Journal rankings · indicator year 2025
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Field ranking · 2025
Nursing journal rankings 2025
60 ranked journals · Field in Health Sciences
Nursing has 60 ranked journals in 2025. The median journal has an OJR of 0.91, below the world average of 1.00, up 0.02 on 2024; Q1 starts at OJR 1.28. The highest-scoring journal with a stable rank is Grain & Oil Science and Technology: its likely rank is within the top 3.
Ranks and citation indicators: 2025. Journal access status and listed APC: source snapshot September 23, 2026.
Journals whose main subfield sits in this category and that published at least 30 citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 score is computed on.
The OpenJournalRank Indicator (OJR) is a free, publicly available metric of a journal’s field-normalized citation impact, computed from open OpenAlex citation data. It compares citations to a journal’s papers from the previous three years with the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and values can be compared across fields. It is computed with the NCI3 method.
The middle OJR among ranked journals in this category: half score higher, half lower. 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type.
The dot is this category, the solid tick is the median of all ranked journals and the dashed line is the world average.
Share of ranked journals in this category that are fully open access, so every paper is free to read. Hybrid journals, which sell subscriptions and open single papers for a fee, are not counted.
Median list price of the article processing charge, in US dollars, among ranked journals in this category that list a price above zero. Journals with a listed APC of $0 and journals with no known price are left out of this median. The At a glance table below gives a second median that includes the $0 prices.
Subfields in Nursing (4)
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Rank is the position by OJR within the list on screen; 1 is the highest. The small range under it is the likely rank range: in 95% of 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers, it ranked inside that range. Journals whose ranges overlap are not clearly different. | OJR is field-normalized 3-year citation impact: 1.00 is the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so values compare across fields. The badge is the journal’s quartile in this list. | Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is not field-normalized, so compare it only between journals of the same field. ▲ or ▼ is the change from 2024. This is OpenJournalRank’s own count, not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. | Citable documents (articles, reviews and conference papers) published in 2022–2024, the window the 2025 OJR is computed on. A journal needs at least 30 to be ranked. | Share of the journal’s 2022–2024 papers that are free to read in any open-access form. The green OA tag next to a title marks a fully open-access journal. | List price of the article processing charge in US dollars. “$0 listed” means the listed price is zero; a dash means no price is listed. | The line is the journal’s OJR from 2016 to 2025. A label compares the 2022→2025 change with the median change of the journal’s field or domain. Rising needs a relative change of +10% or more that is at least 2 standard errors above zero; Falling needs -9.1% or less (rounded), at least 2 standard errors below zero. Sorting uses that relative change. | Compare |
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Rank 1; likely between #1 and #4 of 60Food SecuritySpringer Science+Business Media · Netherlands | 3.27Q1 | 5.16 2.96 down from 2024 | 256 | 57% | $2,790 | ||
Rank 2; likely between #1 and #3 of 60Grain & Oil Science and TechnologyOAElsevier BV · China | 2.95Q1 | 7.72 1.76 down from 2024 | 69 | 100% | $0 listed | ||
Rank 3; likely between #1 and #10 of 60Water SecurityElsevier BV · Netherlands | 2.28Q1 | 6.83 0.90 up from 2024 | 61 | 86% | $3,534 | ||
Rank 4; likely between #2 and #11 of 60Nutrition Research ReviewsCambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 2.15Q1 | 7.97 2.97 up from 2024 | 79 | 79% | $3,550 | ||
Rank 5; likely between #3 and #7 of 60American Journal of Clinical NutritionElsevier BV · United States | 2.10Q1 | 5.79 0.06 up from 2024 | 933 | 73% | $5,200 | ||
Rank 6; likely between #3 and #8 of 60Nurse Education TodayElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 2.01Q1 | 5.63 0.14 up from 2024 | 988 | 45% | $4,010 | ||
Rank 7; likely between #3 and #8 of 60Nurse Education in PracticeElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 1.99Q1 | 5.37 0.41 up from 2024 | 753 | 41% | $3,970 | ||
Rank 8; likely between #7 and #10 of 60Frontiers in NutritionOAFrontiers Media · Switzerland | 1.83Q1 | 5.93 0.09 up from 2024 | 6,776 | 100% | $3,801 | ||
Rank 9; likely between #4 and #14 of 60Nursing Research and PracticeOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.70Q1 | 3.24 0.10 down from 2024 | 58 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
Rank 10; likely between #6 and #13 of 60Journal of Health Population and NutritionOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.63Q1 | 4.42 0.60 up from 2024 | 424 | 100% | $2,790 | ||
Rank 11; likely between #9 and #14 of 60Journal of Professional NursingElsevier BV · United States | 1.51Q1 | 3.04 0.37 down from 2024 | 400 | 25% | $3,500 | ||
Rank 12; likely between #8 and #28 of 60Journal of Nutrition and MetabolismOAHindawi Publishing Corporation · United Kingdom | 1.39Q1 | 4.79 1.52 up from 2024 | 108 | 100% | $1,000 | ||
Rank 13; likely between #11 and #15 of 60Journal of Cereal ScienceElsevier BV · United States | 1.38Q1 | 4.58 0.63 up from 2024 | 550 | 25% | $3,930 | ||
Rank 14; likely between #10 and #23 of 60Environmental Health InsightsOASAGE Publishing · United States | 1.29Q1 | 4.11 0.04 up from 2024 | 304 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
Rank 15; likely between #12 and #18 of 60Journal of NutritionElsevier BV · United States | 1.28Q1 | 3.95 0.33 up from 2024 | 1,044 | 66% | $5,200 | ||
Rank 16; likely between #12 and #22 of 60Current Developments in NutritionOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.21Q2 | 3.56 0.98 up from 2024 | 456 | 100% | $5,000 | ||
Rank 17; likely between #14 and #28 of 60BioMetalsSpringer Science+Business Media · United Kingdom | 1.13Q2 | 4.16 0.01 up from 2024 | 289 | 20% | $4,090 | ||
Rank 18; likely between #15 and #25 of 60Biological Trace Element ResearchSpringer Science+Business Media · Germany | 1.13Q2 | 4.53 0.50 up from 2024 | 1,372 | 22% | $4,290 | ||
Rank 19; likely between #12 and #35 of 60Human Nutrition & MetabolismOAElsevier BV · United States | 1.12Q2 | 3.47 1.04 up from 2024 | 149 | 100% | $2,400 | ||
Rank 20; likely between #16 and #26 of 60Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and BiologyElsevier BV · Germany | 1.10Q2 | 4.45 0.84 up from 2024 | 621 | 26% | $3,700 | ||
Rank 21; likely between #14 and #33 of 60Pediatric Health Medicine and TherapeuticsOADove Medical Press · New Zealand | 1.08Q2 | 2.56 0.03 down from 2024 | 116 | 100% | $2,320 | ||
Rank 22; likely between #17 and #26 of 60BMC NutritionOABioMed Central · United Kingdom | 1.08Q2 | 3.21 0.35 up from 2024 | 471 | 100% | $2,290 | ||
Rank 23; likely between #15 and #33 of 60Cereal ChemistryWiley · United States | 1.02Q2 | 2.66 0.10 down from 2024 | 314 | 48% | $3,750 | ||
Rank 24; likely between #19 and #30 of 60Maternal and Child NutritionOAWiley · United Kingdom | 1.01Q2 | 2.77 0.42 down from 2024 | 440 | 100% | $4,130 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 25; likely between #17 and #35 of 60Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreElsevier BV · Netherlands | 1.00Q2 | 3.48 0.21 up from 2024 | 139 | 19% | $3,340 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 26; likely between #19 and #36 of 60Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition & Metabolic CareLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.97Q2 | 3.26 0.46 down from 2024 | 233 | 27% | — | ||
Rank 27; likely between #13 and #45 of 60Annals of Nutrition and MetabolismKarger Publishers · Switzerland | 0.96Q2 | 2.10 0.62 down from 2024 | 95 | 62% | — | ||
Rank 28; likely between #20 and #36 of 60Journal of Parenteral and Enteral NutritionWiley · United States | 0.95Q2 | 3.13 0.31 down from 2024 | 329 | 53% | $4,110 | ||
Rank 29; likely between #20 and #36 of 60Journal of Nutritional ScienceOACambridge University Press · United Kingdom | 0.95Q2 | 2.26 0.03 down from 2024 | 306 | 100% | $2,600 | ||
Rank 30; likely between #21 and #38 of 60PLOS WaterOAPublic Library of Science · United States | 0.92Q2 | 3.15 0.45 up from 2024 | 230 | 100% | $2,496 | ||
Rank 31; likely between #19 and #41 of 60Food and Nutrition BulletinSAGE Publishing | 0.90Q3 | 2.60 0.69 up from 2024 | 97 | 64% | $4,150 | ||
Rank 32; likely between #15 and #45 of 60World Food PolicyWiley · United States | 0.90Q3 | 3.12 1.23 up from 2024 | 36 | 39% | $3,140 | ||
Rank 33; likely between #21 and #43 of 60International Journal of Nursing KnowledgeWiley · United Kingdom | 0.86Q3 | 1.41 0.40 down from 2024 | 128 | 41% | $3,350 | ||
Rank 34; likely between #27 and #40 of 60Nutrition in Clinical PracticeWiley · United States | 0.85Q3 | 2.93 0.35 up from 2024 | 408 | 53% | $3,570 | Falling vs field, 2022–25 | |
Rank 35; likely between #26 and #42 of 60Nurse EducatorLippincott Williams & Wilkins · United States | 0.84Q3 | 2.44 0.44 up from 2024 | 459 | 8% | — | ||
Rank 36; likely between #28 and #42 of 60MetallomicsOxford University Press · United Kingdom | 0.82Q3 | 2.98 0.15 down from 2024 | 230 | 57% | $2,653 | ||
Rank 37; likely between #29 and #43 of 60Nutrition Research and PracticeOASouth Korea | 0.80Q3 | 2.38 0.34 up from 2024 | 220 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 38; likely between #22 and #47 of 60Prostaglandins Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty AcidsElsevier BV · United Kingdom | 0.80Q3 | 2.41 0.75 down from 2024 | 125 | 49% | $3,790 | ||
Rank 39; likely between #32 and #44 of 60Journal of Nursing EducationSlack Incorporated (United States) · United States | 0.76Q3 | 1.78 0.15 up from 2024 | 539 | 28% | — | ||
Rank 40; likely between #27 and #48 of 60Nutrition and Metabolic InsightsOASAGE Publishing · United States | 0.73Q3 | 2.74 0.26 down from 2024 | 67 | 100% | $2,650 | ||
Rank 41; likely between #36 and #45 of 60Starch - StärkeWiley · Germany | 0.70Q3 | 2.50 0.54 down from 2024 | 498 | 41% | $4,260 | ||
Rank 42; likely between #27 and #49 of 60Ecology of Food and NutritionTaylor & Francis · United Kingdom | 0.70Q3 | 1.51 0.13 up from 2024 | 72 | 48% | — | ||
Rank 43; likely between #35 and #46 of 60Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for DevelopmentOAIWA Publishing | 0.70Q3 | 2.02 0.09 up from 2024 | 271 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 44; likely between #33 and #49 of 60International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition ResearchOAHogrefe Verlag · Switzerland | 0.65Q3 | 2.44 0.89 up from 2024 | 75 | 100% | — | ||
Rank 45; likely between #37 and #49 of 60International Journal of Nursing Education ScholarshipDe Gruyter · Germany | 0.63Q3 | 1.64 0.31 up from 2024 | 93 | 15% | $2,712 | ||
Rank 46; likely between #30 and #51 of 60Nursing Science QuarterlySAGE Publishing · United States | 0.61Q4 | 0.75 0.31 down from 2024 | 215 | 20% | $4,150 | ||
Rank 47; likely between #42 and #50 of 60Nutrition & Food ScienceEmerald Publishing Limited · United Kingdom | 0.58Q4 | 1.67 0.22 down from 2024 | 263 | 5% | — | ||
Rank 48; likely between #42 and #51 of 60LipidsWiley · United States | 0.56Q4 | 1.61 0.31 down from 2024 | 68 | 49% | $3,589 | ||
Rank 49; likely between #42 and #50 of 60NutrireSpringer Science+Business Media · Brazil | 0.56Q4 | 1.74 0.30 up from 2024 | 150 | 8% | $3,890 | ||
Rank 50; likely between #47 and #54 of 60Journal of Applied GlycoscienceOAJapanese Society of Applied Glycoscience · Japan | 0.40Q4 | 1.21 0.64 down from 2024 | 45 | 100% | — |
0 Nursing journals are labelled rising: their OJR moved up between 2022 and 2025 clearly faster than the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is rising when its OJR grew from 2022 to 2025 faster than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is +10% or more, and it is at least 2 standard errors above zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays above zero, though not necessarily above +10%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the low end of the range, so the surest rises come first.
No rising journals in this list.
4 Nursing journals are labelled falling: their OJR moved between 2022 and 2025 clearly behind the median journal of their field or domain.
A journal is falling when its OJR changed from 2022 to 2025 by less than the median journal of its field (or domain, when the field is small), by two tests: the relative change is -9.1% or less (rounded), and it is at least 2 standard errors below zero. So the range of the change at 2 standard errors stays below zero, though not necessarily below -9.1%.
The bar is that range on a ratio scale; the shaded band, -9.1% to +10%, holds changes too small for a label. The list is ordered by the high end of the range, so the surest falls come first.
- 1World NutritionOANutrition and Dietetics-52% vs groupOJR 0.34 → 0.15range -72% to -17%
- 2Nutrition in Clinical PracticeNutrition and Dietetics-28% vs groupOJR 1.23 → 0.85range -43% to -7.3%
- 3Bioactive Carbohydrates and Dietary FibreNutrition and Dietetics-30% vs groupOJR 1.51 → 1.00range -47% to -6.3%
- 4Maternal and Child NutritionOANutrition and Dietetics-22% vs groupOJR 1.37 → 1.01range -36% to -5.9%
No-label zone, -9.1% to +10%Group median changeBar scale -74% to +278% (ratio scale)
Subfields of Nursing, compared.
- Nutrition and Dietetics51
- Research and Theory7
- Issues, ethics and legal aspects2
- Leadership and Management0
Journals
The endpoints below each rank show its likely range. How rank ranges are calculated
Citations made in 2025. Corpus-wide, 84.3% of core-journal articles and reviews published that year have at least one matched reference; the share varies by journal and field.
9 additional Nursing journals with metrics are unranked under this release’s eligibility rules: a journal needs at least 30 citable documents in 2022–2024, at least 80% of them with a subfield, and a positive world-average expectation. Ranks are within the whole category; filters hide rows without re-ranking. OJR excludes self-citations.
At a glance
Indicator year: 2025. Publication window: 2022–2024. How these summaries are calculated
- Ranked journals
- 60
- Window papers (baseline)
- 78,756 +5.0% from indicator year 2022
- Median OJR
- 0.91 -3.5% from indicator year 2022
- Rising journals (2025)
- 0
Window papers are the baseline paper population: citable papers (articles, reviews and conference papers) from 2022–2024 in all journals of the world-average baseline, including non-core journals, counted by each paper’s own subfield. They are not the papers of the ranked journals alone.
| Measure | Year series | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
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| Ranked journals | 30 | 30 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 31 | 32 | 32 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 42 | 43 | 48 | 50 | 55 | 56 | 61 | 64 | 64 | 68 | 64 | 67 | 69 | 65 | 60 | |
| Window papers (baseline) | 20,167 | 21,848 | 22,638 | 24,055 | 24,750 | 26,977 | 28,827 | 31,236 | 33,594 | 36,601 | 41,173 | 44,651 | 47,631 | 48,824 | 52,171 | 55,051 | 57,707 | 58,897 | 61,127 | 64,054 | 67,520 | 71,980 | 75,020 | 75,890 | 74,874 | 78,756 | |
| Median OJR | 0.59 | 0.688 | 0.692 | 0.72 | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.92 | 1.02 | 1.0907 | 1.28 | 1.309 | 1.312 | 1.29 | 1.22 | 1.095 | 1.0906 | 1.092 | 1.10 | 0.959 | 0.98 | 0.964 | 1.001 | 0.941 | 0.939 | 0.88 | 0.91 |
| Measure | Category statistic | Eligible population |
|---|---|---|
| Journal self-citation share | Median: 3.4% | 50 journals |
| Retracted papers per 1,000 | Pooled rate: 1.077 per 1,000 | 42 journals |
| Output growth | Median: +0.7% | 56 journals |
| Open access share | Median: 69.5% | 60 journals |
| Listed APC (USD) | Median including $0 listed prices: $3,560 | 40 ranked journals with a known listed price, including $0 listed prices |
| International collaboration share | Median: 23.4% | 59 journals |
| Review share | Median: 2.6% | 60 journals |
| Articles-only OJR | Median: 0.95 | 60 journals |
| Uncited share | Median: 23.2% | 60 journals |
| Citation concentration | Median: 41.5% | 60 journals |
How to read these rankings
- OJR, the OpenJournalRank Indicator
- A field-normalized 3-year citation impact, computed from OpenAlex with the NCI3 method. It divides the citations a journal’s papers received by the world average for papers of the same subfield, year and type, so 1.00 is the world average and 2.00 means twice as many citations as expected. Because it is normalized, it can be compared across fields. Read the methodology
- Quartiles
- Q1 to Q4 split the ranked journals of the list you are viewing into four equal groups by OJR. A journal’s quartile depends on the list: the same journal can be Q1 in its subfield and Q2 among all journals.
- Impact factor (2-year)
- Citations per paper over a two-year window, counted from OpenAlex. It is easy to compare with familiar impact factors but is not field-normalized, so compare it only within a field. It is not Clarivate’s Journal Impact Factor. Why it differs from the Journal Impact Factor
- Rank ranges
- Each rank in the latest year carries a likely range from 1,000 resamples of the journal’s papers. Where two journals’ ranges overlap, the data cannot tell them apart, so treat neighbouring ranks as ties.