spectrum of preventive care through the lens of nursing and midwifery, including levels of prevention, key health priorities, theory and models, social determinants and public health, education and innovation, interprofessional collaboration, and health policy and leadership.

Abstracting & Indexing

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

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Health Professions, Medicine and Social Sciences, 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.

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APC Details

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

This journal does not charge a mandatory Article Processing Charge (APC). However, optional open access publication may incur fees based on the publisher’s policies. 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.

• Effect of Aromatherapy with Rosa Damascena Essential Oil on Nurses' Occupational Stress in the Emergency Department: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  Citation: 9

  Authors: Zahra, Nahid, Fatemeh, Maryam

• Investigating Death Anxiety and its Relationship with Some Demographic Variables in Patients with Heart Failure in Zanjan 2018

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Shabnam, Mahin, Kourosh, Soghrat

• Evaluation of Infertility-related Stress and its Associated Factors in Infertile Clients: A Cross-Sectional Study

  Citation: 8

  Authors: Fatemeh, Ladan, Kobra

• The relationship between the quality of working life and critical thinking of nurses in Milad Hospital of Isfahan, Iran

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Zahra, Marzieh

• The Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making in Emergency Nurses of Hospitals Affiliated to Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in 2020

  Citation: 6

  Authors: Hadi, Ali, Mohammadreza, Farhad

• Effectiveness of individual play therapy on hope, adjustment and pain response of children with leukemia hospitalized in Shahrivar Hospital, Rasht, Iran

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Behdokht, Behnam, Parviz, Fardin

• Factors Related to Moral Courage of Nursing Students in Zanjan

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Nasrin, Masoume, Zeinab

• Early Maladaptive schemas and Premenstrual syndrome in mothers with postpartum depression

  Citation: 5

  Authors: Bahman, Hamid

• The Effect of Mindfulness Psych-Educational Group Intervention on Improving Sexual Function of Women with Multiple Sclerosis

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Leila, Maryam, Tayebeh, Ahmad, Iman

• The Effect of Group Play Therapy on Anxiety in Children Diagnosed with Leukemia

  Citation: 4

  Authors: Elham Momeni, Alireza, Behnam, Fardin